Learning Activity Sheet: Oral Communication

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ORAL COMMUNICATION
QUARTER 1- MODULE 7
Types of Speech Act
Objectives:
 Responds appropriately and effectively to a speech act
Overview
Speech Act is an utterance that the speaker intends to affect his/her audience. Speech acts happen when we
apologize, greet, request, complaint, invite and etc. Speech acts have real-life interactions and require not only
knowledge of the language but also appropriate use of that language within a given culture.
Speech Acts has three type

In speaking, there are three types of speech acts by J. L. Austin (1962), a language philosopher and the
formulator of the Speech Act Theory.
1. Locutionary act is the phrase or sentence being uttered. “Can you submit your project today?”
2. Illocutionary act is the purpose of the person saying such words. The one saying “Can you submit your project
today?” is requesting the listener to submit his/her project today.
3. Perlocutionary act is having the hearer recognize the intention of the speaker. “Can you submit your project
today?” The listener gets the point, therefore he/she would submit his/her project on that day.
A special type of speech act is the performative. Performative utterances are statements with verbs to execute
the speech act that intend to affect. Performative speech acts only “work” when uttered by a person in
authority. For instance, in a wedding, the priest would say “I now pronounce you man and wife and right then
then and there the couple becomes officially husband and wife.
Searle’s Classification of Speech Act

In addition, John Searle (1976) a university professor of California, Berkeley has five general classifications of
speech act.
1 .Assertive – this speech act grants the speaker to convey his/her view that the proposal made is correct. The
examples are suggesting, putting forward, swearing, boasting and concluding.
 He’s always telling us that he owns the modernistic house in town.
2. 1 Assertive – this speech act grants the speaker to convey his/her view that the proposal made is correct. The
examples are suggesting, putting forward, swearing, boasting and concluding.
 He’s always telling us that he owns the modernistic house in town
3. Commissive – this speech act compasses the speaker to make future actions, e.g. promises and oaths.
 I promise to be careful next time.
4. Expressive – This speech act allows the speaker to speak up attitudes and feelings. These are words that
express gratitude or thanks, congratulating, apologizing, welcoming and deploring.
 Thank you so much for having you in my life
5. Declaration - This speech act can twist reality e.g. baptizing, bidding, wedding and blessing.
 I now pronounce you husband and wife
Activity 1.1
Directions: Decide which type of speech act is shown by each of the given statements below. Put a check mark in
the circle beside the speech act
1. Your teacher says, “For our class tomorrow, please review pages twenty- one to forty- seven."
A. Locutionary B. Illocutionary C.Perlocutionary
2. While talking to a group of individuals, you mention that you’ve recently watched your favorite movie
series. A.Locutionary B.Illocutionary C. Perlocutionary
3. When you knew that the grade you got on your Oral Communication exam is a "90", you happily said "YES!”.
A.Locutionary B.Illocutionary C.Perlocutionary
4. You have been riding along with your parents, they look at houses they might want to buy, and they have
not said it to you recently. As your car passes throughout the town, you see a house that has a “For Sale"
signage, you exclaim, "Oh! There's a nice house."
A.Locutionary B.Illocutionary C.Perlocutionary
Activity 1.2
Directions: Read the following utterances and then write a possible illocutionary act for each.
1. It is raining outside. Answer: _______________________________________
2. I can’t hear a word. Answer: _______________________________________
3. It is getting late. Answer: __________________________________________
Activity 1.3
Directions: You and your friend traveled out of town and stayed with your friend’s relative. He has been good and
welcomed you in his home like a family. As you leave what would you say? Create a short dialog between you
and your friend’s relative that will demonstrate Searle’s classification of speech act. (Do not forget to label each
statement the specific classification of illocutionary speech act it demonstrates)
You:
Your Friends Relative:
You:
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