Communicative Strategies (Diagnostic Test)

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

• nomination

• restriction

• turn-taking

• topic-control

2.                   It is a communicative strategy used to end a conversation.

• termination

• topic-control

• topic-shifting

• repair

3.                   It involves moving from one topic to another.

• termination

• topic-shifting

• topic-control

• repair

4.             This strategy is used to address the problems encountered in a conversation.

A.    termination

B.    topic-shifting

C.    topic-control

D.    repair

• termination

• topic-shifing

• topic-control

• repair

5.             This strategy limits what a speaker can say to avoid ideas that are unnecessary and irrelevant to the topic.

• nomination

• restriction

• turn-taking

• topic-control

6. 6.           During group discussion, the leader asks everyone to brainstorm about the possible topics for the group research. What communicative strategy is employed?

• nomination

• restriction

• turn-taking

• topic-control

7.       Hearings in the senate usually include oral testimony from witnesses followed by questioning of the witnesses by members of Congress. Which communicative strategy is employed in the above procedure?

• termination

• topic-shifting

• topic-control

• repair

8. 8.           Every time your group conducts a meeting, nothing is accomplished because the time is used up due to irrelevant and unnecessary topics that intervene the discussion.

 

As the group leader, how will you keep your members focused on the agenda of the meeting using the restriction strategy?

•     Tell them that they will get kicked out from the group if they will not cooperate.

•     End the meeting immediately as soon as the group begins to talk about other things irrelevant to the agenda.

•    Give instructions before the meeting starts to confine and limit what they can say.

• Show disappointment.

9.                   Which of the following responses uses repair as communicative strategy?

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

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

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

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

   

10.                               Which of these shows turn-taking strategy?

• "I will hear your suggestion after you listen to my plan.”

• "Ok, I am listening. Go on.”

• "Precisely! That is a very good reason why we need to come up with a contingency plan.”

• “Group 1 will talk about the advantages of technology while group 2 will talk about its disadvantages.”