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1.
distinguish various types of

communicative strategy;
2. engage in a communicative
situation; and
3. use acceptable, polite, and
meaningful communicative strategy.
ME LC
Employs various
communicative strategies
in different situations
P R E - T E S T
Directions: Choose the

letter of the best answer.
Write the chosen letter
on a separate sheet of
paper.
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1. This is a communicative strategy that we use when we

want to establish a topic in a conversation.
A. Nomination C. turn-taking
B. restriction D. topic-control
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3. It involves moving from one topic to another.
A. termination C. topic-control
B. topic-shifting D. repair
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3. It involves moving from one topic to another.
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4. This strategy is used to address the problems encountered

in a conversation.
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5. This strategy limits what a speaker can say to avoid ideas

that are unnecessary and irrelevant to the topic.
A. nomination C. turn-taking
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6. During group discussion, the leader asks everyone to

brainstorm about the possible topics for the group research.
What communicative strategy is employed?
A. nomination C. turn-taking
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7. Hearings in the senate usually include oral testimony

from witnesses followed by questioning of the witnesses by
members of Congress. Which communicative strategy is
employed in the above procedure?
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8. Every time your group conducts a meeting, nothing is accomplished because the
time is used up due to irrelevant and unnecessary topics that intervene the
discussion. As the group leader, how will you keep your members focused on the
agenda of the meeting using the restriction strategy?
A. Tell them that they will get kicked out from the group if they will not cooperate.
B. End the meeting immediately as soon as the group begins to talk about other things irrelevant to the
agenda.
C. Give instructions before the meeting starts to confine and limit what they can say.
D. Show disappointment.
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9. Which of the following responses uses repair as

communicative strategy?
A. “Best regards to your family! See you around.”

B. “Please enlighten me about the solution to the issue you are
suggesting.”
C. "Excuse me, can you please repeat the question?”
D. “By the way, I need a few personal details about yourself.”

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10. Which of these shows turn-taking strategy?
A. "I will hear your suggestion after you listen to my plan.”
B. "Ok, I am listening. Go on.”
C. "Precisely! That is a very good reason why we need to come up with a

contingency plan.”
D. “Group 1 will talk about the advantages of technology while

group 2 will talk about its disadvantages.”
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11. Among these statements, which can be used for topic
shifting?
A. "Did you know that washing your hands with soap for 20 seconds will protect
you from Corona Virus?”
B. “Let’s call it a day. We can all go home.”
C. “Wait. Before I forget to tell you, did you know we have a new classmate?”
D. "I would like to clarify two things regarding the announcement that I had
made.”
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12. Everyone wants to talk. They all want their opinion to be heard.
What would be the most appropriate response to give everybody
equal opportunity to talk?
A. “We will definitely go nowhere with all of you talking all at once!”
B. "Everyone, please calm down.”
C. "All I can hear is noise.”
D. "Everyone will be heard. Let’s begin with you, Nathan.”

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13. You are reporting in front of the class and you sense that your
classmates did not understand the last part that you’ve just said.
Which of the following responses best addresses the issue?
A. "I am sorry if you did not get my point, but we need to move on to the next
topic.”
B. “Let me say it once again... This is what I mean...”
C. "I hope everybody understood what I said.”

D. "I am wasting my time with all of you.”
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14. You are talking to Sheila for half an hour now and you notice
that her responses are beginning to get short and most of them are
just nods and smile. How would you end your conversation with
her?
A. "Did I bore you with my stories?”
B. "This is what I really wish to say...”
C. "Thank you for your time. It’s nice talking with you. See you next time.”
D. “I understand that you are not interested anymore. I’ll just go.”
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15. You want to make a conversation with the new student in your
class. Which is the best way to establish a topic?
A. "Why did you transfer to our school?”
B. "Do you want to join our club?”
C. "I have heard that you are from Bicol. I think the beaches there are great.”
D. “Can I talk to you?”

