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Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles LESSON 6.3 Illocution Table of Contents Introduction 1 Objectiv...

Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles LESSON 6.3 Illocution Table of Contents Introduction 1 Objectives 2 DepEd Competency 2 Warm-Up 2 Learn about It 3 Categories of Illocution 4 Expressives 4 Declarations 5 Assertives 5 Directives 6 Commissives 6 Key Points 7 Check Your Understanding 7 Let’s Step Up! 8 Photo Credits 9 Bibliography 9  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles Lesson 6.3 Illocution Fig. 1. Knowing the different kinds of day-to-day talks allow us to be more purposeful communicators. Introduction Sometimes, what one says is not supposed to be taken literally. People often make use of words in a creative way, and some statements even have to be analyzed to decipher their intention. Objectives In this lesson, you should be able to do the following: Define illocution. Recognize illocutionary acts in conversations and texts. 1  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles Distinguish illocution from the other types of speech acts. DepEd Competency At the end of this lesson, you should be able to respond appropriately and effectively to a speech act (EN11/12OC-Ifj-20). Warm-Up Materials pad paper writing materials Procedure 1. Analyze the locutionary acts in the table below. 2. Write down the syntactic form of each under one column. 3. In the last column, write what you think the following locutionary act intends to mean based on the perspective of a hearer. 2  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles What does it mean based What does it intend to Locutionary Acts on the words used? mean? It tells someone that he or It is asserting that someone You can give me a hand on she is capable of helping can and should actually help this. him or her. him or her. Could you keep quiet? I’m so sorry for your loss. Guide Questions 1. How were you able to come up with answers to the two columns? 2. What were the challenges you encountered in answering the two columns? Learn about It Illocution is the meaning one wishes to communicate or convey. It is the act that a speaker performs in saying the utterance. Vocabulary medium method or way of expressing or conveying something (noun) hereby by means of this (adverb) accommodating willing to fit in with someone's wishes or needs (adjective) daring have the courage to do something (adjective) 3  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles vowing solemnly promise to do a specified thing (verb) Essential Question How are words or statements used in expressing one’s intention? Categories of Illocution The intended meaning in a speech act may depend on the context of where, why, when, and how something is said. In other words, this is related to the social function that the utterance has. Illocutions can be classified into five major categories: Expressives These express a speaker’s emotions and attitudes toward a particular situation. Expressives include apologizing, welcoming, thanking, and congratulating. “I’m grateful that you managed to accommodate my request despite your busy schedule.” This example shows that the speaker expresses his gratitude to someone for accommodating his request. “I apologize for everything my son has done. I hope you can forgive him.” In this example, the speaker expressed his apology for what his son has done to someone else. 4  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles “Congratulations and best wishes to you and your wife.” This example expresses the speaker’s well wishes for the newlyweds. Declarations These are speech acts that, upon being uttered, immediately bring about a change in the situation. Examples include appointing, baptizing, declaring, firing, and nominating. “I hereby pronounce you husband and wife.” “You’re fired!” “As the managing partner, I appoint Mr. Ross as the firm’s newest junior partner.” The first example indicates the presider’s declaration that the groom and bride are married; the second example indicates an employer firing an employee; the third example shows a managing partner appointing a new junior partner in a law firm. Assertives Basically, these convey information regarding something. This could be in the form of concluding, stating, describing, asserting, suggesting, and insisting. Rose: Jericho’s cat is missing. (1) Justin: What does the cat look like? Rose: It’s a persian cat, about three months old. (2) Justin: I think we should look for the cat outside. (3) Rose: Okay. The first example states that the cat is missing; the second example describes what the cat 5  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles looks like; the third example indicates a suggestion on where to look for the cat. Directives These are speech acts that cause the individual being addressed to do a particular action. These include commanding, daring, challenging, requesting, and asking someone to do something. “Kindly hand me that box.” This example indicates a request or command to do something for the speaker. Commissives These are speech acts that commit the speaker to doing a particular action in the future. Examples of this are promising, vowing, planning, and offering. Dar: I will have this report ready by next week. (1) Alvin: Good. In the meantime, let’s look into the next assignment. (2) Sally: Would you like me to help with that? (3) Alvin: Yes, Sally. Thank you. The first example expresses a vow to finish the report. The second example shows that the speaker plans to begin another assignment. The third example shows an offer to help Alvin. Let’s Check In With a partner, discuss your answer to the following question: In which situations should commissives be used? 6  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles Key Points Illocution is the meaning one wishes to communicate or convey. It is the act that a speaker performs in saying the utterance. There are different kinds of illocution: expressives, declarations, assertives, directives, and commissives. Check Your Understanding Identify the illocutionary act shown in the following sentences. __________1. I promise to pay you on Tuesday. __________2. I think this color will be perfect for your room. __________3. You are hereby sentenced guilty beyond reasonable doubt. __________4. Thank you for dropping these files. __________5. Please pass the butter. Identify the categories of illocution indicated in the statement. __________1. I apologize for what happened yesterday. __________2. I now pronounce you husband and wife. __________3. The experiment is a success. __________4. Please send my love to your parents. __________5. I will love you for the rest of my life. 7  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles Write an example for each type of illocution category. 1. Expressives __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Declarations __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Assertives __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Directives __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Commissives __________________________________________________________________________________ Let’s Step Up! Form a group with three to five members. Choose one situation and apply at least two categories of illocutionary acts in a skit. Present this skit in class. Reminding someone to pick up the laundry Offering to help an old lady in crossing the street Asking someone to hurry in the shower 8  Oral Communication in Context Grade 11/12 Unit 6: Speech Styles Photo Credits Fig. 1. Group by pikisuperstar is licensed under Freepik.com. Bibliography Austin, John Langshaw. 1962. How to Do Things with Words. London: Oxford University Press. Cohen, L. Jonathan. “Searle’s Theory of Speech Acts.” The Philosophical Review 79, no. 4 (October 1970): 545-57. Accessed May 7, 2018. Searle, John R. 1999. Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 9