1. Instituto Superior de Formación Docente y Técnica N°83
San Francisco Solano

2. Definition of Speaking and spoken
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English.
Features of Academic Spoken English
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Types of Public Speaking.
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4. “Spoken language, as has often been
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pointed out, happens in time, and must
therefore be produced and procesed „on
line‟.There is no going back and changing
or restructuring our words as there is in
writing; there is often no time to pause and
think, and while we are talking or listening,
we cannot stand back and view the
discourse in spatial or diagramatic
terms…” (Cook,1989:115)

5. Variation in speed
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Loudness or quietness
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Gestures –body language
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Intonation
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Stress
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Rythm
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Pitch range
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Pausing and phrasing
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6. Less complex
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Grammatically less complex
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Spoken texts are longer
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Shorter less complex words and phrases
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7. More verb based phrases (having treatment
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W Being treated S)
More predicative adjectives
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More pronouns
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More lexical repetition
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More first person reference
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More active verbs than written language
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Fewer complex words and phrases
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8. Improvements in Because the
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technology have technology has
reduced the risks improved its less risky
and high costs than it used to be
associated with when you install
simultaneous them at the same
installation time, and it doesn‟t
cost so much either.

9. “There's a comfortable
glow in the shop, and
cool, satisfying smoke
is billowing
out of the windows.quot;

10. Similar to academic written
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It is linear, explicit
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It has one central point
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It is presented in standard language
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It is formal
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It is hedged
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It is responsible
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Less complex and objective
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11. Scripted
Lots of research and preparation
Every word carefully chosen
Extemporaneous
Work from an outline
Prepare main points and
develop arguments
Impromptu
No preparation
Barest notes

12. Next time we will deal with theory on:
IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
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SPEECHES
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PRESENTATIONS
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INTRODUCTIONS
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