3.1 Communicative strategies

Do it yourself!

Listen to the recording about different communicative strategies to succeed in communication and say if the following statements are true or false.


Question 1

1. According to the recording, nomination would deal with the speakers’s ability to start a conversation.

Question 2

2. Nomination is always used to start off news topics. 

Question 3

3. An example of a nomination strategy would include casual talks between friends. 

Question 4

4. Restriction focuses on the ability to restrict extra information in a conversation. 

Question 5

5. Restriction samples would include an opening discourse for an event.

Question 6

6. Answering to wh-questions would definitely mean restriction. 

Question 7

7. Turn taking would highly depend on non-verbal language as it may address the speaker’s turn to start a new point. 

Question 8

8. Asking a question is the commonest way to take turns.

Question 9

9. Topic control refers to the fact that a speaker should take control over the rest of speakers’ turns. 

Question 10

10. Topic shifting may be used to avoid ethical issues.

Question 11

11. Let’s focus on the environmental aspect more than the political aspect would be a good example of topic swift. 

Question 12

12. The repair strategy always follows non-verbal language.

Question 13

13.  Some repair examples would include apologizes and explanations.

Question 14

14. Farewells are used as part of a termination strategy.  

Mediation

Part of a Webinar

You are part of the Students Representative Association of your school and are taking part of a webinar where you will include a presentation on how to succeed in communication. Prepare your presentation and include strategies and verbal and non-verbal language seen in the unit. You can use any presentation app/web/software as prezi.


Video from Josh Schorle Tech. How To Use Prezi. (YouTube)

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