Types of Communicative Strategies
Types of Communicative Strategies
Types of Communicative Strategies
COMMUNICATIVE
STRATEGIES
OBJECTIVES:
In one or two sentences, tell me what you think about the issue.
If you had to choose just three words to describe yourself, what would
those three words be?
GUIDELINES FOR NOMINATION AND
RESTRICTION
•I’msorry, but the line is choppy. Can you please repeat the last line
you said?
•That’s a good point, but can you please elaborate more about why
you think the movie isn’t an accurate portrayal of how life was
during the 1990s?
C. TURN-TAKING
This is recognizing when and how to speak because it is one’s turn.
Knowing when to talk depends on watching out for the verbal and
nonverbal cues that signal the next speaker that the previous speaker
has finished.
It also means that others should be given the opportunity to take a turn.
This uses either an informal approach (just jump in and start talking) or
a formal approach (permission to speak is requested)
THERE ARE THREE TURN-TAKING ACTS: KEEP-
TURN,
RELEASE-TURN, AND TAKE-TURN.
a. Keep-turn suggests that a speaker must not stop until he fulfills his purpose in a
conversation.
b. Release-turn suggests that a speaker is finished talking and is ready to yield the
floor to another person to take his or her turn. He or she may use signals or pauses
in a conversation.
c. Take-turn suggests that another participant can take the role of the speaker.
INDICATIVE SIGNS FOR KEEPING, YIELDING, OR
TAKING A TURN
1. Intonation may signal when a speaker intends to keep or yield his or her turn. Falling intonation indicates that a speaker is about to end his or her turn,
while rising intonation implies that a speaker is about to reach the climax of his or her point, asking the participants for clarification and confirmation, or
sometimes to express disbelief.
Verbal
2. cues may suggest that a speaker wants to yield or to keep his or her turn.
Nonverbal
3. cues or gestures show that a participant wants to take the floor or speak. Also, when a speaker points to or fixes his or her gaze on a
participant, it may mean that he or she wants that participant to speak.
D. TOPIC CONTROL
This is keeping the interaction going by asking questions and eliciting a
response.
This is simply a question-answer formula that moves the discussion
forward.
This allows the Listener or the other participants to take turns,
contribute ideas, and continue the discussion.
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. Participants should be mindful of verbal cues as the
main speaker uses statements such as “Let’s focus on . . .” or “Let’s
discuss . . .” to set the topic of the conversation, or “As I was
saying . . .” or “Going back to . . .” to sustain or return to the original
topic.
Topic control is a communication strategy that helps the
speaker keep the conversation focused on one central
idea. This is also beneficial for the receiver of the speaker’s
message since he/she is more guided in what and how to
respond, as the topic is controlled.
Example :
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.
E. TOPIC SHIFTING
This is introducing a new topic followed by the continuation of that topic.
This strategy works best when there is follow-through so that a new topic continues to
be discussed.
Topic shifting occurs when one intentionally or unintentionally changes the direction
of the flow of ideas in a conversation.
A speaker usually introduces a new topic when there is silence, when the current topic
is unfamiliar to him or her, when he or she is not interested in the topic being talked
about, or when he or she associates certain subjects or ideas to the current topic and
wants to talk about those subjects or ideas instead.
It occurs when one intentionally or unintentionally changes the direction of the flow
of ideas in a conversation.
Topic shifting is usually done in the following situations:
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.
Some cues: