2. Dominguez, Valeria; Grieco
Mayra; Lugano M. Eugenia
Saubidet Oyhamburu Stella
Language and Written
expression IV
21 August 2014
3. “Speaking is an interactive process
of constructing meaning that involves
producing and receiving and
processing information”
(Brown, 1994; Burns & Joyce, 1997)
4.
5. Interactive perspective
Speaker Hearer
•Iniciates the interaction
•Communicative
intention
•Brings presuppositions
and expectations
•Interprets the speaker´s
message
•Reacts to the message
•Changes his or her role
6. ORAL INTERACTION
SPEAKER HEARER
IDEAS
FEELINGS
ATTITUDES
INFORMATION
•LINGUISTIC FORM
•PHYSICAL CONTEXT
•SOCIOCULTURAL NORMS
7. MISUNDERSTANDING IN
ORAL COMMUNICATION
Lack of command of the target
linguistic knowledge
Lack of sharing sociocultural
rules of appropiacy and
background knowledge
8.
9. SPEAKING:
Controversial skill
Difficult -- Listening comprehension
-- Speech production subskills
Easy-- Body language
-- Demonstration
-- Repetition
-- Strategies
12. PARTICIPATING IN ORAL
INTERACTION
MAINTAINING THE FLOW OF SPEECH
Turn-taking rules
Effective comunicator
ACCOMMODATING THE HEARER
•Body language
•Grice´s maxims
•Sociocultural appropiacy rules
•Eye contact
13. PREREQUISITES FOR
SPEAKING IN
ANOTHER LANGUAGE
Good use of pragmatics and
sociocultural factors.
Vocabulary relevant to the situation
Good use of discourse connectors
Suitable opening and closing
phrases
Basic intonation patterns
Proper rhythm and stress
Grice´s maxims
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14. COMPENSATION
STRATEGIES FOR
LINGUISTIC DIFFICULTIES
Paraphrasing
Asking for help
Using examples and explanations
Using body language
16. Speaking is similar to writing...
When we speak to
someone we take
into account the
listener´s context
17. Spoken discourse Written discourse
Productive skill Productive skill
Sound Visual
Temporal Exists in time
Immediate Deferred
Language knowledge Language knowledge
Frequently unplanned Planned
Little editing Can be editted
Redundancy, repetition More dense
18. Sources
Celce- Murcia, M. & Olshtain, E. (2000)
Discorse and Context in Language
Teaching
Modern Family The Many
Mispronunciations of Sofia Vergara's
'Gloria in Youtube´s website. Available at
http://youtu.be/g68KgoHWupg.
Retrieved August 18, 2014
What speaking is´s website. Available at
http://area.dge.mec.pt/gramatica/whatspe
akingis.htm. Retrieved August18,2014