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The document discusses the differences between speaking and writing as forms of communication. Speaking is generally more informal, using short sentences, interjections, contractions and feedback is immediate. Writing is more formal with complex sentences, precise punctuation and organization with delayed feedback and interpretation. The relationship between sender and receiver impacts the communication form, as does the context and intended audience.
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Discourse analysis is the study of the relationship between language and context. It examines both the form and function of language. Form refers to structure and appearance, while function looks at how language is used to make sentences grammatically correct through tools like pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, prepositions, and auxiliary verbs. Speech act theory considers what language is doing and how listeners are supposed to react. Discourse analysts are interested in both spoken and written interactions, and how teaching materials and classroom language are structured. Models of spoken discourse analysis examine conversation patterns both in and out of classroom settings. Written discourse allows more time for composition compared to spontaneous speech.
Basic English Language Skills (E-Book)
A great e-book to help develop your basic English language skills, especially if you are a student, working professional, job-seeker.
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English language : The Four Skills
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Vocabulary Development in Oxford English
The document discusses strategies for developing vocabulary skills. It outlines different types of vocabulary including listening, speaking, reading and writing vocabulary. It provides tips for choosing words to teach like examining the text type and determining if words appear in directive, non-directive or mis-directive contexts. Strategies for enhancing vocabulary are discussed like developing a reading habit, using context clues, dictionaries and thesauruses, understanding word roots and maintaining a personal word list.
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Speaking ans writing
- 1. SPEAKING ANS WRITING: CONVERSING AND COMPOSING It is know that the communication is the most important tool for people to understand each other. There are two ways to communicate: by writing an speaking. The text “Speaking and writing: conversing and composing” focuses on the differences between speaking and writing. We find many situations and we act according to them, according to the context in which we find ourselves. Communication also depends on the relationship between sender and receiver, because they are not always the same. We know that speaking is more informal than writing. When we speak we use short, imperative and exclamatory sentences, we also use the interjections and the contractions and our pronunciation can be modified. Like we are producing at the moment we can forget something and we start to repeat our phrases. The vocabulary in speech is simple and the people who is in the conversation tend to be friendly. In speaking the body language helps to understand better the conversation and occurs a feedback immediately. In other hand when the communication is in written form, it is more formal than in speaking. In writing we use long and complex sentences, it is not usually the use of interjections and contractions. The written ideas must be organized and the punctuation is important. We have the chance to think before writing, so we cannot repeat and repeat the same idea. The vocabulary use in writing is formal. The writers, and readers have a distant relationship and the writers do not have an immediate feedback. A message which is in written from has an open interpretation. Some examples of those things are: When we are speaking with a friend, we do not use the same vocabulary than when we speak with a teacher and if we write a letter we cannot say something that we could say if we speak. The kind of writing in an office is different from the school essays and we do not use the same vocabulary than if we would go to ask a request. By: Miss Mboop Stgo.