WELCOME TO MRS.
TAYUM ENGLISH
CLASS!
OBJECTIVES
1.Define communicative styles;
2. Give the appropriate communicative styles for various situations;;
3. Use words and expressions appropriate to a specific communicative style;
4. Get message across to others clearly to avoid miscommunication;
5. Recognize one’s style of communication and identify areas needing improvement;
6. Draw inferences and conclusions; and
7. Create an interactive setting using a specific communicative style.
Give examples of the way you talk PERSONS YOU TALK TO HOW YOU TALK TO THEM
to different persons using the
following matrix.
1.FRIEND
2.BROTHER/SISTER
3.PARENT
4.TEACHER
5.VISITOR
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
• Effective communication style allows you to send
your message across to others clearly without
miscommunication. In order to identify areas that
need improvement, you have to discover and
understand how you communicate today.
• The way you communicate with others varies depending on whom you talk to,
what topic you talk about, where and when you talk, and how you talk about the
topic. You use different language registers or communicative styles, a way in
which you communicate and interact with others in different situations. There
are five basic communicative styles in this module. These are intimate, casual,
conversational, consultative, and frozen. It is important that you know the
characteristics, expressions used, and uniqueness of each communicative style so
that you will know how to be in a part of a conversation appropriately and
effectively. Your communicative style determines how others perceive you. You
must choose your communicative style to express yourself in every situation .
• Communicative styles, a way in
which you communicate and
interact with others in different
situations.
• A jargon refers to words or expressions that
are used by a particular group of people to
understand each other and to identify them
from other groups. Moreover, each style has
its particular use, which is determined by the
given situation.
TYPES OF COMMUNICATIVE STYLES
1. Informal or Casual
• This is used in personal conversations by family members,
relatives, peers, and friends. This is “group language.” You must be
a member to be able to relate and communicate. Slangs,
vulgarities, and colloquialisms are normal. For example, the UV
Express drivers use the jargon buwan (person), money market
(market), Tri-zero (Trinoma), Sierra Madre (Shoe Mart), and kilo
(full) when they communicate with each other.
2. CONVERSATIONAL
It is the style that approaches the way you normally express
yourself in a smaller group than before a speech audience.
Your goal is to communicate to the audience rather than to
speak to them. Conversations are characterized by the lack
of planning and the randomness of subject matter. They are
very often unpredictable, not guided to an overall theme. It
is characterized by the inexplicitness of the language –
“incompleteness” of many utterances as the context makes
it clear what was meant by the speaker
3. CONSULTATIVE
• This s two-way communication. It is formal and
societal expectations accompany the users of this
speech. The language is precise. It is the style used
when strangers meet, communications between a
superior and a subordinate, doctor and patient,
lawyer and client, lawyer and judge, teacher and
student, and counselor and client.
4. INTIMATE
• This style is used in private communications by
people who have close relationships like family
members and lovers. This is the style avoided
in public and professional gatherings. Some
expressions used in this style are ‘Ma, ‘Dy,
Hon, Beh, and Anak.
5. FROZEN
This style of communication is RARELY or NEVER
changes. It is “frozen” in time and content, such as,
the Panunumpa sa Watawat, the Lord’s Prayer, the
Preamble to the Philippine Constitution, the Alma
Mater Song, a bibliographic reference, laws, and
biblical verses.
ACTIVITY 1. Read each dialogue below and write on the blank if the communication style is intimate or casual.
1. ____________________
Yvonne: Can we talk about what happened last night?
Jotham: I don’t know if I’m in the Mood.
Yvonne: What’s that supposed to mean?
Jotham: I’m sick and tired of your excuses.
2. ____________________
Andrew: Hello, Aaron! Kumusta?
Aaron: I’m fine. What about you?
Andrew: I’m also fine. I’m happy that we have finally met together after all these years.
Aaron: Oo nga e. a long time have passed. Why are you in this railway station? Aaron: I’m going to Mall of Asia.
3. ____________________
Mercy: How much do you love me, ‘pa?
Julito: Well, look at the stars and count them. That is how much I love you.
Mercy: But it’s morning. Julito: Exactly.
4. ____________________
Kimpy: hey can I come over? i miss you.
Kelly: sure but nobody’s home
Kimpy: hey, wer r u? I went 2 ur place but nobodys der.
Kelly: I told u nobody was home hahahaha
5. ____________________
Henry: Ok. Wow. You just fangirled all over the floor. Way to go! Elmer: Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Henry: It depends on your point of view. Are you the floor, or the person that has to clean it up?
6.__________________
Juliet: Babe, if I broke up with you, what would you do?
Romeo: I would get back together with my ex. Juliet: Really? Is that how you feel? Fine. It’s over.
Romeo: Babe, will you go out with me?
Juliet: I thought you were getting out with your ex. Romeo: You are my ex
7. __________________
Laurie: So what are your plans this weekend?
Christie: I don’t know. Do you want to get together or something?
Laurie: How about going to see a movie? Cinemax at SM North is showing Merlin.
Christie: That sounds like a good idea. Maybe we should go out to eat beforehand.
8.__________________
Gwen: I miss you so much. A
rthur: 3 words, 8 letters. Say it and I’ll be there.
9.__________
Sujon: Hurrah! Only two months away before the yuletide season.
Rakib: I know. I have been counting the days. I have just been sick of home study.
Sujon: Duh! So am I. What are you going to do with your ritual these holidays?
Rakib: I should like to go to the hills for a change. But that means money, and I don’t think my father will give it to me.
10. __________________
Jane: Hey, look at that sport car. Isn’t it neat?
Alex: That is exactly the kind of car I want once I get a good job. I bet it is very fast. I want mine to be red though.
Jane: Keep on dreaming, Alex. That car costs a fortune.
Alex: It does not hurt to set high expectations. Maybe one day I will make a lot of money, and I might surprise you.
