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4. What is peculiar of the structure of the text?
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. Do men ever read articles of the kind? What article do they usually read?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse the following components of communication situation: sender and receiver, code, channel, message, noise. Take into account the communicative context.
UNIT 9
The Role of Communication Strategies
In Interaction
| Recap the following theoretical issues. 1. Define a communication strategy. What’s the difference between a strategy and a tactics? 2. Recall typical communicative strategies and tactics used in public speeches and printed media. 3. What tactics are typically used in conversation? |
Task 1. Louise
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the story “Louise” by W.S. Maugham and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. Did the story-teller and Louise have similar mental sets? How did this affect their communication?
2. Analyse Louise’s verbal behavior. Does she mean what she says?
3. Apply the Coordinated Management of Meaning theory to the analysis of the author’s and Louise’s behavior (identify speech acts, episodes, relationship, life script, cultural pattern).
4. What communicative goals do the participants pursue? What means do they use to achieve them?
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. Why didn’t the author succeed in persuading Louise to change her behavior on account of Iris?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse the communication in the story from the point of view of the communicative strategies, tactics and means the participants use to achieve their goals.
Task 2. The Perfect Murder
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the story “The Perfect Murder” by J. Archer and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. Did the story-teller envisage the consequences of his communicative behavior? Can we call it “mindless processing” or was it something else? Give your reasons.
2. How did the story-teller change his behavior to conceal the truth?
3. Did he manage to take in his wife, the police, the judge and the jury? What helped him?
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. Why couldn’t Mr. Menzies prove that he was innocent? What caused his communicative failure?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse the communication in the story from the point of view of the communicative strategies and tactics the participants use to achieve their communicative goals.
Task 3. The Lumber Room
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the short story “The Lumber Room” by H.H. Munro and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. Did Nicholas’ disgraceful behavior at breakfast table lead to the consequences he had envisaged?
2. How did the grown-ups explain to Nicholas that he was being punished? Did the older people succeed in communicating this idea to Nicolas?
3. Why didn’t the aunt manage to persuade Nicolas to disobey the rules just for once?
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. Nicolas says that his aunt often didn’t listen when the children told her important things. How can you comment on her behavior?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse the communication in the story from the point of view of the communicative strategies and tactics the participants use to achieve their communicative goals.
Task 4. Clean Sweep Ignatius
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the story “Clean Sweep Ignatius” by J. Archer Munro and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. Describe Ignatius Agarbi’s mental set.
2. What accounts for Ignatius’ communicative success?
3. What communicative goal did Ignatius Agarbi try to achieve during his conversation with a banker? What communicative strategy did he implement to realize his plan?
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. What type of discourse does the conversation at the bank represent? What are the main characteristics of the given type of discourse?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse the communication in the story from the point of view of the communicative strategies and tactics the participants use to achieve their communicative goals.
Task 5. Cheap at Half the Price
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the story “Cheap at Half the Price” by J. Archer and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. Comment on Consuela’s ingenious plan. Was she sure it would work out?
2. Can we say that Consuela was telling lies? Prove your point of view.
3. Why were the two men so sure their plan with the cheque would work out?
4. What communicative strategy helped Mrs. Consuela Rosenheim achieve her communicative goal? What speech tactics did she implement? Did these tactics prove effective?
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. What is meant by the statement “Women are naturally superior to men”? Do you agree with this?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse the communication in the story from the point of view of the communicative strategies and tactics the participants use to achieve their communicative goals.
Task 6. No! A Thousand Times, No!
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