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Types of Communication Strategies
Types of Communication Strategies
Strategies
Types of Communicative Strategies
Since engaging in conversation is also bound by implicit rules, Cohen (1990) states that
strategies must be used to start and maintain a conversation. Knowing and applying
grammar appropriately is one of the most basic strategies to maintain a conversation.
1. Nomination
A speaker carries out nomination to collaboratively and productively establish
a topic. When you employ this strategy, you try to open a topic with the people
you are talking to.
When beginning a topic in a conversation, especially if it does not from
previous topic, you may start off with news inquiries and news announcement as
they promise extended talk. Most importantly, keep the conversational
environment open for opinions until the prior topic shuts down easily and initiates
a smooth end. This could efficiently signal the beginning of a new topic in the
conversation.
2. Restriction
Refers to any limitation you may have as speaker. When communicating
in the classroom, in a meeting, or while hanging out with your friends, you
are typically given specific instruction that you must follow. These
instructions confine you as a speaker and limit what you can say.
When shifting one topic to another, you need to be very intuitive. Make sure
that the previous topic was nurtured enough to generate adequate views. You may
also use effective conversational transitions to indicate a shift like “ By the way”,
“In addition to what you said”, “Which reminds me of”, and the like.
6. Repair
Refers to how the speaker address the problems in speaking, listening,
and comprehending that they encounter in a conversation. For example, if
everybody in the conversation seems to talk at the same time, give way and
appreciate other’s initiative to set the conversation back to its topic.
Although not all topics may have clear ends, try to signal the end of
the topic through concluding cues. You can do this by sharing what you
learned from the conversation. Aside from this soliciting agreement from
the other participants usually complete the discussion of the topic
meaningfully.