7 Types of Communicative Strategies

At the start of a discussion or speech, the topic must be identified.

• Nomination

• Restriction

• Turn-takine

• Topic Shifting

The speaker must not allow any incidental mention of other topics from taking attention away from what he or she is talking about.

• Turn-taking

• Topic Control

• Topic Shifting

• Termination

Any speech or discussion must end properly. Without doing so, the listeners or participants would be left wondering what happened to the discussion and will not understand whether the topic was fully discussed or not.

• Turn-taking

• Topic Control

• Topic Shifting

• Termination

The speaker must not give extended illustrations that are too long such that the audience forgets its connection to the topic.

• Turn-taking

• Topic Control

• Topic Shifting

• Termination

When changing from one topic to another, the speaker should prepare the audience or listeners for the change.

• Turn-taking

• Topic Control

• Topic Shifting

• Termination

 It involves changing from one speaker to another in a way that does not disrupt the communication process.

• Turn-taking

• Topic Control

• Topic Shifting

• Termination

Participants need to be sensitive to signals that show when they can speak.

• Topic Shifting

• Restriction

• Turn-taking

• Termination

A speaker must restrict the topic of discussion to make it specific enough to be manageable.

• Nomination

• Restriction

• Turn-takine

• Topic Shifting

3. "Excuse me? I think we should speak one at a time, so we can clearly understand what we want to say about the issue."

• A. Turn Taking

• B. Repair

• C. Termination

• D. Topic Shifting

6. "Hey, how are you? I missed you!"

• A. Repair

• B. Turn Taking

• C. Restriction

• D. Nomination