Characteristics Of Effective Oral Language 6b363i

Characteristics of Effective Oral Language

Characteristics of Effective Oral Language

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Clear •

Correct

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Accurate

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Simple

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Understandable

Suggestions for Simplicity:  Avoid  Use

verbosity / wordiness.

short simple sentences.

 Consider

using shorter words over longer

words, if possible. Examples: recall for confuse or disturb for discombobulate true or truthful for veracious

 Avoid

tautology. 

innovation – new innovation

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unique – most unique

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stronger – more stronger

Suggestions for Understandability Define by use of: 

negation

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examples / illustrations

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analogies

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demonstration

Characteristics of Effective Oral Language

2.

Direct & conversational

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Use the oral style.

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Avoid jargons.

Characteristics of Effective Oral Language

3. Appropriate •

to the topic

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to the speaker

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to the audience

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to the occasion

Characteristics of Effective Oral Language

4. Vivid and Impressive •

concrete Avoid abstractions.  Use descriptive that arouse sense imagery: visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, tactual, kinaesthetic. figurative 

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original 

Avoid clichés and trite expressions such as:

busy as a bee fit as a fiddle last but not the least proudly present 

Arrange words to produce a sharp and lasting effect. Example: We have built machines which act like men and have become men that act like machines... The danger of the future is that men may become robots. --- Erich Fromm

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Varied 

Use other forms of sentences other than the declarative form.

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Be imaginative in your word choice. example: use sweep, triumph, notch, edge for the verb win

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Add to your vocabulary connectives other than also, for example, basically, in other words, actually

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Vary the length of sentences.