Communicative Strategy PDF
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This document explains communicative strategies, from nomination to termination, used during conversations. It also includes examples and conversational violations.
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COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY Strategies that language learners use to overcome communication problem in order for them to convey their intended meaning. Communicative strategies must be used to start and keep conversations going. (Cohen, 1990) 1. NOMINAT...
COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY Strategies that language learners use to overcome communication problem in order for them to convey their intended meaning. Communicative strategies must be used to start and keep conversations going. (Cohen, 1990) 1. NOMINATION the action of nominating or state of being nominated. proposing or suggesting a topic with the people you are talking to. Ex. Why don’t we talk about communication? 2. RESTRICTION refers to any limitation you may have as a speaker. When communicating in the classroom, in a meeting, or while hanging out with your friends, you are typically given specific instructions that you must follow. These instructions confine you as a speaker and limit what you can say. Ex. Let’s focus on communicative strategy. 3. TURN-TAKING process by which people decides who takes the conversational floor allowing appropriate opportunities for others to talk Ex. What do you think? Create silence There are some ways to Ask a question stipulate turn - taking and turn - Use gestures giving. Make an eye contact Conversation Overlap Violations A British and Emeritus Interruption Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Roehampton University, Grabbing the floor London, England named Jennifer Coates. There are Hogging the floor rules for us not to violate turn-taking type of communicative strategy. Silence 4. TOPIC CONTROL used to control and prevent unnecessary interruptions and topic shifts in a conversation. regulating or manipulating the topic of the conversation and how long we want the other person may talk Ex. Let’s talk about something I am more familiar with. 5. TOPIC SHIFTING changing the subject in a conversation, moving from one topic to another. done without explicitly announcing the change of topic and keeps the communication going and makes it interesting. Ex. By the way, have you done your homework in Math? 6. REPAIR refers to the correction by the speaker of a misunderstood utterance how the speaker address the problems in speaking, listening, and comprehending that they may encounter in a conversation. 7. TERMINATION ending the conversation or closing a discussion. Thank you for listening!