SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL- Oral Communication in Context

STUDENT’S NAME: ________________________GRADE/SECTION: _____________

TEACHER: _______________________________ DATE SUBMITTED: ____________

COMMUNICATION WITH A PURPOSE

I. LEARNING SKILLS
A. Most Essential Learning Competency
Employ various communicative strategies in different situations.
B. Objective/s
1. Identify the seven (7) communicative strategies
2. Apply the different communicative strategies in different situations.

II. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

Communication has always been a give and take process between participants.
We have to consider that the solution of communication problems is the responsibility of
both the speaker and listener, therefore correct strategies help to get the right message
and receive appropriate feedback.
In our daily lives, there is no ideal speaker, no listener of language. As they always
say, nobody’s perfect. Realistically, no one can master a language perfectly and use it
appropriately in daily conversations. Without a doubt, in the process of communication,
we may come across several barriers or problems. To overcome these problems, we
have to use some communicative strategies.

Communicative Strategy
A communication strategy is a systematic technique employed by speakers to
express their meaning when faced with a language problem or difficulty. Because English
may not be our first language, these communicative strategies help us to keep on using
the language and communicate effectively with others.
Communicative strategies not only play an important role in communication but
they also contribute to second language acquisition. Communicative strategies (CS) can
help us to keep the communication channel open, encourage hypothesis formation and
automatization.
A communication strategy ensures that all significant information is dispersed to
the correct people, both internally and externally. Having all people on the same page is
essential to a community or school.

Seven (7) Types of Communicative Strategy

1. Nomination - A speaker carries out a nomination to collaboratively and productively

establish a topic or open a topic.
Examples:
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 1. Have you noticed the weird weather lately? Is it because of global warming?
2. Did you feel the earthquake last night?

2. Restriction - refers to any limitation you may have as a speaker.

Example:
1. Conversing with any of your family members during ordinary days can be far
more casual. Remember to always be on point and avoid sideswiping from the
topic during the conversation to avoid communication breakdown.

3. Turn-taking - pertains to the process by which people decide who takes the
conversational floor.
Examples:
1. May I have the floor, Sir? The topic under discussion is the state of the Philippine
Economy today.
2. Go on with your ideas. I’ll let you finish before I say something.

4. Topic Control - covers how procedural formality or informality affects the development
of topic in conversations.
Examples:
1. Have you noticed the weird weather lately? Is it because of global warming?
2. Did you feel the earthquake last night?

5. Topic Shifting - involves moving from one topic to another.

Examples:
1. This is a battle with corporations that continue to pollute the environment. But this
is also a battle with a man himself, who continues to act as if there is another Earth
we can move to once this Earth dies.
2. If we cannot use the Earth’s resources, our economies will die. We need to
choose: the economy or the environment.

6. Repair - refers to how speakers address the problems in speaking, listening, and
comprehending that they may encounter in a conversation.
Examples:
1. Speaker 1: There are 7,107 Islands in the Philippines.
Speaker 2: I beg your pardon, but the latest record of the number of islands in the
Philippines is 7,641 and not 7,107.
2. The correct pronunciation of Nike is not “nayk” but
“nayki”.

7. Termination - refers to the conversation participants’ close-initiating expressions that end

a topic in a conversation.

Examples:
1. Please excuse me, I must go. I have a meeting in 5 mins.
2. I am sorry, but I have to make an important phone call.

III. ACTIVITIES
A. Practice Tasks
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Practice Task 1: Nomination and Restriction Check
Read the following statements/situations. Put a check mark (✔) if the statement/situation
shows NOMINATION type of Communicative Strategy and put an X if it is the statement
is an example of RESTRICTION type of communicative strategy.
______1. Now, it’s your turn to ask questions.
______2. I was late for class again! The MRT stopped midway.
What is wrong with the MRT?
______3.They say that the Philippine economy is getting better. Only the stupid
thinks that, right?
______4. Do you have anything to say?
______5.When you were asked to deliver a speech in a specific language.

Practice Task 2: What’s in the Box?

