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This document provides a set of practice questions on oral communication, specifically focused on speech acts. It contains multiple-choice questions to test understanding of various types and kinds of speech acts. The format includes questions with possible answers. Suitable for secondary school students.
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ENGLISH 1 ORAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT LET'S EXERCISE! QUESTION 1 Consider the phrase: “I now declare Martial Law.” Who among the following can say this phrase and make martial law happen? President of the country My pregnant neighbor A retired...
ENGLISH 1 ORAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT LET'S EXERCISE! QUESTION 1 Consider the phrase: “I now declare Martial Law.” Who among the following can say this phrase and make martial law happen? President of the country My pregnant neighbor A retired veterinarian A famous rock star QUESTION 1 Consider the phrase: “I now declare Martial Law.” Who among the following can say this phrase and make martial law happen? President of the country My pregnant neighbor A retired veterinarian A famous rock star QUESTION 2 What do you think does the speaker mean when he/she says, “Can you open the door?” The speaker wants to know if I have the ability to open the door. The speaker is requesting me to open the door. The speaker does not make sense. The speaker is asking me a question. QUESTION 2 What do you think does the speaker mean when he/she says, “Can you open the door?” The speaker wants to know if I have the ability to open the door. The speaker is requesting me to open the door. The speaker does not make sense. The speaker is asking me a question. QUESTION 3 You and your friend who has a fever enter your room. She shivers and tells you, “It’s cold in here!” How would you interpret what she said? She feels cold. She wants me to increase the temperature in the room. She does not feel well because of the cold. She is complimenting the temperature in my room. QUESTION 3 You and your friend who has a fever enter your room. She shivers and tells you, “It’s cold in here!” How would you interpret what she said? She feels cold. She wants me to increase the temperature in the room. She does not feel well because of the cold. She is complimenting the temperature in my room. QUESTION 4 Based on the scenario in item number 3, what would your next action be? I will thank my friend. I will ignore my friend. I will agree with her and say that the room is cold. I will increase the temperature to decrease the coldness. QUESTION 4 Based on the scenario in item number 3, what would your next action be? I will thank my friend. I will ignore my friend. I will agree with her and say that the room is cold. I will increase the temperature to decrease the coldness. QUESTION 5 Which commits the speaker to doing something? "I'm in love and I'm happy." "I checked her Facebook profile yesterday." "I promise to love you for better or for worse." "I think following my suggestion will get us a high grade." QUESTION 5 Which commits the speaker to doing something? "I'm in love and I'm happy." "I checked her Facebook profile yesterday." "I promise to love you for better or for worse." "I think following my suggestion will get us a high grade." TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS Lesson 4 PART 1 Lesson Objectives: 1. Identify the types of speech acts 2. Respond appropriately and effectively to a speech act SPEECH ACT An utterance that a speaker makes to achieve an intended effect Can be used in offering an apology, greeting, request, complaint, invitation, compliment, or refusal Example: "Thanks." "Thank you for always being there for me. I really appreciate it." By J. L. Austin THREE TYPES OF SPEECH ACT (1962) Locutionary Illocutionary Perlocutionary -actual act of -the social function -the resulting act of uttering of what is said what is said -based on the particular context in which the speech act was mentioned "Please do the The speaker Leads the dishes." requests the addressee to addressee to wash the dishes wash the dishes. THREE TYPES OF SPEECH ACT Example #1 Locutionary Illocutionary Perlocutionary "Please do the dishes." "Please do the dishes." "Please do the dishes." the literal the speaker meaning, the wants the utterance addressee/ the addressee/ how the speaker hearer to wash hearer may wash uttered the the dishes the dishes words what we say what we mean what we accomplish when we say it by saying it THREE TYPES OF SPEECH ACT Example #2 Locutionary Illocutionary Perlocutionary "It is raining outside." "It is raining outside." "It is raining outside." the literal the speaker wants the addressee/ hearer meaning, the the addressee/ may use an umbrella utterance hearer to use an when he/she goes out how the speaker umbrella the addressee/ hearer uttered the the speaker wants may stay for a while words the addressee/ waiting for the rain to hearer not to go out subside what we say what we mean what we accomplish when we say it by saying it Locutionary Illocutionary Perlocutionary "It is hot in here." "It is hot in here." "It is hot in here." an indirect request for the literal could result to someone to open the meaning, the someone opening window (requesting) utterance the window an indirect refusal to close how the speaker the window when uttered the someone says he is cold words (refusing) a complaint implying that someone know better than to keep the windows closed (expressed Example #3 emphatically) By J. L. Austin THREE TYPES OF SPEECH ACT (1962) Locutionary Illocutionary Perlocutionary -what we say -the intention of -effect of the -the production of producing meaning intended action meaningful -result utterances and expressions INDIRECT SPEECH ACTS This occurs when there is no direct connection between the form of the utterance and the intended meaning. They are different in force (i.e., intention) from the inferred speech act. Examples: "Could you pass the rice?" Inferred speech act: Do you have the ability to hand over the rice? Indirect speech act: Please pass the rice. INDIRECT SPEECH ACTS Examples: "Can you check the cabinet for my phone?" - indirectly asks the listener to check the cabinet "Do you know if he/she got 100 on the recent exam?" - indirectly asks the listener what someone's grade is "The window is still open." - indirectly asks the listener to close the window PERFORMATIVES Statements which enable the speaker to perform something just by stating it. These are verbs that execute the speech act that they intend to effect Said by the right person under the right circumstances PERFORMATIVES Examples: The judge says: "I now pronounce you husband and wife." The robot says: "I now pronounce you husband and wife." PART 2 Lesson Objectives: 1. Identify the types of illocutionary acts by Searle 2. Interpret the types of speech acts used in certain situations LET'S REVIEW THE THREE TYPES OF SPEECH ACT Locutionary Illocutionary Perlocutionary "Your eyes are inflammed." "Your eyes are inflammed." "Your eyes are inflammed." an act of ordering the hearer to visit the utterance of the hearer visits an eye doctor for an eye doctor the sentence check up the hearer treats an act of the eye suggesting the hearer to treat his/her eyes what we say what we mean what we accomplish when we say it by saying it SEARLE'S CLASSIFICATION OF SPEECH ACTS John Searle (1976), a professor from the University of California, Berkeley, classified illocutionary acts into five distinct categories. SEARLE'S CLASSIFICATION OF SPEECH ACTS Assertive Directive Commissive Expressive Declaration ASSERTIVE the speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition suggesting, putting forward, swearing, boasting, concluding Example: "No one makes better pancakes than I do." DIRECTIVE the speaker tries to make the addressee perform an action asking, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, begging Example: "Please close the door." COMMISSIVE commits the speaker to do something in the future promising, planning, vowing, betting Example: "From now on, I will participate in our group activity." EXPRESSIVE the speaker expresses his/her feelings or emotional reactions thanking, apologizing, welcoming, deploring Example: "I am so sorry for not helping out in our group projects and letting you do all the work." DECLARATION brings a change in the external situation brings into existence or cause the state of affairs which they refer to blessing, firing, baptizing, bidding, passing a sentence, excommunicating Example: "You are fired!" CLASSIFICATION SITUATION EXAMPLE OF SPEECH ACT You are accused of doing Assertive something you did not do. "I swear! I did not do it!" You order a meal in a "I'll get value meal A. Kindly Directive restaurant. upsize my drinks and fries." You promise to do Commisive something. "I'll clean the house later." "I'm so sorry. I didn't Expressive You offer an apology. mean it." A judge sentences a "The jury finds you guilty of grand Declaration defendant to jail. theft auto, and are sentenced to 10 years in prison without bail." ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND! Speech Acts include concrete life interactions that require the appropriate use of language within a given culture. Communicative competence is essential for a speaker to be able to use and understand speech acts. TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS Lesson 4 - END -