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English
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Communicative Styles
English– Grade 9
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 3: Communicative Styles
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Communicative Styles
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the English 9Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Communicative

Styles!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both
from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping
the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
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This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the English Grade 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on

Communicative Styles.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

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correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
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understand new concepts and skills.

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answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

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what you learned from the lesson.

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into real life situations or concerns.

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 This is a task which aims to evaluate your
Assessment level of mastery in achieving the learning
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In this portion, another activity will be given

Additional Activities to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

This contains answers to all activities in the

Answer Key module.

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this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.

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included in the module.

3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.

4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.

5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.

6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the communicative styles in various situations. The scope of this
module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons
are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in
which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are
now using.

This module is all about communicative styles for various situations. After
going through this module, you are expected to:
1. Identify different communicative styles in various situations.
2. Determine how communication styles help in effective
communication.
3. Employ/use the appropriate communicative styles in various
conversations.
4. Create a comic skit for each communicative styles.
5. Classify statements based on their communicative style.
6. Write scenes and apply communicative styles for the actors’ lines.

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 What I Know

Identify what type of communicative style is present in each situation. Choose

the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. Daniel Padilla and Katherine Bernardo sharing towards each other their
relationship goals.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. intimate
d. frozen

2. A college student reciting “The Preamble of Constitution” to his Professor.

a. casual
b. consultative
c. frozen
d. intimate

3. Customer Alyssa talking to Waitson’s Customers Service representative

about an item she would like to return.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. frozen
d. formal

4. The Oniontop employee discussing the agendum of the meeting to his

branch manager.
a. formal
b. consultative
c. frozen
d. intimate

5. Barangay Captains discussing the implemented plans and programs of

their respective Barangays to the City Mayor in their annual gathering.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. intimate
d. formal

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6. High School students singing the National Anthem during the flag
ceremony.
a. formal
b. frozen
c. casual
d. consultative

7. The students in section Yakal are having small talks on how they spent
their summer vacation.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. frozen
d. intimate

8. The Del Mundo Siblings discussing towards each other on how to make
their beloved mother’s 50th birthday party extra special.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. frozen
d. intimate

9. Lola Nene and Lolo Pedro exchanging words of appreciation for one
another after 50 years of marriage.
a. formal
b. casual
c. intimate
d. consultative

10. Ashley is asking the saleslady what are the available sizes of the
sneakers she wants to purchase.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. formal
d. intimate

11. Inday, Diding and Melai are talking about the upcoming street cleanup
in their village.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. frozen
d. formal

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12. Aunt Jema is asking the Pharmacist for an available generic medicine of
what was prescribed by her Doctor.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. intimate
d. formal

13. Miguel is talking with her Great grandmother in a family reunion for
the first time.
a. casual
b. formal
c. frozen
d. intimate

14. Teacher Mika and Teacher Anabelle are talking how excited they are
for the upcoming Faculty Team Building.
a. casual
b. consultative
c. intimate
d. formal

15. A student reciting the school’s vision-mission goals to the school’s

visitor
a. casual
b. consultative
c. frozen
d. intimate

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 Lesson

1 Communicative Styles

Every day in our lives, we talk with different people. But do you know
how to communicate with them properly? As we go on with this module, we
will understand what type of communicative style we should use for various
situations. With this understanding, it will help us become an effective
speaker.

What’s In

To achieve our goal in becoming an effective speaker, the first thing you
need to understand is what communication is. In this activity, you will gain
the knowledge that will aid you throughout this module. Good luck and have
fun answering the activity!

ACTIVITY NUMBER 1: CARICATURE ANALYSIS

A. Look closely at the photo below. List down your observations on your
notebook.

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B. Answer the following questions to understand the image above.

1. What can you see in the image?

2. What do you think they are doing?

3. What about the bubbles that come out from their mouths? What do
they symbolize?

4. Do you think having a “good communication skill” is important?

Why?

5. Do you think it is important to know “how” to communicate properly

in various situations? Why?

Keep in your mind that communication is the act of transferring

information from one place, person or group to another.
Every communication involves (at least) one sender, a message and a
recipient. This may sound simple, but communication is actually a very
complex subject.
The transmission of the message from sender to recipient can be
affected by a huge range of things. These include our emotions, the cultural
situation, the medium used to communicate, and even our location. The
complexity is why good communication skills are considered so desirable by
people around the world.

Read more at: [Link]

Also, in life, one of the must-learn skills is to have a good

communication skill. It will aid us in all aspects of life whether it is in school,
work, community, and even our personal life. It will help you in exchanging
ideas as well as understanding them. And as we communicate with different
people, it requires a level of understanding to whom you are talking to, what
is their background, status and position. Communicative styles will play a
vital role in making each communication more meaningful. Hence, making
you an effective speaker.

