Presented by R.

Jai kumar

Oral communication is direct face to face communication between two or more persons. In oral communication, the sender and receiver exchange their thoughts or ideas verbally either in face-to-face discussion or through any mechanical or electrical device like telephone etc.

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include staff meetings personal discussions Presentations Telephone discourse and informal conversation

Face-to-face meetings
Telephone calls & videoconferences

1. One-on-One Speaking 2. Small-Group (or) Team-Based Oral Work: 3. Full-Class Discussions 4. In-Class Debates and Deliberations 5. Speeches and Presentations 6. Oral Examinations

1. One-on-One Speaking (Student-Student or Student-Teacher): Can range from moments punctuating a lecture, where students are asked to discuss or explain some question or problem with the person next to them, to formal student conferences with their instructor.

2. Small-Group (or) Team-Based Oral Work: Smaller-scale settings for discussion, deliberation, and problem solving. Appropriate for both large lectures and smaller classes and allows levels of participation not possible in larger groups.

3. Full-Class Discussions (Teacher- or StudentLed): Typically less agonistic, argumentbased, and competitive than debate and deliberation but still dialogic in character. Often times has the quality of creating an atmosphere of collective, out-loud thinking about some question, idea, problem, text, event, or artifact. Like deliberation and debate, a good way to encourage active learning.

A structured consideration of some issue from two or more points of view. Debates typically involve participants who argue one side throughout, while deliberation allows for movement by individuals within the process. Both feature reason-giving argument. Can be applied to issues of many kinds, from disputed scientific facts to theories, policy questions, the meaning of a text, or the quality of an artistic production. Can range from two participants to a lecture hall.

Classically, the stand-up, podium speech delivered by an individual from an outline or script. Also includes group presentations or impromptu speaking. A strong element of monologue, but dialogue can be built in with question and answer or discussion with the audience afterward.

Can take place in the instructors office, in small groups, or before a whole class. Range from one oral question on an otherwise written exam to an oral defense of a written answer or paper to an entirely oral quiz or examination. Difficult with very large groups, but an excellent way to determine the depth and range of student knowledge and to stimulate high levels of preparation.

1. Saves time: 2. Face to face: 3. Oral communication can be recorded:

4. Oral communication does not need writing skills: 5. Oral communication can be on the spot

In a situation where time is of essence, oral communication will be the best even if it is an oral communication. This is especially true in situations where split second decisions have to be made in the workplace. The authorities may just give an oral communication. This has to be obeyed by the subordinate who is carrying out the activity. There may be no time for the written order to be signed and passed on to the person doing the job.

When two people communicate in an office, face to face communication will be a lot more personal in nature. There may be a communication between a manager and a person who is being laid off from work. A personal face to face communication will at least try to take away the sting from the lay off. If the same person was given a written communication, it may be more difficult for the person to digest the loss of job.

Due to the various advantages in the electronic and communication devices, an oral communication can be recorded either as a voice message or even as a video recording. This communication can be used from time to time in different places.

Written communication needs the person who is communicating to have language skills and also writing skills as it will be a record of the communication. In oral communication, the person does not need any formal writing skills to get the message across to the people who are receiving the communication.

Written communication has the disadvantage in the fact that there should be at least a paper and pen for written communication. In oral communication, there does not need to be any such things and it can be on the spot. Oral communication can be spontaneous unlike the written communication.

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Need atleast one receiver Information retention is difficult, it is harder to store or retrieve. The 80-20 rule comes into play here-the majority of the audience is likely to forget 80% of the information, while retaining only 20%- thus making the speaker's task very difficult. Selective hearing, receiving information may be distorted resulting in miscommunication.

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The same words said in different tones may convey very different messages. Difficulty in finding words to correctly convey meaning in a short period of time. Some may find it easier to organise information through writing.