L1: Communicative Strategies

• Communicative Strategies


  These are the strategies used to start and maintain a conversation (Cohen, 1990).
• Communicative Strategies


  These are effective ways done to communicate thoughts effectively to survive inadequacies in communication.
• There are seven (7) strategies in communication: Nomination, Restriction, Turn taking, Topic Control, Topic Shifting, Repair, Termination.
• Nomination


  A strategy that is used to introduce a topic at the beginning of a communicative situation.
• Nomination


  Identify what type of strategy is used: “Hey! Long time no see! How are you?”
• Turn Taking


  A strategy that shows the process when people decide who takes the conversational floor.
• Turn Taking


  The primary goal of this is to give everyone a chance to speak.
• Turn Taking


  Identify what type of strategy is used: “Yes, Maria? You were raising your hand?”
• Repair 


  A strategy that pertains to how the speaker addresses the problems in speaking, listening, and comprehending in a conversation.
• Repair


  Identify what type of strategy is used: “Everyone, please calm down. We need to give everyone a chance for everyone to speak. Can we do that?"
• Termination


  A strategy that uses both verbal and nonverbal signals to end the interaction.
• Termination


  Identify what type of strategy is used: “Class dismissed.”
• Restriction


  A strategy that constraints or restricts the response of the other person involved in the communicative situation.
• Restriction


  The listener is forced to respond only within a set of categories that is made by the speaker.
• Restriction


  Identify what type of strategy is used: “Please text me only, don’t you dare try calling.”
• Topic Shifting


  A strategy that involves moving from one topic to another. 
• Topic Shifting


  It is where one part of the conversation ends and another begins.
• Topic Control


  A strategy that allows the listener or other participants to take turns, contribute, ideas, and continue the discussion.
• Topic Control


  It is simply a question-answer formula that moves the discussion forward.
• Topic Control


  Identify what type of strategy is used: “And how often does that happen to you?”
• Identify the type of strategies used.

  A) Nomination

  B) Turn taking

  C) Topic control

  D) Topic shifting

  E) Topic shifting

  F) Repair

  G) Termination

  
• Identify the type of strategies used.

  A) Nomination

  B) Topic shifting

  C) Topic control

  D) Topic control

  E) Topic shifting

  F) Turn taking

  G) Topic control