Communication Strategies

“Now, it’s your turn to ask questions.”

• TOPIC SHIFTING

• TURN-TAKING

• TERMINATION

• REPAIR

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

• RESTRICTION

• TOPIC CONTROL

• TOPIC SHIFTING

• TERMINATION

“Hey, how are you? I missed you!”

• RESTRICTION

• NOMINATION

• TOPIC SHIFTING

• TURN-TAKING

“Do you have anything to say?”

• TOPIC SHIFTING

• TOPIC CONTROL

• TURN-TAKING

• RESTRICTION

“Good to see you. Anyway, I came to visit you because I want to personally offer apologies for what I did yesterday.”

• REPAIR

• TERMINATION

• NOMINATION

• TURN-TAKING

It is a topic management strategy that limit the topic from general to specific.

• Restriction

• Topic Control

• Topic Shift

• Repair

It is the act of sticking to the original topic and not straying from unrelated ideas.

• Topic Control

• Topic Shift

• Nomination

• Restriction

It is the act of transitioning from one topic to another.

• Topic Shift

• Restriction

• Topic Change

• Nomination

"Okay, let's move on to the next point of our discussion."

• Topic control

• Topic shift

• Restriction

• Nomination

“Have you heard the news about the latest achievement of our government?”

• NOMINATION

• TURN-TAKING

• RESTRICTION

• REPAIR