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 What’s New

ACTIVITY NUMBER 2: TALK TO ME

Now that we have understood what communication is and how important
it is to have good communication skill, we will test how you will communicate
depending on the various situations you are in. After doing this activity, it is
expected that you will understand how various situations affect the way you
communicate with the person or the people around you.
Instructions:
Below are different images of the scenarios we encounter in our lives.
Beside each picture, you will notice the certain scenarios and a series of
underlines. Now, what I want you to do is to think of what you will say to this
person depending on the present situation you are both in. The first item will
serve as an example to guide you how to do this activity.

1stScenario: Your mother asked you to buy some

vinegar and soy sauce to the Sari-Sari Store.

You: Good morning, Aling Nena! Do you have any

vinegar and soy sauce?
Aling Nena: Yes, I do have. How many would you like?
You: One pouch each for vinegar and soy sauce.
Aling Nena: Here are your vinegar and soy sauce
pouches.
You: How much does it cost?
Aling Nena: That would be P30.00.
You: Thank you Aling Nena! Here is my payment. Good
bye!

2nd Scenario: You approached your English Teacher

to ask on how to write your reflection paper.
You:_________________________________________________
Teacher:____________________________________________
You:________________________________________________
Teacher: ____________________________________________
You: ________________________________________________
Teacher: ____________________________________________

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3rd Scenario: You asked your cousin about the new
computer game he is playing.

You:___________________________________________
Cousin:________________________________________
You:___________________________________________
Cousin: _______________________________________
You: ___________________________________________
Cousin: ________________________________________

4th Scenario: You are with your best friend since grade
school. You are talking on how you both cherish your
friendship.

You:______________________________________________
Best Friend:______________________________________
You:______________________________________________
Best Friend:______________________________________
You: ______________________________________________
Best Friend: ______________________________________

5th Scenario: You are about to be interviewed on a

school you are applying for a senior high school
admission.
Interviewer: ______________________________________
You:______________________________________________
Interviewer:______________________________________
You:______________________________________________
Interviewer:_____________________________________
You: ______________________________________________
Interviewer:______________________________________

6th Scenario: You are asked by a school visitor to

recite the DepEd vision.
School visitor: _____________________________________
You: ________________________________________________
School visitor: _____________________________________
You: ________________________________________________
School visitor: _____________________________________
You: ________________________________________________

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 Are you done writing those possible conversations per scenario? Wow! Good
Job! Now, let’s process this activity by answering the follow-up questions
below.

Follow-up Questions:

1. What have you observed with your script? Do you share the same
feelings and responses toward each image?

2. How will you describe the degree of formality for each conversation you
had with the images above?

DEGREE OF FORMALITY LOW HIGH

1st Scenario
2nd Scenario
3rd Scenario
4th Scenario
5th Scenario
6th Scenario

3. How does our relationship with others influence the way we

communicate with them?

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 What is It

We are halfway there! Good job for coming this far. Now that you have
recognized that it requires different communicative styles depending on whom
you are talking to and the situation you are both in, it is best to understand
fully what are the different communicative styles and its definitions. As you go
along with this section, you are expected to grasp the concepts of each
communicative style.

Communicative Styles Defined

Communicative Style refers to the individual’s preferred style of
communicating he thinks that is effective with others. Individuals have
various preferences for both communicating with others and interpreting the
communications from others.
These are the five communicative styles: Frozen, Formal, Consultative,
Casual, and Intimate.

FROZEN STYLE

Frozen style is also known as the fixed speech. It uses the complex
grammatical sentence structure and vocabulary that are only known by
experts in field. The use of language is fixed and does not require any feedback
from audience.

This type is often used in

respectful situations or formal
ceremonies such as weddings,
funerals, national pledges, school
creeds, national anthem, and
Miranda rights.

[Link]

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Below is an example of marriage vows for the catholic wedding rights.

Groom:"I, ___, take you, ___, to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times
and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my
life."

Bride: "I, ___, take you, ___, to be my husband. I promise to be true to you in good
times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of
my life."

FORMAL STYLE

In this communicative style, the speaker is expected to use formal

words and expressions. It delivers in complete sentences with specific word
usage. Also, elaboration of complex sentences and noun phrases are evident
with strong coherence, well-structured and logically sequenced.

Formal Style disallows the use of ellipsis (omissions), contractions, and

qualifying modal adverbials such as probably, possibly, evidently, surely,
certainly, and subjectively marks. It intends to share information that
conforms to professional rules, standards, and process. Also, the speaker is
prohibited to use slang terminologies.

