ORAL

COMMUNIC
ATION
WEEK 12
 TYPES OF
Communicative
strategies
Put a finger down
activity
1. Put a finger down if you often start the
conversation on your group chat.
2. Put a finger down if you replied wrongly on a
chat/ text message due to tiredness.
3. Put a finger down if you have tried solving
misunderstanding between friends.
4. Put a finger down if you were shut up in a
conversation.
5. Put a finger down if you often greet people using
foreign language except English.
In the past quarter, you learned what communication is. You also learned
different models, speech context, speech styles, and speech acts. It is not
only enough to have knowledge about communication. You should know
how to establish communication, and on how we want to express what
others need to know from us.
Every day, we engage in various conversations. We talk with our families, friends,
classmates, and other people to establish connection and relationships. In the school,
we exchange ideas with our teachers and classmates to maintain the teaching- learning
process. As we grow older, we are exposed to conversations that maybe done with
different approaches based on situations and factors such as educational background or
degree of closeness/ relationship.
Conversations also does not limited to face- to- face conversation. Because
of the technology, our way of communication is maximized and can reach to
different parts of the world. We chat, we have exchange of views on a
Facebook post, we call with our smartphones. We have media that aim to
connect us in fast manner. 
Conversations also does not limited to face- to- face conversation. Because
of the technology, our way of communication is maximized and can reach to
different parts of the world. We chat, we have exchange of views on a
Facebook post, we call with our smartphones. We have media that aim to
connect us in fast manner. 
The challenge for us is on how to start, sustain, and end a conversation
successfully. We need to make sure that our messages are clearly understood
by our listeners. We need to make them interested on what we are saying so
that they can share their insight about the topic. We can use communicative
strategies to achieve a healthy and successful communication. 
Cohen (1990) states that strategies must be used to start and maintain a
conversation. The following are some strategies people can use to have
effective communication.    
 a. nomination
Both speakers should agree on the topic they want to
converse with. Just like in a written communication,
conversation always starts with a topic. The problem is
how could it be started or if there is already an existing
conversation, one should find ways on how to join. One
should start with one and eventually conversation
begins. Both speakers should agree on the topic they
want to converse with.
B.
RESTRICTI
ON
In every conversation, speakers come up
with the limitation on the topic they are
discussing. This is called as restriction.
For example, if they will be talking about
PBA, they will stick to that topic. They
may stick to NBA, UAAP or NCAA but
still it is about basketball.
 C. TURN
TAKING
In a conversation, speakers don’t talk at the same
time because if that happens, they will not
understand each other. In such case, each speaker
must be given a chance to speak. In a small group
conversation, each one should know how to give a
chance for each one to talk. In a public speaking, the
speaker monopolized the discussion.
d. Topic
control
The topic control limits the topic of a
conversation. For example, in a private
conversation of two students, their topics
may shift from their friends, classmates
and teachers. In some instances like a
meeting, the topics to be discussed is
controlled by what is stated in the agenda.
 e. Topic shifting
Sometimes it may be boring to discuss the same
topic for a very long time. The speaker sometimes
may feel the his listeners are not interested to listen
to him anymore, thus, is the topic shifting. One may
use expressions like “Can we change the topic from
politics to culture?” or in an open forum if a person
gives offensive remarks that may put the audience in
uncomfortable situation the moderator may say,
“Perhaps we can save that topic for another
seminar.”
f. repair
When a conversation does not run smoothly, repair is
needed. In situations when a speaker forgot the words
he is suppose to utter next, the audience may give clues
so he can continue. Sometimes a student may recite
sentences with wrong grammar, the teacher may correct
him right away. This should not be taken as an
embarrassment but as an opportunity to be corrected.
When one feels that an argument might arise one may
say, “No offense meant….” or “With all due
respect…..”
 G.
TERMINATIO
N
When conversation comes to an end, it is called as
termination. The speakers should agree in ending
their discussion. Whether the conversation ends
smoothly or not, both parties should feel that the
discussion already ends.
“The result of bad communication is a
disconnection between strategy and
execution.”

—CHUCK MARTIN
 Thank you!
Any question?
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