Communicative
Strategies
Communicative Strategies
are plans, ways or means of
sharing information that are
adopted to achieve a particular
social, political, psychological, or
linguistic purpose.
Types of
Communicative
Strategies
A. Nomination
The speaker tries to
open a topic with the
people he is talking to.
A. Nomination
This is usually used at the
beginning of the
interaction to set the
purpose of the
conversation.
A. Nomination
Example:
How bad is the weather
in Pando?
A. Nomination
Example:
I would like to know why
you cheat on me.
B. Restriction
This is used in
constraining the reaction
or response within a
define set of
categories.
B. Restriction
This is useful when
narrowing down a
listener’s response to an
expected set of answers.
B. Restriction
Example:
We will have 30 minutes of online
discussion regarding the topic on
Pandemic and Mental Health. An
additional 10 minutes will be allotted
for your questions and related
concerns.
B. Restriction
Example:
Why do you keep on bringing up
the wrong things I have done?
Let’s focus on more important
matters like how can I make
you mine again.
C. Turn-taking
Turn-taking is
recognizing when and
how to speak when it is
one’s turn.
C. Turn-taking
Participants must watch out for
the verbal and non-verbal cues
that signal the
next speaker that the previous
speaker has finished talking.
C. Turn-taking
This strategy is used
to establish and sustain
a productive
conversation.
C. Turn-taking
Example:
(Clicked the raise hand
button) Can I please add
something to the
discussion?
C. Turn-taking
Example:
Boy: she’s just a friend!
Girl: (raised an eyebrow)
D. Topic Control
This is used in keeping the
conversation going on by
asking questions that
requires a response from
the listener.
D. Topic Control
Allows the other
participants to take
turns, contribute ideas,
and continue the
conversation.
D. Topic Control
Example:
That was an excellent
point, Arlene! How about
the rest of the class?
D. Topic Control
Example:
Boy: it seems that the
woman I love is a heart
breaker. Any tips not to
get hurt?
E. Topic Shifting
This is defined as
introducing a new topic
followed by the
continuation of that
topic.
E. Topic Shifting
is a strategy that works
best when there is a
follow through so that a
new topic continues to be
discussed.
E. Topic Shifting
Example:
Conversation about
shopping at the mall
followed by Covid-19
safety protocols.
Girl: who’s the girl holding your
hand earlier?
Boy: she’s a friend. Anyway,
would you like to have a date
with me?
Girl: I know all your friends but
she’s not one of them.
F. Repair
It refers to overcoming
communication breakdown
to send more
comprehensible messages.
Repair Communicative
Strategies
F. Repair
1. Requesting clarification – One
may ask questions or use non-verbal
communication such as eyebrows,
eyes, head, hands, or shoulders to
show that the message could not be
understood.
F. Repair
2. Not acknowledging
the new situation – The
situation already in
progress will continue.
F. Repair
3. Topic shifting – This can
help direct the discussion to
another topic or divert the
attention of the listener from
the topic that has become
problematic
F. Repair
4. Repeating – This is
a good way of
correcting oneself.
F. Repair
5. Recasting – This
refers to changing the
form of the message that
could not be understood.
G. Termination
This strategy ends the
interaction by using verbal
and nonverbal messages that
the participants send to one
another.
G. Termination
Example:
Thank you ….
Okay, all done…
(Handshake)
(Walk out)
G. Termination
Example:
SALAMAT NALANG SA
LAHAT.
G. Termination
Example:
AHH. K.
G. Termination
Example:
HAHA.