What’s
New? your
Describe experiences in
communicating with other people by
answering the questions below.
How do you usually start a
conversation?
What are the problems that you had
encountered during a conversation
and how did you address them?
Have you experienced engaging in a
conversation with a topic that you are
not comfortable with? How did you
manage it?
Types of Communicative
Strategy
1. Nomination
A speaker carries out nomination to collaboratively
and productively establish a topic.
You use this strategy to open a topic and start a
conversation. Nomination is usually employed at the
beginning of interaction to set the purpose of
conversation.
Strategy
1. Nomination
Examples:
You may start off with making inquiries, giving compliment, asking for opinion, or
offering help. This could efficiently signal the beginning of a new topic in the
conversation.
● “Have you heard about “the new normal”?
● “I saw your TikTok post on Facebook. It’s really great.”
● “What can you say about our new plan for the project? Do you think it will
work?”
● You are the new student, right? Would you like me to tour you around the
campus?
Strategy
1. Nomination
Remember to avoid questions that are too personal like asking about
how much money the person or his parents are earning. This may
make the person you are talking to uncomfortable and may refuse to
talk with you. Topics like politics and religion should also be avoided
because these may cause quarrel or disagreement.
Strategy
2. Restriction
Restriction in communication refers to any
limitation you may have as a speaker.
It is a strategy used when responses need to be
within the set categories or instructions. These
instructions confine you as a speaker and limit
what you can say.
Strategy
2. Restriction
Examples:
● In your class, you might be asked by your teacher to
brainstorm on peer pressure or deliver a speech on digital
natives. In this case, you cannot decide to talk about something
else.
● You are invited to the police station to answer some questions
about what you know about the accident.
Strategy
3. Turn-taking
It pertains to the process by which people decide
who takes the conversational floor.
Turn-taking strategy allows all participants in
the conversation a chance to speak.
You can use this strategy to avoid taking over
the whole conversation.
Strategy
3. Turn-taking
Examples:
● You can employ this strategy by making your response
shorter yet informative enough to express your ideas and
feelings.
● Spoken cues such as “What do you think?” or “You wanted
to say something?” provide others a chance to speak. Pausing is
a nonverbal cue that will do as well.
Strategy
3. Turn-taking
Remember to listen to the other person talking instead of just
waiting for your turn to talk. This way, you can have a
meaningful and productive conversation. Also, always show
politeness when you need to take the conversational floor from
the person currently speaking.
Strategy
4. Topic
Control
Topic control covers how procedural formality or informality affects
the development of topic in conversations.
This is a strategy used when there is a need to control and prevent
unnecessary interruptions and topic shifts in a certain conversation.
Using this strategy makes the conversation to stay focused on the topic
throughout the discussion and keeps the development of the topic
going by asking questions.
Strategy
4. Topic
Examples:
Control
● During a board meeting, the director manages the communication and directs
who may speak to collectively develop the topic of conversation.
● In the senate session, the senate president presides the meeting. Senators who
wish to speak asks permission to the senate president.
● Expressions like “Okay, so much for that… “Let's go back to the topic.” and
“Going back to what we are talking about…” can be used to keep the conversation
within the topic when there is a sudden shift.
Strategy
5. Topic
Shifting
Topic shifting involves moving from one
topic to another.
This strategy is used to change the topic to a
new one which helps communication keep
going.
Strategy
5. Topic
Examples:
Shifting
● You may use conversational transitions that indicate a shift
like “By the way...”, “Before I forget...”, “Which reminds me
of,” and the like.
● In a report presentation you may use expressions like
“Moving on to the next topic…”, “Now, let’s talk about…”,
“This time, let me tell you about…”
Strategy
5. Topic
Shifting
Remember that Topic shifting requires a good timing.
So, make sure that topic is adequately discussed before
changing it to another one. There may be a need to shift topic
when there’s a pause in conversation, minimal response like
nodding and smiling.
Strategy
6. Repair
Repair refers to how speakers address the problems in speaking,
listening, and comprehending that they encounter in a conversation.
Repair is the self-righting mechanism in any social interaction
(Schegloff et. al, 1977). We can employ this strategy whenever we
encounter problems in communication to prevent a breakdown.
Strategy
6. Repair
Examples:
Speaker may use recasting or changing the form of message to a
more understandable one using the following expressions:
● “What I mean is….”
● What I am trying to say is that…”
Strategy
6. Repair
The speaker may repeat his/her statements using the
following expressions:
● “Let me repeat myself.”
● “Again…”
● I would like to reiterate that…”
Strategy
6. Repair
Repair strategies also include requesting clarification or making a clarifying
question, request for repetition, and request for definition, translation or
explanation.
● I am sorry but what do you mean by “new normal?”
● “Does it mean that we do not need to come to school if there are no face-to-face
classes?
● “Can you please repeat the last part of the instructions?”
● “Doc, can you please explain what a ferritin test is?”
● “Could you please clarify your state?”
Strategy
6. Repair
Repair may also include addressing
physical and physiological issues
affecting communication.
Strategy
7.
Termination
Termination refers to the conversation participants’
close-initiating expressions that end a topic in a conversation.
This strategy is used to end an interaction or close a topic.
Most of the time, the topic initiator or the person who opened
the topic takes responsibility to signal the end of the
discussion as well.
Strategy
7.
Examples:
Termination
You may use the following expressions to end a conversation:
● “It’s nice catching up with you. I must be going.”
● Thanks for your time. See you around.
● Regards to your wife. See you soon.”
Strategy
7.
Termination
In other situation, you may end the topic by sharing
what you learned from the conversation.
Activity No.1
Directions: Select the most acceptable, polite
and meaningful response in each situation
by choosing the letter of the best answer.
Activity No.1
1. Your leader unconsciously read the
instruction too fast.
A. “I am sorry for interrupting you but can you read it once more?”
B. “Sorry, but I did not understand the instruction.”
C. “Excuse me, I will not understand the instruction if you are reading too fast.”
Activity No.1
2. During the club meeting, you want to express
your ideas in resolving the issues you are all in.
A. “I want all of you to listen to me.”
B. “I think I have a better idea so hear me out.”
C. “Excuse me everyone, can I share my ideas about it?”

