F) Spoken Language Flashcards

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What should be used to help you decide on a style of speaking suitable for particular situation or context that you should think about?

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Who you are speaking to.

Why you are speaking to them.

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What are key questions you should ask yourself when preparing for speaking and listening?

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Who audience is.
Age of audience.
What matters to audience.
What want audience to do or feel.
Why should audience listen to you.
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How might you best speak to your audience in an interesting way?

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Be clear about purpose in presentations + discussions.
Is aim:
To persuade audience to do something.
To convince listeners that your point of view is fair 1 to hold.
To entertain audience.
To share essential information.
To give instructions e.g. for a recipe.

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What are discussion skills?

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Making eye contact with speaker + responding to what they say.
Using body language to show co-operation + understanding, e.g. shrugs + nods.
Building on what others say.
Challenging points made by others.

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What should you try to avoid doing in a group discussion?

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Interruption.
Cutting people off mid-sentence.
Talking over others.
Breaking off into mini-conversations within big group.

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What should you aim to be?

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Polite.
Positive.
Balanced.

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What is presenting about?

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Communicating information + choosing style suited to meet needs of specific audience.

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What should you ask yourself when preparing a presentation?

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What is presentation about?
Who are you talking to?
Why have you chosen this topic?
What is important about this topic?
Why should your audience listen?
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What is important in a role-play?

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Facial expressions.
Voice.
Movement.
Gesture.
Posture.
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What should you think about when preparing for a character role-play?

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What is character’s circumstance or story? What happened to them in past + how do they feel now?
What is their relationship to each of other characters in the role-play?
What do they want from the situation?

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