MELC MELC3- EMPLOYING APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATIVE STYLES

WEEK WEEK 6 -8

SUBJECT AREA ENGLISH

GRADE LEVEL 9
NAME OF TEACHER JO PRINCESS T. LACBAY
NAME OF STUDENT
GRADE AND SECTION

TASK 1: Directions: Copy the table below in your notebook. Think of a scenario or situation for each
speech style.

Speech Style Scenario/ Situation

Intimate
DEVELOPMENT:
Consultative

Formal

Frozen

Casual

1. As we go through life, we witness how other people’s lives unfold before our very eyes. It is not always
easy to learn especially from other people’s experiences. As you go through the segments of this
learning module, ask yourself, what can I learn from other people’s challenges? The tasks and the
selections in this lesson will help you to accept other people’s challenges positively.

2. Dan: Hey, Jimmy, What’s up?

Jimmy: I’m good. How bout ya? How ya doin’ lately, buddy?
Dan: Well, basketball.
Jimmy: Whoa! That’s a total surprise, ‘tol. Anyway, are you free this weekend? Reunion with our high
school
TASK barkadas. Read the texts below. Identify and explain the communicative style used in each text.
2: Directions:
Dan: Oh really? Of course! What time?
Write your answers in your notebook.
Jimmy: Sure. See you!

3. We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and
humane society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the
common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the
blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom,
love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.
 MELC AND WEEK MELC 3 WEEK 6-8 / EMPLOYING APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATIVE STYLES

SUBJECT AREA ENGLISH

GRADE LEVEL 9
NAME OF TEACHER JO PRINCESS T. LACBAY
NAME OF STUDENT
GRADE AND SECTION

TASK 2: Directions: Assess the given Mom,

pictures.
I will Create sentences to complete the comic strip in your day in
now go to
school. Make sure to be creative inschool.
creating sentences.
I will go with my
friends. So don’t worry
much.
 ENGAGEMENT

TASK 3: Directions: Identify the speech style appropriate to use in the social situation shown in the
given photos. Choose the answer from the box below

CONSULTATIVE INTIMATE FROZEN FORMAL CASUAL

1. Between childhood best friends

2.Between Senator and President

3. Between a priest and parishioners (Mass)

4.Between a mother and a child

5. Between fiancés
6. Between teammates

7. Between an employer and an applicant

8. Between a student and a teacher

9. Between a pediatrician and a baby’s mother

10.Between groom and bride exchanging vows in marriage ceremony

 TASK 4: Directions: write a short skit,speech, essay or dialogue for each speech style. Write it
on your notebook
A. Intimate
B. Consultative
C. Formal
D. Frozen
E. Casual

ASSIMILATION:
TASK 5: Directions: Choose the best statement from the box below based on each situation.
and write what kind of communicative style is used
Example:
Company director to employee
Ms. Smith, you look fantastic today!
Jane, you are a knock out!
How are you today Ms. Smith?

1. Company director to employee

I need to talk to you.
Ms. Brown, could you come here for a moment?
Hey, get over here. Jane,
2. One colleague to another
Excuse me, do you think you could possibly give me a hand?
Give me a hand.
Excuse me, could you give me a hand?

3. Stranger to a man in the street

Could you tell me the time, please?
The time, please.
Hello there, how are you?

4. Waiter to customer
What do you want?
What would you like today?
Do you think you could possibly tell me what you would like to eat today?

5. Employee to department manager

Mr. Brown, could I have a word with you this afternoon?
Frank, I need to talk to you.
Mr. Brown, do you think it would be possible for me to speak with you this afternoon?

Task 6:
DIRECTION: Write the letter of the phrases that belong to different communicative situations, such as
“greeting”, “complaint” and “encouragement”.

Frozen Formal Consultative Casual Intimate

Greeting
Complaint
Encouragement f.

a. Thanks for following-up on the Jones account. f. You're so good. I know you can k. Whoa, way to go! Nice catch!
Great job! do it Honey.
b. I'm sick and tired of your crap!
c. Welcome to the Hugh Brothers Industrial
Center. Where tomorrow's world meets today's.
Please remember that no flash photography is
allowed during this tour...
g. I offer You all my prayers,
works, joys and suffering of this
day ..
h. Oh, Bob. Just a moment!
Listen, you know... well... what
was with that off-key comment
last night?
l. How's my little snuggy wuggy?
m. This is a complaint for damages and
injunctive relief arising out of manipulative
activities in the gold market from 1994 to the
present time...

d. Hey, Jack. What's up? i. Hello, Mr Smith. How are you n. Good morning. May I speak to the director,
this morning? please?

e. Thank you for applying for this position. We'll
let you know within a week if you have been
chosen for an interview.
j. Excuse me Ms Anderson. As I
understand the task, we need to
focus on improving our delivery
times rather than blaming our
suppliers.
o. I hope you don't mind my stating that the
service is unsatisfactory. I would like a
refund.

Task 7:
DIRECTION: Read the text below, identify the type of communicative style used in each
text.

1. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in

rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela

2. Dr. Tan:Good Morning Mrs. Ramos, How are you feeling today?Did you
follow my instructions?
Mrs. Ramos: Yes Doc, but I noticed that everytime I drink my medicines ,I
felt uneasiness of the stomach that often comes before vomiting.

3. Jim: hey bro, what’s up?

Mike: I’m good dude.
Jim: What have you been up to?
Mike: Working a lot.
Jim: That sounds hard.
Mike: How’s the family?
Jim: Everyone is good. Thanks!

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