Department of Education

Region III
School Division of Bulacan
Alexis G. Santos National High School
Liciada, Bustos

A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in English 9

MELC: Employing the Appropriate Communicative Styles for Various Situations

Prepared by:

JOSE GABRIEL V. REYES

Pre-Service Teacher

Checked by:

HERBERT G. GARCIA
Teacher III

Noted by:

MA. LUISA G. REYES

Master Teacher I

BELEN V. MARTIN
Head Teacher I, English

Approved by:

LOLITA S. VALERIO
Principal III
I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the learners will1 be able to:

a. identify the communicative style used in various situations;
b. express the importance of communicative style in daily conversations; and
c. perform differentiated activities on communicative styles.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Employing the Appropriate Communicative Styles for Various Situations

Reference: DepEd English 9 Quarter 1- Module 3: Employing the Appropriate
Communicative Styles for Various Situations, pp. 1-17
www. [Link]
Materials: laptop, TV, Powerpoint presentation, colored papers, board, chalk

III. PROCEDURE

A. Preliminary Activities
a. Opening Prayer
b. Greetings
c. Classroom management
d. Checking of attendance
e. Recapitulation of the previous lesson
Differentiate the processes of word formation.

B. Motivation

“COMMUNI-MERCIAL”- The teacher presents five (5) video commercials that

feature different communicative styles. The learners will identify the kind of event
highlighted in each video.
1. Wedding 2. Funeral [Link] the in-laws

4. Hanging out with friends 5. Doctor’s appointment

Motive Question: How will you describe the communicative style in each event?
Subject Integration: EsP – Observing proper etiquette in social events
C. Discussion/ Lesson Proper:

It is important to recognize the different communicative styles in various

situations. Good communication skills can help you avoid conflict and solve
problems. These communication styles are vital to encourage healthy relationships
toward others.

A speech style is a form of language that the speaker employs according to the
level of formality (Martin Joos 1967). Speech style is identified into five types:
frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate

1. Frozen is the highest form of communication, identified as fixed speech. It is

specific in form as it uses complex grammatical sentence structure and vocabulary
known by experts in a particular field. Frozen is most used in formal ceremonies
like plays, weddings, funerals, and more. This does involve a give-and-take
communication, making this unidirectional.
Examples:
Wedding Funeral

2. Formal is used normally in writing rather than in speaking, thus, eliciting a more
formal kind of speech. Use of ellipsis, contractions, and qualifying adverbials is
eliminated. Typically, it is unidirectional and informative, but just pure
information can sometimes be dull, therefore it’s occasionally persuasive, too.

Examples of this include president’s State of the Nation Address, research paper
presentation, thesis defense, a judge’s statement, or sermon of priests and
ministers.

Examples:
President’s State of the Nation Address Sermon of priests and ministers
 Subject Integration: AP – Awareness on current national issues

3. Consultative is also called unplanned speech because it allows the speaker to use
the participation and feedback of the listener. It is bidirectional or sometimes
multi-directional in nature wherein the speaker supplies the necessary information
and the listener participates continuously.

Examples of this style may include a patient’s appointment to the doctor,

conference between parents and teachers, a meeting with the school principal, or
employees and employer.
Examples:
Patient’s appointment with the doctor Meeting with employees

4. Casual employs a free and easy participation of both the speaker and listener. It is
also called informal style since it is common among peers and friends. It is multi-
directional and typically spoken in nature by people who belong in the same
group or team, but it can also be used in writing, text messaging, emails, or online
chats.

It may include examples such as a hangout or catch up with friends or a sports

team celebration
Examples:
Doctor’s appointment Sports team celebration

5. Intimate style is private and practiced in dialogs between very close individuals
leading to a high chance of nonverbal communication. Bidirectional and typically
spoken in nature, it can also be used in writing, text messaging, emails, or online
chats with close family members and close friends. Similar to casual style, it also
employs free and easy participation of both the speaker and the listener.

It may be in relationships such as parent-child, couples, spouses, siblings, and best

friends

Examples:
Parent-child’s conversation Best friend’s conversation
 Discussion Questions:

1. What are the advantages of good communication skills?

2. When is communication considered as unidirectional?
3. How is formal communicative style described?
4. Why is consultative also called unplanned speech?
5. Describe the nature of casual communicative style.
6. What are the uses of intimate communicative style?

D. Application

The class will be divided into five (5) groups. Each group is tasked to prepare the
differentiated activity assigned to them and present it to the class.

Group 1- Wedding commercial (frozen communicative style)

Group 2- Newscast on current issues (formal communicative style)
Group 3- Dialogue between a teacher and a parent (consultative comm. style)
Group 4- Skit about friends hanging out (casual communicative style)
Group 5- Song about romantic relationship (intimate communicative style)

The performance will be graded according to the following rubric.

RUBRIC ON ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF GROUP ACTIVITY

CRITERIA 5 4 3 2 1

Content Content is Content is Content is Content is Content is

very sensible moderately quite sensible lacks sense nonsense and
and relevant. sensible and and relevant. and relevance. irrelevant.
relevant.

Cooperation Members Members Members Members Members do

work well work well work well seldom show not show
together all together most together cooperation. cooperation.
the time. of the time. sometimes.

Creativity Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation

is highly is moderately is quite lacks shows no
creative. creative. creative. creativity. creativity.

Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation

is highly is moderately is quite is acceptably is not
impressive. impressive. impressive. impressive. impressive.

E. Generalization

The different communicative styles involve frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and
intimate. The way you communicate has a big impact on how you get on with the people
 and get the things you want. Good communication skills can help you avoid conflict and
solve problems. They are also important for making friends and having healthy
relationship.

IV. EVALUATION:
Identify the communicative style used in the following sentences, whether FROZEN,
FORMAL, CONSULTATIVE, CASUAL, or INTIMATE. Write the answers on the
blank before each number.
_______________1. This is an informal speech style as it is common among peers and
friends.
_______________2. This is a casual speech style as it is us among people of close
relation
between family and friends.
_______________3. This speech style uses listener participation and feedback.
_______________4. This speech style uses formal words and expressions
_______________5. This speech style is also known as fixed speech.
_______________6. Priest: I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss
the bride.
_______________7. Master of ceremonies: Ladies and gentlemen, announcing the
arrival
of our beloved Mayor. Let’s give her a big round of applause.
_______________8. Patient: Good Morning, Doctor, may I ask you a question?
Doctor: Certainly, how can I help you?
_______________9. Cristy: What’s up, Ella?
Ella: I’m doing fantastic.
_______________10. Husband: Hello honey, how was your day?
Wife: Great. Work was done, hon. And yours?

V. ASSIGNMENT:
The corona virus disease caused a lot of changes. One of the changes is how one
communicate with others now that there is limited face-to-face interaction. Compose a
two-sentence conversation for the following situations. Write your answers on your big
notebook.
1. doctor talking to patient
2. a business meeting
3. students talking to their classmates
4. barangay captain educating people of the health protocols
5. mother talking to her son who serves as a frontliner nurse