Definition, Characteristics, Vices, Breathing, Intonation and Diction.

1. ORAL
COMMUNICATION
By: Leandro Casais

2. Definition
◦ Oral communication is one that is established
between two or more people. To carry out oral
communication, we use the voice to reproduce
the sounds of the language, form words and
elaborate messages that contain the
information we want to transmit to our
interlocutor.

3. Features
It can happen spontaneously or planned
It allows us to communicate in a unidirectional or multidirectional way
It is ephemeral
It allows doubt and rectification
Use body language
Tends to improvisation
Is bidirectional
It is a natural ability of the human

4. Vices
The vices of diction are those forms of construction or use of
inappropriate vocabulary that can hinder the correct
interpretation of a message. It involves vocabulary, because
it includes all the factors that alter the normal flow of
communication. For example:
Archaism: They are the phrases or expressions that fell into
disuse.
Foreignership: Unnecessary use of a voice, a phrase or a turn
of a foreign language.
Pleonasm: It is the use of unnecessary words. It is the
meaningless repetition of the same concept with
synonymous words or with similar phrases.
Euphemism: This vice of language consists in disguising with
softness or ornaments what can be said with direct
language.
Impropriety: It is the lack of ownership in the use of words
when used with a different meaning than they have.

5. Breathing excercises
Deep breathing: It is based on taking air through
the nose, keeping it in the lungs and finally
releasing it gently through the mouth. Each of the
steps should last about four seconds.
Diaphragmatic / abdominal breathing: First of all it
is inspired by the nasal route for about four
seconds, keeping the air inside for a few seconds
and gently expelling it through the mouth. Long
inspirations are required, a high volume of air
entering the body.
Full breath: The process begins with the expulsion
of all the air from the lungs. We proceed gently
and deeply to first fill the abdomen, to continue
inhaling to fill the lungs and chest in the same
inhalation. The air is maintained for a few seconds
and then the chest is expelled orally and slowly
first and then the abdomen.

6. Entonation
The intonation is the variation in the succession of
heights or frequencies when pronouncing the
syllables that make up the words that constitute the
sentence, being linked to the content that is to be
communicated. With the intonation variants the
vocal cords vibrate differently in terms of their
frequency.
Applying different intonations, which work as
signals, you can state, ask, order or express
admiration. In addition to clarifying whether you are
reporting, asking or ordering, it also serves to
systematize the message.

7. Diction
The way of expressing a person has is known as diction. This
term is linked to the way each individual uses words and,
therefore, forms sentences.
Diction, on the other hand, is also linked to the way words
are pronounced. When a man pronounces each term clearly,
he correctly emphasizes and uses the appropriate pauses
within each sentence, it can be said that he has good
diction. Since it is easy to understand who is expressed in
this way, it is also indicated that the diction is clean or clear.