Module 8: Communicative Strategies

Learning Goals: At the end of the lesson, you are expected to

A. explain the different types of communicative strategies and its advantages;
B. identify the communicative strategies used based on the given utterances;
C. narrate an instance/situation when one has used a communicative strategy.

Activity 1
Give or share your serious advice to someone with the following concerns:

My best friend is overly loquacious. I

could hardly have my turn in sharing my
thoughts whenever we talk. She wants
to be the one talking all the time. What
can I do to taper her and let me have
my fair share in the conversation?

I
will

asked my friend to stop for a minute so that it can’t cause a misunderstanding.

I am a timid type of person. I don’t usually start a conversation. On the first day of my new
school, I had the hardest time finding friends since I don’t usually initiate interaction with my
classmates. What should I do?

I think you should avoid talking if you don’t like the person.
 Activity 2
A. Identify the strategies used based on the given utterances.
Topic control 1. Now is not the time to talk about that….
Repair 2. That came out wrong…let me correct what I just said…
Turn talking 3. “Good to see you. Anyway, I came to visit you because I want to personally offer apologies for
what I did yesterday.”
Turn talking 4. Hi! Can I ask you a question?
Restriction 5. Excuse me? I think we should speak one at a time, so we can clearly understand what we want to
say about the issue.”
Turn talking 6. Make sure you will write only about the topic assigned to you.
Topic shifting 7. Never mind, it doesn’t matter. Let’s not talk about it anymore.
Termination 8. This might not be the best venue for such a discussion.
Nomination 9. I move to close…
Termination 10. Best regards to your parents! See you around!
Turn talking 11. Do you have anything to say?
Topic control 12. Okay…You have a point , but for me…
Turn talking 13. Go on with your ideas. I’ll let you finish first before I say something.
Turn talking 14. Can you share your thoughts about this topic?
Termination 15. Sorry, I can’t decide on that now. I am still focused on my writing assignment. Let’s talk next
time, okay?”

Activity 3
B. Explain further the different strategies of communication and write its advantages or positive
effects/results when using this strategy.

Communicative Strategies Explanation Advantages/Positive Results

Nomination
This communicative strategy enables a
speaker to carry out “nomination” to When introducing a topic at the beginning
collaboratively and productively establish
Communicative Situation, what is being us
a topic. Basically, when you employ is this
the Nomination Communicative Strategy
strategy, you attempt to “nominate” or is a strategy that can also be applied any tim
initiate a topic with the people you during the course of an interaction as a wa
communicate with. When beginning continuing
a the communication.
topic in a conversation, especially if it
does not arise from

Restriction Restriction in communication refers toRestricts the Response of the other person
any limitation you may have as a speaker.
involved in the Communication Situation.
When communicating in the classroom,
in a meeting, or while hanging out with
your friends, you are typically given
 specific instructions that you must follow.
These instructions confine you as a
speaker and limit what you can say.

Turn-taking
Turn-taking is a communicative strategy that
promotes equality and equity to the To help individuals that have communicati
participants of the communication process. issues understand the reciprocity needed to
It pertains to the process by which people have a conversation with another person.
decide who takes the floor in conversation.
There is a code of behavior behind
establishing and sustaining a productive
conversation, but the primary idea is to give
all communicators a chance to speak. When
a person fails to wait for his/her turn to
speak or when a person is being interrupted,
misunderstandings and arguments are likely
to occur especially in situations when both
parties are emotionally charged.

Topic Control It is a strategy that limits the coverage of a

discussion or conversation to things that are
acceptable to the people involved in the
exchanged. If you are close to the person control and prevent unnecessary interruptio
you are talking to and would not want toand topic shifts in a certain conversation
unduly irritate him/her, you will avoid topics
that the other person is not interested in or
might not be keen on hearing about.

Topic Shifting Topic shifting can help direct the discussio

Topic shifting, as the name suggests, involves
moving from one topic to another. In otheranother topic or divert the attention of the
Listener from the topic that has become
words, it is where one part of a conversation
ends and where another begins. It is a problematic. Repeating is a good way of
correcting oneself and gives the Speaker ti
strategy that requires listening intently to
the people you are in conversation withto do just that. Recasting means changing t
form of a Message that could not be
understood

Repair
As the term denotes, repair means to fix or
 restore. As a communicative strategy, itYou will learn to adopt strategies to facilita
refers to how a speaker addresses the their understanding and being understood,
problems in speaking, listening, and
comprehending that they may encounter in
a conversation. Repair is the self-righting
mechanism it.

Termination
In conversation, termination is a strategy
used to end a topic or a conversation
through close-initiating expressions. You can find more better
Terminating or ending an interaction is opportuinities
useful in avoiding conflicts or diffusing
arguments. Even then, it must be done as
politely as possible

Activity 4
C. Answer the following questions.

1. How do you usually initiate or start a conversation? What are your techniques?________
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2. Why is it necessary to assess or evaluate first before ending or terminating a conversation?
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In order to gauge how much students have learned, it is not enough to assess their knowledge and skills
at the end of the course or program. We also need to find out what they know coming in so that we can
identify more specifically the knowledge and skills they have gained during the course or program.
When do you think Topic shifting should be employed? Cite specific situation.
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3. What is the best communicative strategy that should be used in debates? Why do you think so? I think it
is turn talking, because it allows the different parties to talk indifferently.
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4. For you, what is the best communicative strategy? Explain.
For me it’s repair it is because you can turn akward situation to a good one.

Your Final Task

Narrate a certain situation in the past when you used a strategy in the conversation. In your narrative,
make sure to do the following.

 Describe the situation.

  What was the conversation all about?
 Identify the communicative strategy used.
 What was the result/effect after using the communicative strategy?
 Why do you have to use the communicative strategy?
 Does it help you achieve your goal?

(You may use another sheet of paper if space is not enough)

This happened on my friend’s birthday and I’m talking to her mother, we

talked about how is my friend in school, then suddenly I got mental block of
all a sudden and after that I used the repair strategy to avoid
misunderstanding and it actually did. I used the communicative strategy
because it is the only think that I can think of and I achieved my goal