COMMUNICATIVE

COMPETENCE STRATEGIES
IN VARIOUS SPEECH
SITUATIONS
 Types of Speech Context: Intrapersonal,
Interpersonal, and Public Communication

Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify the various types of
speech context and distinguish them from one another.
• What do you think about or reflect on when you are alone?
• How is “communicating” with yourself different from communicating with
your friend or peers or an audience?
 Types of Speech Context

Situation:
St. John High School will be hosting a youth conference. They invited Ms. Mae
Reyes, the president of Youth West Organization, to give a brief talk about their
organization and her meaningful experiences in her involvement in the
organization. What should Mae do to deliver an excellent talk?
 Types of Speech Context

Speech context refers to the situation or environment and the circumstances

in which communication occurs.

•Intrapersonal Speech Context

This type of speech context involves one participant only; that is, the
individual is both the sender and the receiver of the message in the
communication process.
 Types of Speech Context

• Interpersonal Speech Context

An interpersonal communication is an interaction between two or more participants. In
this type of speech context, there is an interdependent relationship between or among
the participants, meaning the action of one participant more often than not directly
affects the response or reaction of the other participant(s). Interpersonal
communication can be direct (face-to-face encounter) or indirect (done through the use
of a tool or technology like talking to someone over the telephone or Internet,
communicating by e-mail, and teleconferencing in distance-learning class).
 Two kinds of Interpersonal Communication

1. Dyadic or “one-to-one communication”

2. Small group
 Public Speech Context

• This type of speech context involves a single speaker and a sizable

number of persons or an audience. The speaker is tasked to deliver a
message or a speech of general interest to the audience.
 Key Points
• Speech context refers to the situation or environment and the
circumstances in which the communication occurs.
• There are three types of speech context: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and
public.
• Intrapersonal communication is simply communicating within oneself.
• Interpersonal communication is an interaction between two or more
participants. There are two kinds of interpersonal communication: dyadic
and small group.
• Public communication involves a single speaker and a sizable number of
persons or an audience.