EDUC 4671 Week Four

What are the 6 elements of oral language?

Oral Texts are defined as:

• Spoken words.

• A connected stretch of language that is usually longer than a sentence.

• A means of communication in written words.

• Appropriate use of language and communication skills within a social setting.

Oral texts construct appropriate stretches of language considering:

(HINT 3 ANSWERS)

• Purpose

• Rules of Conversation

• Audience

• Context

Oral texts follows conventional structures and language features

• True

• False

Pragmatics is:

• Exactly the same as oral texts.

• Only verbal conventions.

• Not developed in a hierarchy of skills.

• An appropriate use of language and communication skills within a social situation.

Pragmatics connects to: (HINT 3 ANSWERS)

• General Capability: Personal and Social Capabilities.

• Verbal and Non-Verbal Conventions.

• Whole text level of conventions.

• Changing your language for different contexts, audiences and purposes.

Social conventions include:

• Being monologic

• Following language features

• Turn-taking, eye contact, "reading the room"

• Buying your friends an icypole from the canteen.

What questions do you have about any of the conventions of oral language?