Learning to Use the Types

of Communicative
Strategies
 The use of Communicative Strategies is the
hallmark of communicative competence. It’s more
than making interaction possible, Communicative
Strategies when used by the speaker ( and
sometimes the Listener) allow for the adjustment
of the Message and it’s Delivery. Of course, such
strategies are employed within specific Speech
Context using a combination of Speech Styles and
Speech Act.
Communicative Strategies are
plans of sharing information
which are adopted to achieve a
particular social, political
psychological, or linguistic
purpose.
Seven Types of
Communicative
Strategies
a. NOMINATION
b. RESTRICTION
c. TURN-TAKING
d. TOPIC CONTROL
e. TOPIC SHIFTING
f. REPAIR
g. TERMINATION
 Nomination Communicative
Strategy- is a strategy that can
also be applied anytime during
the course of an interaction as a
way of continuing the
communication.
 Example:
Have you noticed the weird
weather lately? Is this
because of the global
warming?
Restriction Communicative Strategy – is a
strategy that constrains or restrict the
response of the other person involved in the
communication situation.

Example:
The arrest move was a disaster waiting to
happen. Do you agree?
 Turn-taking Communicative
Strategy – requires that each Speaker
speaks only when it is her/her turn during
an interaction. In Turn-taking
Communicative Strategy you can use
either an informal approach.
 Example:
May I have the floor sir? The
topic under discussion is the
state of Philippine economy
today. We want better lives for
all Filipinos.
 After the Nomination
Communicative Strategy, the
interaction is kept by using the
Topic-Control Communicative
Strategy- it is a simple question
and answer formula that moves
the discussion forward.
 Example:
Your car may break down too,
Luna right? So you have to
find another means of getting
to school. We all do not want
to be late for class, yes?
 Topic-Shifting Communicative
Strategy – is the strategy that
woks best when there is follow-
through so that a new topic
continues to be discussed. This is
also use in Repair
Communicative Strategy.
 Example:
If we cannot use the Earth’s
resources, our economies
will die. We need to choose:
the economy or the
environment.
Repair Communicative Strategy- includes
requesting clarification, topic shifting, not responding,
repeating and adding. One request clarification by
asking questions or using eyebrows, eyes, head, or
shoulders to show that the message could not be
understood. It allows the speaker to say the message
or repeat the message in another way so that the
listener can understand what was originally
incomprehensible.
 Example;
I have ordered Colonel…uh…
General Pano to look into his
matter. He, General Pano I mean,
will report directly to Colonel…uh…
to me, as a President of the
Philippines.
Termination Communicative Strategy-
sometime the Termination is quick
and short but sometime it is
prolonged by clarification, and
further questions, but the point of
the language and body movement is
to end the communication.
 Example:
Okay, all done.