ME EngOCC 11 Q2 0701_PS_What Are Communication Strategies_.pptx

Lesson 1
What Are
Communication
Strategies?

Learning Competency
This lesson serves as a prerequisite lesson for the following
DepEd competency:
Engage in a communicative situation using acceptable,
polite, and meaningful communicative strategies
(EN11/12OC-IIab-21).

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the learner should be able to
do the following:
● Identify the different types of communication
strategies.
● Differentiate the different types of communication
strategies.

Essential Question
Why should we make a deliberate effort to
communicate clearly with others?

Warm Up
1. What do you do whenever:
a. a person keeps on talking, and you want to contribute to
the discussion as well?
b. a person talks about a topic that does not interest
everyone in the group?
c. a person keeps on talking, but you need to end the
conversation because you have to leave already?

Warm Up
1. What do you do whenever:
d. a person keeps on talking, but you want another person
who has not contributed yet to the discussion to express
his or her opinion as well?
e. a person talks about a sensitive topic, and you sense
that the other members of the group are not
comfortable with talking about it?
2. Write your answers down on a piece of paper, then share
your insights with a partner.

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?

Learn about It!
Communication Strategy
● It is a plan of action or a technique that a communicator
uses to help make the communication process
successful.

Learn about It!
A.Nomination
– involves the opening and establishing of a topic in a
conversation
Types of Communication Strategies
Jasmine, may I talk to you about our science project?

Learn about It!
B. 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 would those three words be?

Learn about It!
C. 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

Learn about It!
C. Turn-taking
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.

Learn about It!
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.
D.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

Learn about It!
E. Topic shifting
– occurs when one intentionally or unintentionally changes
the direction of the flow of ideas in a conversation

Learn about It!
E. Topic shifting
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.

Learn about It!
F. 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.

Learn about It!
G.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?

Drills
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.

Drills
Identify what communication strategy is being
described in each statement below.
___________________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.

Drills
Read the dialogue below and identify the
communication strategy shown in the underlined lines.
Alexa: Hey, I have to tell you something 1.
___________________, but you have to promise me you
wouldn’t yell at me afterward. 2. ___________________
Jennie: What is it? Go ahead and tell me. I won’t yell at you.

Drills
Alexa: Well . . . You let me borrow a dress so that I’ll have a
costume for the play, right? The thing is, I—or rather—my
sister got ketchup on it as I got home. 3.
___________________
Jennie: Oh no. Is it permanently stained?

Drills
Alexa: I don’t know yet. I gave it to my mom so that she
could try to get the stain out. I’ll know later if she was able
to get rid of the stain. If she hasn’t, I’ll take your dress to a
laundromat to have it professionally treated.
Jennie: I see. I appreciate it that you told me right away.

Drills
Alexa: So you’re not angry?
Jennie: I’m a bit upset about the dress, but I’m not angry. By
the way, are you done with your math homework? 4.
___________________

Drills
Alexa: Not yet. I have to do it now before our lunch break is
over. Would you like to go with me to the library?

Drills
Jennie: I’m done with mine, and I think I need to speak with
Carla about our science project. Let’s talk later, okay? Bye! 5.
___________________

Drills
Choose one from the topics below and write a dialogue
based on the situation you have chosen. Your dialogue
should make use of at least four communication
strategies.
1. You are a teacher discussing the importance of using
inclusive language.
2. You are a consumer bargaining with a vendor about
some items you want to buy.
3. You are a tourist asking for directions from a local.

Drills
Criteria Below
expectations
1
Needs
improvement
2
Meets
expectations
3
Exceeds
expectations
4
Score
Content (50%)
Clear and evident
focus on the topic
The focus of the
dialogue is
unclear.
The focus of the
dialogue is
somewhat clear.
The focus of the
dialogue is
sufficiently clear.
The focus of the
dialogue is very
clear.
Organization
(25%)
Logical
progression of
details/events;
clear transitions
between ideas
The progression of
dialogue is
disorganized.
Transitions are
unclear, making
the text almost
impossible to
The progression of
dialogue is
somewhat
organized.
Transitions are
somewhat clear,
leading to vague
The progression of
dialogue is
organized.
Transitions are
sufficiently clear,
leading to full
understanding.
The progression of
dialogue is well
organized.
Transitions are
clear and
effective, leading
to full and easy

Drills
Criteria Below
expectations
1
Needs
improvement
2
Meets
expectations
3
Exceeds
expectations
4
Score
Language (25%)
Spelling,
mechanics,
grammar, and
word usage
There are four or
more language
errors.
There are two to
three language
errors.
There is one
language error.
There are no
language errors.
Total Score:

In what ways can you apply your learnings from this
lesson in having a successful conversation with your
friends?
Values Integration

Synthesis
Creating a Dialogue
1. Form groups of five.
2. Create a dialogue based on the 5 communication
strategies.
3. Act out the dialogue in front of the class.

1. Have a conversation with your siblings or parents
about the 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.
Assignment

Bibliography
Brown, Gillian, and George Yule. Discourse Analysis. United Kingdom: University Press Cambridge,
1983.
Dalton-Puffer, Christiane. Discourse in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Classrooms.
Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2007.
Devito, Joseph A. 50 Communication Strategies. Bloomington, IN: IUniverse, Inc., 2012.
Padilla, Mely, Ligaya C. Bicomong, Hilaria P. Dato-on, Ma. Anniedith B. Rosario, and Leticia L. Sabornido.
Speech for Effective Communication. Meycauayan, Bulacan: Trinitas Publishing, Inc., 2003.
Sidnell, Jack, and Tanya Stivers, eds. The Handbook of Conversation Analysis. Malden, MA:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Bibliography
Turn-taking. 2009. Ministry of Education: Englishonline. Accessed June 29, 2018.
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Planning-for-my-students-needs/Exploring-language/
The-Language-of-Conversation/Turn-Taking
Turn-taking. Social Communication. 2018. Accessed June 29, 2018.
http://socialcommunication.truman.edu/hidden-social-dimensions/turn-taking/
Types of Communication Strategy. n.d. Accessed June 29, 2018.
https://coggle.it/diagram/Wc9Cv0yLwQABtWgN/t/types-of-communicative-strategies

ME EngOCC 11 Q2 0701_PS_What Are Communication Strategies_.pptx