Communication - year 12

Men = ______ talk = type of talk used in public speaking, happy to take the attention, used to negotiate and maintain status

Women = _______ talk = based on establishing relationships, developing understanding and negotiating differences

Tannen hypothesised that there was a difference in communications styles due to what?

• Age

• Gender

• Social Status

Women tend to use a ‘_____’ to soften a request of statement

_____________ involves the transmission of a message from one person to another

Language using short and simple sentences

• Restricted Code

• Elaborative Code

Language using complex precise sentences

• Restricted Code

• Elaborative Code

The term ‘restricted and elaborated codes’ refers to the different use of verbal language by different groups of people in different situations.

• True

• False

Who is more likely to communicate using restricted code according to Bernstein?

• Middle Class

• Working Class

• Upper Class

Which of the below is NOT a feature of elaborative code?

• Explanations are frequently used to gain compliance

• Complex, precise sentences are used

• Command are frequently used to gain compliance

• Events in the past / future are usually referenced to