Communicative Strategies in Different Situations

This is a communicative strategy that we use when we want to establish a topic in a conversation.

• restriction

• turn-taking

• nomination

• topic control

It involves moving from one topic to another.

• topic control

• topic shifting

• termination

• repair

Which of the following responses uses repair as communicative strategy?

• “Best regards to your family! See you around.”

• “By the way, I need a few personal details about yourself.”

• “Please enlighten me about the solution to the issue you are suggesting.”

• "Excuse me, can you please repeat the question?”

Termination is used to address the problems encountered in a conversation.

• True

• False

“You wanted to say something?”

• restriction

• nomination

• topic shifting

• turn-taking

“Let's go back to the topic.” is an expression that can be used for topic control.

• True

• False

This refers to ending the conversation. It denotes the practices of closing down a topic.

• nomination

• restriction

• termination

• repair

This refers to conventions in which participants allow appropriate opportunities for others to talk.

• turn-taking

• topic shifting

• topic control

• nomination

"I am not comfortable discussing this topic with you."

• nomination

• restriction

• repair

• turn-taking

"Sorry, I can't decide on that now. I am still focused on my writing assignment. Let's talk next time, okay?"

• repair

• termination

• nomination

• topic control