Activity No.1
3. You want to end your phone conversation with your
friend since your mother is asking you for something.
A. “I think I need to go. Goodbye!”
B. “Hey, friend! As much as I want to go on in our conversation but my mom is

asking me for something, can you just call me later?”
C. “Sorry I can’t talk to you right now. Goodbye.”

Activity No.1
4. It is your first time meeting your sister’s
best friend.
A. “Hi! Nice meeting you. My sister shares a lot of things about you.”
B. “You work in a big corporation, right? How much do you earn?
C. “Hi! You look younger in the picture.”

Activity No.1
5. You want your classmate to help you in
answering your assignment.
A. “Hello! Classmate can you help me in answering this?”
B. “I helped you last time, can you help me this time?”
C. “I need you to help me with my assignment.”

Activity No.2
Direction: Using the template below, write the Do’s and Don’ts in communication according to communication
strategies?
Do’s Don’ts
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Talk To Me!
Directions: Assume that you are in the situation given below and complete the following conversations using
acceptable, polite and meaningful various communicative strategies that you learned. Use a separate sheet in
answering this activity.
Situation No.1: First Day of Classes

Teacher: Good morning class! I know that you are all excited to meet one
another. With that, I want each of you to introduce yourself here in front.
So let’s start.
Student 1: ______________________________________________________
Teacher: Very Good! That’s interesting. Anyone, who would like to go
next?
Student 2: ______________________________________________________
Teacher: _______________________________________________________
Talk To Me!
Situation No.2: Election of Officers
Elected President: ___________________________________________

Student 1: I respectfully nominate ______________________to be our
classroom secretary.
Student 2: ___________________________________________________
Elected President: Do you still have other nomination?
Student 3: ___________________________________________________
Elected President: Okay. We can now proceed to voting.
Talk To Me!
Situation No.3: Phone conversation with a close friend

Joy: Hello Grace! How are you today?
Grace: __________________________________________________________________
Joy: Wow! That’s good to hear. I am also busy doing the household chores and trying
new things this Enhance Community Quarantine. Anyway, are you done with our online
assignment?
Grace: __________________________________________________________________
Joy: Oh! I see. Oppss is that your mother? I can hear her over the phone? Is she asking
for something?
Grace: __________________________________________________________________
Joy: Okay. Bye! Nice talking to you. Have a good day!
Movie Mo ‘to!
Directions: Think of three scenes from your favorite movies where different communicative strategies were
employed in one conversation. Watch each scene and evaluate if it employs acceptable, polite and meaningful
communicative strategy. Use the table below for your evaluation.
Movie Communicative strategy used Reason why it is an acceptable,

