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Spoken Vs Written Language

Spoken Vs Written Language. Introduction. Languages are first spoken , then written , and then an understanding. Aspects of written and spoken language. Written. Spoken. unplanned. planned. organized. less structured. interactive. transactional. Repeating first draft status

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Spoken Vs Written Language

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  1. Spoken Vs Written Language

  2. Introduction Languages are first spoken, then written, and then an understanding

  3. Aspects of written and spoken language Written Spoken unplanned planned organized less structured interactive transactional

  4. Repeating first draft status vocabulary grammar intonation Variation in speed Loudness or quietness Gestures - body language Intonation Stress Rhythm Pausing and phrasing Characteristics of Spoken Language

  5. Characteristics of  Written Language • final draft status • density of content • grammar • neutrality of social roles • punctuation

  6. Unique Written Vocabulary

  7. Which comes first: speech or writing? • Speech comes before writing historically. • Many languages lack a written form. • Many individuals cannot use written language. • Children automatically learn to speak, • but have to be taught how to read and write.

  8. Is written language superior to speech ?! English language has two main features

  9. Similarities Between Spoken and Written Language.

  10. THE Differences between written & spoken

  11. Examples: A written note might say, "Would you like to go out to lunch? “ The person who would write that note, might alternatively say, in person, "You wanna go out for lunch? " 1-Formality

  12. 2-Grammatically • more verb based phrases(e.g. having treatment (W), being treated (S), hospital care (W), go to hospital (S)) • more predicative adjectives(misleading statistics (W), statistics are misleading (S)) • fewer complex words and phrases

  13. 3-Vocabulary & Sentences • Oral communication uses words with fewer syllables than the written language. • Written English consists of neat, correct sentences. • Speech usually consists of idea units.

  14. because kuz "I don't wanna go to the party, kuz it sounds boring." bet you betcha "I betcha can't eat ten hot dogs!" could have + consonant kuda got you gotcha "I gotcha that candy bar you asked for." has to hasta "He hasta know how much he means to me." have to hafta "I hafta clean the house before I go out." Examples

  15. 4- Pronunciation Written: I want to go to the store Spoken : I wanna go duh the store If you doubt that "to" becomes "duh,"

  16. Sounds patterns in spoken We write more slowly than we speak Once the utterance is spelled there's no way to take it back and it dies in the wind . Unlike the written form, its documented and can be shifted In Spoken • You must know the sound system of the language • You must also know how the sounds change in fast speech. • The English sound system varies . In WRITTEN • we replace the pauses, intonation and the hesitation that shown in speeches with Punctuation (.,;:-) in writing. • Accent  spelling • Dialect vocabulary

  17. Finally .. Redundancy Repetition is built in to language it self & Necessary for effective COMMUNICATION

  18. Spoken Language Problems and solutions • Spoken problems begin in the childhood. • Kinds of spoken language problems. • Problems effect. • Solution.

  19. Conclusion We treat written and spoken language as of EQUAL IMPORTANCE Both of them are part of the language

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