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Employing the Appropriate Communicative Styles for Various Situations It is important to recognize the different communicative styles in various situations. Good communication skills can help you avoid conflict and solve problems. These communication styles are vital to encourage healthy relationshi...

Employing the Appropriate Communicative Styles for Various Situations It is important to recognize the different communicative styles in various situations. Good communication skills can help you avoid conflict and solve problems. These communication styles are vital to encourage healthy relationships toward others. A speech style is a form of language that the speaker employs according to the level of formality (Martin Joos 1967). Speech style is identified into five types: frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. 1. Frozen Frozen is the highest form of communication, identified as fixed speech. It is specific in form as it uses complex grammatical sentence structure and vocabulary known by experts in a particular field. Frozen is most used in formal ceremonies like plays, weddings, funerals, and more. This does involve a give-and- take communication, making this unidirectional. Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.” Juliet at the end of a long scene in which she and Romeo (audience) confess their love for each before parting (purpose), from the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet. 2. Formal Formal is used normally in writing rather than in speaking, thus, eliciting a more formal kind of speech. Use of ellipsis, contractions, and qualifying adverbials is eliminated. Typically, it is unidirectional and informative, but just pure information can sometimes be dull, therefore it’s occasionally persuasive, too. Examples of this include president’s State of the Nation Address, research paper presentation, thesis defense, a judge’s statement, or sermon of priests and ministers. 3. Consultative Consultative is also called unplanned speech because it allows the speaker to use the participation and feedback of the listener. It is bidirectional or sometimes multi-directional in nature wherein the speaker supplies the necessary information and the listener participates continuously. Examples of this style may include a patient’s appointment to the doctor, conference between parents and teachers, a meeting with the school principal, or employees and employer. 4. Casual Casual employs a free and easy participation of both the speaker and listener. It is also called informal style since it is common among peers and friends. It is multi-directional and typically spoken in nature by people who belong in the same group or team, but it can also be used in writing, text messaging, emails, or online chats. It may include examples such as a hangout or catch up with friends or a sports team celebration. Sam: How are you doing, Alexa? You look troubled. Alexa: Not fine. Ugh! Been feeling down since this lockdown started. Got no one to talk to. Sam: Nothing to worry, my friend! Got your back. You can tell me what’s wrong. Maybe, I could help