This style is usually used

during business meetings,
speeches, school lessons, job
interviews, school application
interviews and research papers.

[Link]

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 Below is an example of a lifted part from a research paper. Since it is
a research paper, the language used is formal and it follows a logical order
in presentation.

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of the study is to investigate the correlation between
A and B. Specifically, it seeks to answer the following questions:
1. What is the reading performance level of grade 9 students in terms
of: accuracy, fluency, and automaticity?
2. What is the writing competence level of grade 9 students in terms of
vocabulary use, sentence structure, and grammatical structure?
3. Is there a significant relationship between reading performance level
and writing competence level of grade 9 students?

CONSULTATIVE STYLE

Consultative style is also known as the unplanned speech. This is used

in semi-formal communication and is considered as the most operational
among the other styles.

This type of communicative style uses listener participation and

feedback. There are two defining features of this style – a.) Thespeaker
supplies background information, and b) the listener participates continuously.

This style is usually used in

group discussion, business meetings,
trade, and asking someone who is
more knowledgeable than you about
certain matters such as Doctors,
Lawyers, Pharmacists, and Teachers.

[Link]

Below is an example conversation between a Doctor and her patient.

Notice how the doctor uses specific terms (jargons) to describe the patient’s

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condition. Lung Carcinoma and premalignant are medical terms which meant
Lung Cancer and it’s precancerous. Furthermore, notice the active interaction
between the speaker and listener.

Doctor: How long have you been experiencing these symptoms?

Patient: It is hard to breathe for the past few days. I always gasped for
air.
Doctor: Let me check your X-RAY results. The result shows that you
have Lung Carcinoma and it is premalignant.
Patient: Is there something we can do about it, Doc?
Doctor: Yes! Since it is in premalignant state, we could try
Chemotherapy. Also, from now own, you should start minding
your lifestyle.

CASUAL STYLE

Casual style is also known as Informal Style. This communicative style

is used in conversations between friends and people who have something to
share and have shared background information. This type does not follow any
structure unlike Formal Style. There is free and easy participation of both
speaker and listener. It allows the use of ellipsis, slang, profanity and
unconventional English words.

This style is usually used in phone

calls, everyday conversation with
classmates or friends, chat, and text
messages.

[Link]

Below is an example conversation of two friends. Observe how they used

casual words and phrases such as dude (a person), whassup? (What’s up),
and BRB (Be Right Back).

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 Andrew: Hey dude! Whassup?
Miguel: Hey man! I’m gonna play some video game. You up for it?
Andrew: Yah sure. BRB! Gotta buy some snacks first.
Miguel: Hurry up! The game is about to start in a minute.

Other casual words and phrases include:

• “Slay!” (Own it) • “puke” (throw up)
• “Bae” (Lover) • “watchagonna do?”
• “nope” (No) (What are you going to do?)
• “freaking out” (getting • “Lemme go!” (Let me go!)
scared) • “I’m doin’ it my way!” (doing)

INTIMATE STYLE
This type of communicative style is used in conversations between people
who are very close and have known each other quite well because they have
the maximum of shared background information.

The intimate style uses personal language codes, nonverbal

communication such as gesture, facial expressions, and eye contact. That
means even short utterances, can also be a form of communication. Just like
casual style, there is a free and easy participation of both speaker and listener.

This style is usually used in couple

talking about their relationship goals,
family sharing things about each other,
and best friends sharing secrets, special
moments and so on.

[Link]

Below is an example conversation between husband and wife. Notice

how they call each other with endearment. It is evident that they have a strong
connection between the two of them.

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 Wife: Welcome home babe! I miss you so much.
Husband: Hi Baby! I miss you too so much. I brought your
favourite cookies! Come, let’s dig in.
Wife:Yaaaaay! Thank you, babe! You really know how to satisfy
my cravings.
Husband: Anything for you love. All I want to do is to make you
happy. I love you very much!

What’s More

Have you understood the different communicative styles? Now let’s put
them into practice. Are you familiar with comics? You will apply what you have
understood in the previous section through creating your very own comic skit.
Let’s put our drawing and communication skills to the test. Are you up for it?
Let’s go!

Activity Number 3: Make me a Comic Skit

Instructions: Create your own comic skit on the series of empty boxes
provided below. This comic skit must represent each communicative style.
Write a brief explanation of your comic skit on the blank provided. Refer to
the example below.
Example:

• A conversation of two classmates is an example of casual style.

[Link]

1. _________________________________________________________________

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2. ___________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________________________

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5. _______________________________________________________________________

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 What I Have Learned

How was your comic skit? Did you enjoyed doing it? I hope you did
because we are about to have another activity. It is all about helping the
statements identify where they belong. Will you help them? Let’s go!