Identify the word being described in each sentence. Choose your

answer from the box. Write it on the space provided.
Nomination Restriction Turn-taking
Topic Control Communicative Strategies Topic Shifting
Repair Termination

__________1. The primary idea is to give all communicators a chance to speak.

__________2.When you apply this strategy, you try to open a topic to the people you
are communicating with.
__________3.Keeping the conversation going by asking questions and eliciting
responses.
__________4. These are plans, ways or means of sharing information which are
adopted to achieve a particular social, political, psychological, and
linguistic purpose.
__________5. Refers to any limitation you have as a speaker.
__________6. Where part of a conversation ends and also begins.
__________7. Overcoming communication breakdown to send more comprehensible
messages.
__________8. Utilization of verbal and non-verbal signals to end the interaction.
__________9. I was late for the class again. The MRT stopped midway.
What’s wrong with the MRT?
__________10. Anything to comment about his idea about digital learning?

Practice Task 3: Name it!

Identify the communicative strategy used in the following statements. On the blank, write N if
the statement shows Nomination, RES for Restriction, TT for Turn-taking, TC for Topic
Control, TS for Topic Shifting, REP for Repair and T for Termination.

_____1.The correct pronunciation of Nike is not “nayk” but “nayki”.

_____2.There’s a new local film festival next month!
_____3. By the way, I found a purse, and it's full of cash!
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_____4. Goodbye and Thank you Mr. Torres.
_____5.They say that the Philippine economy is getting better. Only the stupid thinks that,
right?
_____6.You have the spotlight now.
_____7. You said that you like milk chocolates, but you also stated that dark chocolates
are based on a single ingredient called cacao.
_____8. You can only talk in a meeting if you are recognized by the presider.
_____9. I enjoyed talking with you. Maybe we can continue our conversation tomorrow.
_____10. I cannot understand what your classmate is saying. Please mute your
microphone.

B. Assessment: Celebrity Interview

Assuming you are a journalist and you are assigned to interview a Celebrity (of
your choice, whether foreign or local). Write a short dialogue about the interview by utilizing
the questions below as your guide. Make sure that you employ all concepts on
Communicative Strategies that you have learned.

1. What advice do you have for the kids and teens who want to be an
actor/singer/performer?
2. How would you describe yourself in five (5) words?
3. What is your greatest strength and weakness?
4. What advice do you have for the kids and teens who would want to be a
celebrity like you?
5. What makes you smile? What scares you the most?
6. Describe the next five years of your life, and your plans.

IV. Rubric for Scoring

Content - 30%
Grammar - 25%
Relevance - 25%
Organization - 20%
TOTAL - 100%

V. REFLECTION/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS
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VI. REFERENCES

● Department of Education. Oral Communication in Context (For Senior High

School). 839 EDSA, South Triangle, Quezon City: C & E Publishing, Inc.,
2016.
● Possel, H. (n.d.). Transition Words. Retrieved June 23, 2020, from
https://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/transition-words.html
● Purshouse, Craig. “Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1988] 1 AC
1074.” Law Trove, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2020 from https://doi.org/

Congratulations! You have completed your learning adventure!

Good luck on your next learning journey!

Prepared by:

JESSIE-MARIE M. MORCOSO, Teacher II

Pawa High School
SDO Legazpi City

Quality Assured by:

1. KRISMELLEH CASSANDRA LORENZITA B. MILLARE, Teacher II

Legazpi City National High School
SDO Legazpi City

2. NIDA D. BERNALDEZ
English QA Team Head
SDO Legazpi City

3. CLAUDIA MARILOU S. MARPURI

EPS-English
SDO Iriga City

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 ANSWER KEY

PracticeTask 1:
1. X
2. ✔
3. X
4. ✔
5. X

Practice Task 2
1. Turn-taking
2. Nomination 6. Topic Shifting
3. Topic Control 7. Restriction
4. Communication 8. Termination
Strategies 9. Nomination
5. Restriction 10. Turn-taking

Practice Task 3
1. R
2. N
3. TS
4. T
5. RES
6. TT
7. TC
8. TC
9. T
10. R

B. Assessment: Answers may vary.

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