DESCRIBE THE WORD
What Are Communication
Strategies?
Why should we make a deliberate effort to
communicate clearly with others?
Review
1 How do you usually end a conversation with
your friend?
2 When you are uncomfortable with a topic
your friend initiated, what do you do?
Communicative strategy
a plan of action or a technique
that a communicator uses in
order to help make the
communication process
successful.
Types of Communication Strategies
Nomination – involves the opening
and establishing of a topic in a
conversation
Jasmine, may I talk to you about our
science project?
Restriction – involves limiting what the
participants can contribute to the
conversation or discussion
If you had to choose just three words to
describe yourself, what those three
words would be?
Turn-taking – refers to the process in
which a participant stops speaking and
yields the floor to another participant
so that he or she can speak
Vanessa: Do you think this is already okay?
Or should we add more designs?
Hazel: I think this is good to go. Adding
more designs would probably make it look
cluttered and overwhelming.
Vanessa: Yeah, you’re right.
Topic control – occurs when the main
or assigned speaker manipulates the
discussion in order to maintain its flow
without moving away from or changing
the topic
That’s a good question, but it’s no
longer connected to our topic. Let’s
discuss this first, and I can answer that
question later.
Repair – refers to the act of fixing the
violations in a communication situation
The meeting is going to be on the 25th
. . . oh I mean on the 24th of May.
Topic shifting – occurs when one
intentionally or unintentionally
changes the direction of the flow of
ideas in a conversation
Ryan: Were you able to watch the
basketball game on television last night?
Ruel: Yes. It was a really good game. It
made me miss playing basketball. Would
you like to play a game over the weekend?
I’ll invite some of our classmates too.
Termination – refers to the act of
ending a conversation
I really would love to talk more, but I
have a meeting in five minutes. I’ll call
you later, okay?
Identify what communication strategy is being
described in each statement below.
1. This refers to the act of ending a conversation.
2. This involves the opening and establishing of a topic in a
conversation.
3. This refers to the act of fixing the violations in a
communication situation.
4. This involves limiting what the participants can contribute to
the conversation or discussion.
5. This occurs when the main or assigned speaker manipulates
the discussion in order to maintain its flow without moving
away from or changing the topic.
IDENTIFICATION: Identify the type of Communicative Strategy
evident in each statement.
1.“Anne, May I talk to you for a minute, regarding our meeting
later?”
2.“Give me at least one specific word to describe yourself.”
3.“My birthday is on December 1st ...... Oh I mean, On
December 2nd.”
4.“I would really love stay longer, but I need to go now. I’ll see
you tomorrow.”
5.Mika: “What do you think about this dress? Does it look
nice?”
Shiela: “Yes, It really suits you. The color and the style are
great too”
Mika: “Yeah cool, You’re right!”
Values Integration
In what ways can you apply your learnings from
this lesson in having a successful conversation
with your friends?
PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY:
1. Decide on a topic and create a dialogue about it.
2. Make sure to include at least five communication
strategies.
3. Then, act out the dialogue in front of the class.
After the activity, answer these questions:
1. Which communication strategy was the easiest to
create and perform? Why do you think so?
2. Which communication strategy was the most difficult
to create and perform? Why do you think so?
3. Talking about the same topic, will you be able to use
the communication strategies smoothly in an
unpracticed situation?
4. Based on the activity, what should one remember for
a conversation to become successful?
Assignment
1. Have a conversation with your sibling or parents
about the topic below.
Topic: Lowering the criminal liability age from 15 to 9
2. Make sure to record your conversation so that you
can transcribe it later.
3. After transcribing, take note of the communication
strategies that your siblings or parents used.
