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Types of Communicative Styles
Types of Communicative Styles
NEST LENE
OUR ENGLISH A. BANOGON
TEACHER
CLASS!
Classroom Rules:
1. Listen Attentively.
2. Observe your behaviors’.
3. No using of electronic gadgets unless I told you to use it.
4. Be responsible as always.
5. Be on time. Punctuality is a must.
Presentation Title
IT'S RECAP
TIME!
9/3/20XX Presentation Title 3
MOTIVATION
Activity 1. GUESS ME, ANSWER ME…
Directions: Given the different pictures below you will guess what
is in the picture or you can describe what you see in the picture.
For example:
• Singing of National Anthem
• Laws
• Wedding Announcements
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Formal Communicative Style
• is also considered to be a straightforward speech. There is no participation
from the listener.
• This style is often used in the following formal situations where there is only
one-way communication:
Speeches
School lessons
Graduation ceremony
A television newscast
Giving announcements
A business meeting 16
Consultative Communicative
Style
• It happens in a two-way participation. It is used in semi-formal situations
in which a speaker needs to provide background information. The listener
participates by giving feedback. Thus, both the speaker and the listener
are active participants.
• This communicative style is the most operational among others.
For example:
A doctor and patient
A guidance councilor and student
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Casual Communicative Style
• It uses a language used between friends, peers, colleagues, or family. Most of the
ambience with this style is relaxed and very light. And so, the participants may
use group language only members of the group can understand.
• Jargon, slang, or the vernacular language are used. The tone is conversational,
and interruptions are very common. Also, nicknames are used in addressing one
another.
For example:
talking to your friends
talking to your classmates
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Intimate Communicative Style
• is defined as total absence of social interactions. This style is used by
participants who know each other well or share a very close
relationship
• The participants in this style do not need for clear articulation of words
or additional explanations. They may use words of endearment.
For example:
A couple talking such as boyfriend and girlfriend or husband and wife
A close friends telling a secret with each other
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ACTIVITY TIME!
Activity 2: Four Pics, One Word…
Directions: Pick a number and I will ask you what communicative
speech style is being used in the pictures. Choose whether it is formal,
casual, consultative, frozen, or intimate.
GENERALIZATION
which one is the most formal in
communication?
• Which one is considered as the
most operational in
communication?