Language embraces more than vocabulary, grammar and phonology. It includes mechanisms for interpersonal communication subject to individual variability. These mechanisms are party linguistic, party non-linguistic and partly...
According to current legislation, students must be able to “understand and express themselves in an appropriate manner during situations of communication”. Communicating effectively consists of being able to produce lots of correct language, but also to use...
1 ORAL COMMUNICATION 2 way process between speaker and listener involving the productive skill or speaking and the receptive skill of understanding. SPEECH AND WRITING There is a tendency to give priority to speech over writing (1st stages) to develop automatic speech habits. Arguments...
Although Mandarin Chinese is the language spoken by the largest number of people, English is spoken in all continents, and therefore, it is the most widespread language on earth: It is the language spoken in the British Isles, North America, Australia and New Zealand...
In this study, we shall approach the notion of oral communication and its general features in relation to the field of language teaching. This survey will be developed into three main sections. The first part is an attempt to introduce the reader to the historical...