ORAL COMMUNICATION

QUARTER 2
MODULE 1 : Types of Communicative
Strategy
 Learning
• Competency:
Employs various communicative strategies in
different situations
What are communication strategies?

Communicative
strategies are
techniques on how to
deal with difficulties
encountered when
communicating.
 Seven Communication Strategies

01 02 03 04 05

NOMINATION RESTRICTION TURN- TOPIC TOPIC

TAKING CONTROL SHIFTING
Seven Communication Strategies

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REPAIR TERMINATIO
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 A speaker carries out
nomination to
1. NOMINATION collaboratively and
productively establish a
topic or open a topic.
NOMINATION
Examples:
➢ "Do you have anything to say?"
➢ "Have you heard the news about the
prettiest girl in school?"
➢ "Now, it’s your turn to ask
questions."
➢ "Does that make sense to you?"
 Restriction in
communication refers to any
2. RESTRICTION limitation you may have as a
speaker.
 Also, this strategy constrains or
restricts the Response of the
other person involved in the
2. RESTRICTION Communication Situation. The
Listener is forced to respond
only within a set of categories
that is made by the Speaker.
RESTRICTION
Examples:
➢ In your class, you might be asked by
your teacher to brainstorm on peer
pressure.
➢ When you were asked to deliver a
speech in a specific language.
 Turn-taking pertains to the
3. TURN-TAKING process by which people
decide who takes the
conversational floor.
TURN-TAKING
Example:
➢ Can we all listen to the one who talk
in front of us?
➢ "Excuse me? I think we should speak
one at a time, so we can clearly
understand what we want to say about
the topic."
➢ "Go on with your ideas. I'll let you
finish first before I say something."
 Topic control covers how
4. TOPIC CONTROL procedural formality or
informality affects the
development of topic in
conversations.
TOPIC
CONTROL
Example:
➢ "One of the essential lessons I gained
from the discussion is the
importance of sports and wellness to a
healthy lifestyle.“
 Topic shifting, as the name
5. TOPIC SHIFTING suggests, involves moving
from one topic to
another.
TOPIC
SHIFTING
Examples:
➢ "By the way, there's a new shop
opening at the mall"
➢ “In addition to what you said about
the beautiful girl is that she is also
smart."
 Repair refers to how speaker
address the problems in
speaking, listening, and
6. REPAIR comprehending that they
may encounter in a
conversation.
REPAIR
Examples:
➢ "Excuse me, but there are 5
Functions of Communication not 4."
➢ "I'm sorry, the word should be
pronounced as pretty not priti."
 Termination refers to the
conversation participants’
7. TERMINATION close-initiating expressions
that end a topic in a
conversation.
TERMINATION
Examples:
➢ "Best regards to your parents! See
you around!
➢ “It was nice meeting you. Bye!"
➢ "That is all for today class, goodbye!"
 SIMPLE ACTIVITY
IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IS PRESENTED.
1.
2.
3.
 ACTIVITY TIME
Direction: Identify the type of Communicative strategy in each statement.
1. “Hey, how are you? I missed you!”
2. “Best Regards to your parents! See you around!”
3. “Good to see you. Anyway, I came to visit you
because I want to personally offer apologies for
what I did yesterday.”
4. “Sorry, I can’t decide on that now. I am still
focused on my writing assignment. Let’s talk
next time ok?”
5. “Now, it’s your turn to ask questions.”
6. “Is it raining outside?”
7. “Speaking of summer, do you even feel how hot it
is outside?”
8. “Please hear me out, I need to tell you something.”
9. “I'm sorry, could you repeat your question please? I
didn't hear it quite clearly. Thanks.”
10.“What did you like about today's activity?
 ANSWERS
Direction: Exchange papers with your seat mate. Write Corrected by.
1. “Hey, how are you? I missed you!” 1. Nomination
2. “Best Regards to your parents! See you 2. Termination
around!”
3. “Good to see you. Anyway, I came to
3. Topic Shifting
visit you because I want to personally 4. Termination
offer apologies for what I did 5. Turn-Taking
yesterday.”
4. “Sorry, I can’t decide on that now. I am
still focused on my writing assignment.
Let’s talk next time ok?”
5. “Now, it’s your turn to ask questions.”
6. “Is it raining outside?” 6. Restriction
7. “Speaking of summer, do you 7. Nomination
even feel how hot it is outside?”
8. “Please hear me out, I need to
8. Turn-Taking
tell you something.” 9. Repair
9. “I'm sorry, could you repeat your 10. Nomination
question please? I didn't hear it
quite clearly. Thanks.”
10.“What did you like about today's
activity?
 WRITTEN ACTIVITY
Watch the video “Tara na Biyahe Tayo,” an MTV performed by various Filipino artists
with the common goal of encouraging “Pinoys” to visit and explore the wonderful
places in the Philippines. Answer the following questions.
1. Do you find the video appealing and convincing?
2. Why is there a need to promote our tourist
destination?
3. If you were given a chance to promote undiscovered
places that you think can attract many tourists, what
place would it be and how?
 GROUP ACTIVITY
You will be divided into four (4) groups. Create a tourism commercial poster about
Jamindan “Shining Jamindan” which would serve as a promotional advertisement to
tourists. Do this in a manila paper. Afterwards, present it to class.
Examples:
Group 1 – Malinamon Falls