(scene, context and characters) polite and meaningful
communicative strategy.
1.
2.
3.
Be guided by the rubric below in answering the third column of the table:
5pts 4pts 3pts 2pts 1pt
if the given scene context if the given scene, if the given scene, if the given scene, if the given scene,
and characters context and characters context, and characters context and characters context and characters
completely matched the closely matched the idea moderately matched the slightly matched the idea did not match the idea of
idea of the of the communicative idea of the of the communicative the communicative
communicative strategy strategy used. communicative strategy strategy used. strategy used.
used. used.
ASSESSMENT:
I. True or False.
Directions: Read each statement carefully and write TRUE if it is correct and
FALSE if it is wrong.
____________1. Repair in communication refers to any limitation you may
have as a speaker.
____________2. Turn-taking pertains to the process by which people decide
who takes the conversational floor.
____________3. Communication must be only acceptable, polite and
meaningful when talking to your superior.
____________4. Termination refers to conversation participants’ close
initiating expressions that end a topic in a conversation.
____________5. Nomination covers how procedural formality and informality
affects the development of conversation.
ASSESSMENT:
II. Identification
Directions: Identify the type of communicative strategy evident in each statement. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
___________6. “Ok goodbye! See you around”
___________7. “Hello, I guess you are familiar. Have we met before?”
___________8. “Anyone, who is not in favor of my idea?
___________9. “May I request everybody to be quiet so we can proceed to the next part of our discussion?”
___________10. “Sorry but can you repeat your question?”
___________11. “That was an excellent solution to resolve this issue.”
___________12. “Do you have any clarification about our contingency plan this school year?”
___________13. “The president will lead the meeting and then the secretary will write the minutes.”
___________14. “In addition, to what you have said, I think we should also assure the safety of our learners
in times like this.”
__________15. “The rules only specified in the ordinance will be followed.”
Reflection:
In your journal notebook, reflect on the following dialogue prompts:
❑ I learned that there are different

communicative strategies which are
______________________________________
______________________________________
❑ Knowing its proper use, I will
______________________________________
______________________________________
REFERENC
E:
Department of Education. Alternative
Delivery Mode Senior High School Quarter
2 – Module 1: Types of Communicative
Strategy. CALABARZON: Department of
Education Central Office, 2020

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1.

distinguish various types of

Directions: Choose the

1. This is a communicative strategy that we use when we

3. It involves moving from one topic to another.

3. It involves moving from one topic to another.

4. This strategy is used to address the problems encountered

5. This strategy limits what a speaker can say to avoid ideas

6. During group discussion, the leader asks everyone to

7. Hearings in the senate usually include oral testimony

9. Which of the following responses uses repair as

A. “Best regards to your family! See you around.”

D. “By the way, I need a few personal details about yourself.”

10. Which of these shows turn-taking strategy?

A. "I will hear your suggestion after you listen to my plan.”

B. "Ok, I am listening. Go on.”

C. "Precisely! That is a very good reason why we need to come up with a

D. “Group 1 will talk about the advantages of technology while

B. “Let’s call it a day. We can all go home.”

B. "Everyone, please calm down.”

C. "All I can hear is noise.”

D. "Everyone will be heard. Let’s begin with you, Nathan.”

B. “Let me say it once again... This is what I mean...”

C. "I hope everybody understood what I said.”

A. "Did I bore you with my stories?”

B. "This is what I really wish to say...”

A. "Why did you transfer to our school?”

B. "Do you want to join our club?”

D. “Can I talk to you?”

B. “Sorry, but I did not understand the instruction.”

A. “I want all of you to listen to me.”

B. “I think I have a better idea so hear me out.”

C. “Excuse me everyone, can I share my ideas about it?”

A. “I think I need to go. Goodbye!”

B. “Hey, friend! As much as I want to go on in our conversation but my mom is

C. “Sorry I can’t talk to you right now. Goodbye.”

B. “You work in a big corporation, right? How much do you earn?

C. “Hi! You look younger in the picture.”

A. “Hello! Classmate can you help me in answering this?”

B. “I helped you last time, can you help me this time?”

C. “I need you to help me with my assignment.”

Situation No.1: First Day of Classes

Situation No.2: Election of Officers

Elected President: ___________________________________________

Situation No.3: Phone conversation with a close friend

Movie Communicative strategy used Reason why it is an acceptable,

❑ I learned that there are different

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