Quarter 1 | Demo Teaching

Oral Communication in
Context
 DRILL: Read the dialogue below with a partner. Switch roles and repeat.

Jim: Hello!
Susan: Good morning! Is Jim there?
Jim: Speaking.
Susan: Hi, Jim! This is Susan. Are you free to talk?
Jim: Sure! What’s up?
Susan: This is about the project proposal. I’d like to
discuss the budget. Do you have time today?
 Read the dialogue below with a partner. Switch roles and repeat.

Jim: Okay. How does two o’clock sound?

Susan: Two is fine. Where would you like to
meet?
Jim: Why don't we meet there in your office?
Susan: Sounds good! I’ll see you here at two.
Jim: Great! Goodbye.
Susan: Thanks Jim! Goodbye.
With your • What greeting is used
partner, by Jim and Susan?
• How did Jim and Susan
discuss the introduced themselves?
• What signals did Susan
following use to indicate that she
questions: is about to end the
conversation?
• How did Jim ended the
conversation?
 Oral Communication

Types of Speech Acts

 Objectives
Demonstrate effective Appreciate the significance of
Define speech act use of communicative communicative competence as a
and its types. strategy in a variety of requirement in understanding of
speech situations speech acts.
 Speech Act
is an utterance that a speaker makes to achieve
an intended effect. Some of
the functions which are carried out using speech
acts are offering an apology, greeting, request,
complaint, invitation, compliment, or refusal.
 Thank you!
Thank you for always being there for me.
I really appreciate it.
Both show appreciation regardless of the
length of the statement.
Three Types of
Speech Act
J. L. Austin (1962)
Locutionary act
is the actual act of uttering.

“Please do the dishes.”

Illocutionary Act
is the social function of what is said.

By uttering the locution “Please do the

dishes,” the speaker requests the
addressee to wash the dishes.
Perlocutionary Act
is the resulting act of what is said. This effect is based on
the particular
context in which the speech act was mentioned.

“Please do the dishes” would lead to the

addressee washing the dishes.
 Indirect Speech Act
occur when there is no direct connection between the
form of the utterance and the intended meaning.
“Can you pass
the rice?”

Inferred speech act:

Do you have the ability to hand over the rice?
Indirect speech act:
Please pass the rice.
 Performatives
statements which enable the
speaker to perform something just by stating it.
verbs that execute the speech act
that they intend to effect
“I now pronounce you
husband and wife,”
“I now pronounce you
husband and wife,”
Classification of
Speech Act
John Searle (1976)
 Assertive
No one makes better pancakes
than I do.
 Assertive
a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses
belief about the truth of a proposition.
Some examples of an assertive act are suggesting, putting
forward, swearing,boasting, and concluding.
 Directive
Please close the door.
 Directive
the speaker tries to make the addressee
perform an action. Some examples of a directive act are
asking, ordering, requesting,
inviting, advising, and begging.
 Commissive
From now on, I will participate in our
group activity.
 Commissive
type of illocutionary act which commits the speaker to doing
something in the future.
Examples of a commissive act are promising, planning, vowing,
and betting.
 Expressive
I am so sorry for not helping out in our group
projects and letting you do all the work.
 Expressive
a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker
expresses his/her feelings
or emotional reactions. Some examples of an
expressive act are thanking, apologizing,
welcoming, and deploring.
 Declaration
You are fired!

By saying that someone is fired, an employer causes or brings

about the person’s
unemployment, thus changing his external situation
 Declaration
a type of illocutionary act which brings a change in the
external situation.
Some examples of declarations are blessing, firing, baptizing,
bidding, passing a sentence,
and excommunicating.
Why is it essential to know about
speech acts?
Communicative Competence is developed in
understanding speech acts.
This will enable us to know what kind of speech should be
used in a particular situation.
Exercise:
Directions: Identify the illocutionary act used in each line.
Write your answer before the number.
_________ 1. I swear I won’t see her again.
_________ 2. I forbid you to leave.
_________ 3. I agree with your terms.
_________ 4. I move that the nomination be closed.
_________ 5. I declare the games officially open!
Exercise:
Directions: Identify the illocutionary act used in each line. Write
your answer before the number.
_________ 6. You can go to your next class.
_________ 7. You cannot find a better person for that job.
_________ 8. I will never be late again.
_________ 9. Don’t worry. This too shall pass.
_________ 10. I promise to take care of your dog while you are
away.