Group 2 – Suhoton Cave

Group 3 – Road to Forever

Group 4 - Our Lady Of Lourdes Grotto

 SHORT QUIZ
Read the following items carefully. Then, write the letter of your choice.
1. A strategy used in recognizing when and how to
speak because it is one’s turn.

A. Nomination
B. Restriction
C. Turn – Taking
D. Repair
2. It keeps the interaction going by asking questions and
eliciting a response.

A. Topic Control
B. Topic Shift
C. Restriction
D. Termination
3. A strategy used to overcome communication
breakdown to send more comprehensible messages.

A. Turn - Taking
B. Repair
C. Nomination
D. Restriction
4. It is a strategy that used both verbal and nonverbal
signals to end the interaction.

A. Turn - Taking
B. Termination
C. Nomination
D. Restriction
5. It is where speakers take turns in raising their points
or arguing against their opponents instead of everyone
speaking and raising points at the same time.

A. Topic Shift
B. Topic Control
C. Turn - Taking
D. Termination
6. A strategy that constrains or restricts the Response of
the other person involved in the Communication
Situation. The Listener is forced to respond only within a
set of categories that is made by the Speaker.

A. Termination
B. Repair
C. Restriction
D. Topic Shift
7. It is used to introduce a new topic followed by the
continuation of that topic.

A. Topic Shift
B. Topic Control
C. Turn - Taking
D. Termination
8. A strategy that is used to introduce a topic at the
beginning of a Communicative Situation.

A. Topic Shift
B. Restriction
C. Repair
D. Nomination
9. This requires the speaker to be polite, prudent, and
courteous when ending the topic and leading the
conversation to a new one.

A. Termination
B. Topic Shift
C. Topic Control
D. Repair
10. This strategy is limiting the discussion only about
the chosen topic.

A. Restriction
B. Nomination
C. Topic Shift
D. Topic Control
11. It is a strategy that limits a question to specific
answers like (yes/no) questions.

A. Topic Shift
B. Topic Control
C. Turn - Taking
D. Restriction
12. When you are asked “Do you have anything to
say?”, the communicative strategy used is .

A. Turn – Taking
B. Nomination
C. Topic Shift
D. Topic Control
13. In your class, you might be asked by your teacher to
brainstormon peer pressure. Which communicative
strategy applies to the communication context?

A. Restriction
B. Nomination
C. Topic Shift
D. Topic Control
14. The following transitional words such as in addition
to, and by the way, signals what type of communicative
strategy?

A. Restriction
B. Nomination
C. Topic Shift
D. Topic Control
15. The words “Yes”, “Okay”, and “Go on” are words
that is used to strengthen a particular communicative
strategy.

A. Nomination
B. Termination
C. Topic Control
D. Repair
 GROUP ACTIVITY
Make comic strips and write a script for each of the following scenarios presented below.
Make sure to employ the different communicative strategies along the dialogues of your
characters.
 TOPIC

You and your friends are talking about your

dream job.
Thank you!