6. Scene 4:
Your company was declared
bankrupt due to low sales. How will
you tell this to your subordinates?
7. Scene 5:
You went to a doctor to consult
about your health condition. How
will you talk with the doctor?
8. FROZEN
FROZEN
Style
A very formal style not really intended to
give message but to allow a reader to find
many meaning for oneself
Does not require any feedback from the
audience
a very formal style whose quality is static,
ritualistic, and even be archaic
Usually uses long sentences with good
grammar and vocabulary
Prayers
Pledges
Oath
The Preamble
9. MAN:
I ,_______take you_____to be my wife,
to have and to hold from this day
forward, for better, for worse, for
richer, for poorer, in sickness and in
health, to love and to cherish till
death do us part.
MARRIAGE SIMULATION
10. WOMAN:
I , ____ take you _____ to be my
husband, to have and to hold from
this day forward, for better, for
worse, for richer, for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to love and to
cherish till death do us part.
MARRIAGE SIMULATION
11. FORMAL
FORMAL
Style
Used for imparting information
Well-organized and correct grammar
and diction
Speech or utterance are planned in
advance
Avoids using slang terminologies
Meeting
Interview
court
13. CONSULTATIVE
CONSULTATIVE
Style
Opposite of intimate style
People who do not share common
experience or meaning
Used in semi-formal communication
Happens in two-way participation
Speaker does not usually plan what he
wants to say
Sentences end to be shorter and
spontaneous
Doctor-patient
Teacher-student
Regular
conversation
Expert-apprentice
14. You were diagnosed with a
terminal disease and you have
only 3 months to live. How will
you respond?
WHAT IF?
15. CASUAL
CASUAL
Style
Language used between friends
Often very relaxed and focused on just
getting the information out
Slangs are quite often used in these
instances
This style is used in informal situations and
language
Relationship between speaker and hearer
is closed
casual
conversations with
friends and family
members
Chats
phone calls and
messages
17. INTIMATE
INTIMATE
Style
Completely private language used within
family of very close friends or group
Uses personal language codes
Grammar is unnecessary
Does not need complete language
Certain terms of endearment, slangs or
expressions whose meaning is shared with
a small subset of persons to person
Lovers
Married couples
18. What will you say to convince the
girl/boy you love to choose you.
Choose me because ….
19. GROUP ACTIVITY:
Within your group, create three different
scenes that showcase three different speech
styles. A script is not require but the
scenes/dialogue should be spontaneous. Be
sure to make your scene CLEAR because the
other groups will have to guess what SPEECH
STYLE was used.
Preparation time: 30 mins
20. REFERENCES:
Oral Communication in Context for Senior High
School. Retrieved from
https://oralcom.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/ty pes-of-speech-styles/
Pena, A. & Anudin, A. (2016) Oral Communication.
Araneta Avenue, Quezon City: Vibal Group Inc.