2. WHAT IS IT?
Communication Accommodation Theory deals
with accommodating others to certain
communication interactions. It can be used in
the workplace, school, or just having a
conversation with other people. People change
the way they speak to understand others better
to accommodate to their communication needs.

3. WHO USES IT YOU ASK?
Howard Giles is one of the main people who uses
this theory. He's a professor at the
University of Santa Barbra!
Howard Giles… Aw isn’t
that nice?

4. WHO ELSE?
RACE
Doctors
Workplace

5. SCHOOL

6. WHAT’S THE POINT YOU ASK?
The point of Communication Accommodation
Theory is to be able to communicate with
others affectively! Without it, problems with
language barriers, age barriers, or
understanding people clearly can be a result
of failed communication accommodation.
I look better than you little
boy!!!

7. I CAN RUN
FASTER THAN
YOU SLOW POKE!!!

8. I talk with my hands

9. CRITICISM
Researchers argue that
people accommodate to
others on purpose. So you
mean sometimes people
don’t accommodate others
because they don’t want
to???

10. YES SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which causes problems with
communication

12. WHAT ELSE YOU ASK?
We choose how to communicate! SO
ACCOMMODATE OTHERS TODAY! It
makes the world a happy place!!!