COMMUNICATIVE

STRATEGIES
COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES

Used to overcome problems of conveying the

intended meaning.
The use of strategies makes certain not only for the
achievement of the speech purpose but also the
enrichment of the communication experiences for
both speaker and listener.
TYPES OF
COMMUNICATIVE
STRATEGIES
1. NOMINATION

Introducing a topic at the beginning of a

Communicative Situation.
It is carried out to establish a topic collaboratively
and productively.
Signals the beginning of a new topic in the
conversation.
 2. RESTRICTION

Refers to any limitation you may have as a speaker.

Restricts a response of the other person involved in
communicative situation.

Example:
The teacher asks you to brainstorm on peer pressure with
your group.
3. TURN- TAKING

Pertains to the process by which people decide who takes

the conversational floor.
There is a code of behavior behind establishing and
sustaining a productive conversation, but the primary
idea is to give all communicators a chance to speak.
4. TOPIC CONTROL

Covers how procedural formality or

informality affects the development of
topic in conversations.
Focusing on one topic without straying to
other conversation.
5. TOPIC SHIFTING

 involves moving from one topic to

another.
It is where one part of a conversation
ends and where another begins.
6. REPAIR

Refers to how speakers address the problems in

speaking, listening and comprehending that they
may encounter in a conversation.
7. TERMINATION

Refers to the conversation participants’ close-

initiating expressions that end a topic in a
conversation. Most of the time, the topic initiator
takes responsibility to signal the end of the
discussion well.
Identify the communicative strategy in the
following

1. Please introduce your self to the class.

2. Please raise your hand when you have something to say.
3. To end this speech, let me share a quote to you that says “The end of education is character”.
4. After Gina spoke, the moderator asked Alex the following question, “ What do you think?”
5. Anne: Ryan, sin-o ni gatawag sa imo? (while holding Ryan’s phone)
Ryan: (immediately grabs the phone from her hand) I don’t know
babe. Basi prank call lang ina ah.
Anne: Sigurado ka?
Ryan: Of course I am!
Anne: May ginatago ka gid sa akon mo!!!
Ryan: Wala gani. Naano ka imo ya man. Gusto mo magkaon? May
bag-ong bukas nga pizza place sa plaza mo. Kadto ta to?