Activity 4: Where do I belong?

Instructions: Below are statements used in different situations. Copy the
statements and write them in the appropriate column. The first one is done
for you.
STATEMENTS:
1. “I will send to your e-mail the Budget Proposal regarding this event, Mr.
Wong.”
2. “By the power vested in me, I shall now pronounce you husband and wife.”
3. “Will I experience any side effects while taking these pills, Doc?”
4. “Hi classmate! Are you done with the assignment that Teacher Anne gave
us?”
5. “Thank you for calling Timmy Tow Truck, how may I help you?”
6. “See yah later my sweet gummy bear! I can’t wait to have dinner with you.”
7. “The meeting will come to order. I welcome all of you to the stakeholders’
annual meeting. Today’s agendum will be the election of the Chairman for
this company.”
8. “It’s not you. The problem is with me. We need to separate ways, I love
someone else. Good bye and Thank you for the memories. I will never
forget you.”
9. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used
against you ….”
10. “What does the law says about this situation Atty.? What case should I
file to them?”

1. “I will send to your e-mail the Budget Proposal regarding this

event, Mr. Wong.”

FORMAL
STYLE

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 FROZEN
STYLE

CONSULTATIVE
STYLE

CASUAL
STYLE

INTIMATE
STYLE

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 Assessment

REEL WRITER
Imagine you are hired to become a writer for a famous movie company. You are
tasked by the Director to write a highlight scene for the upcoming movies he will
make. Remember that writers use effective communication skills in expressing
their emotions. Be sure it will reflect on your scenes.
Instructions: Using the learnings that we got from the previous activities, below
are movie titles that will give you a hint what it is all about. What you have to do
is to write the actors’ lines and use appropriate communicative styles needed for
each scene. Refer to the sample scene below.

Movie Title: “My Best friend’s Boyfriend”

Jenny: Erickaaaaaaa! How could you do this to me!

Ericka: It wasn’t my intention that he fell in love with me. I wish I could dictate his feelings.
You are important to me because we’ve been best friends since we were just kids, but
this man right here, he is the only man I ever loved.

Jenny: You know how this makes me feel. But as your true friend, I also want you to be
happy. And I guess he makes you happy. Does he?

Ericka: Very much. I hope you could understand us. I don’t want to lose the both of you.
Jenny: It hurts but I don’t want to see my only best friend suffer because of my
selfishness. I can see that you are both in love with each other. Who am I to oppose? From
now on, I will support the both of you. I cherish our friendship more than this silly feelings
I have for him. I’m sorry for earlier Ericka.
Ericka: I am really sorry too, Jenny. Thank you so much for choosing to forgive me. I love
you best friend!

(This scene portrays a casual conversation between best friends who manage to settle
their misunderstanding and save their friendship.)

Movie Titles:
1. “Lovers in Roxas Night Market”
2. “High School Life”
3. “The COVID-19 Frontliners’ Stories”
4. “The Wedding of the Century”
5. “Arman and His Adventure in Finding the Ultimate Job”

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 What I Can Do

To have a better grasp of understanding about the current lesson that

you have, it is best if you practice it out in the comfort of your own home. This
activity will help you appreciate how communicative styles are evident around
you.

Note it down!
Instructions: Observe the place around you. Notice how people talk to one
another. Supply the table below based on what type of communicative styles
are evident. List as many sample dialogues as you can. You can also jot
down those from what you see and hear through your Television and Radio
Sets.

Frozen Style Formal Style Consultative Style

Casual Style Intimate Style

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 Additional Activities

Reflect on me
Your journey through this lesson is about to end. On the empty journal below,
reflect on how communicative styles will impact your life now that you have
understand them. You can write what you think are the important concepts of the
lessons, what you loved learning in the lesson, the difficult ones, and how you would
resolve the difficulties you have encountered.

The important concepts of the lesson are

What I loved learning in the lessons

What I find difficult in the lesson is

The possible ways in resolving the difficult lessons I

encountered in the lesson are

[Link]

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What I Know What I have learned What I can do
1. C Statements 1. D
2. C 2. C
3. B 1. Formal 3. A
4. A 2. Frozen 4. C
5. D 3. Consultative 5. A
6. B 4. Casual 6. B
7. A 5. Frozen 7. A
8. D 6. Intimate 8. B
9. C 7. Formal 9. D
10. B 8. Intimate 10. D
11. A 9. Frozen 11. A
12. B 10. Consultative 12. B
13. B 13. A
14. A 14. B
15. C 15. C
Answer Key
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