Oral and written communication

Content

• Comunication elements
• Vices of orality
• Speaking techniques
• Examples of oral communication
• Literacy and improvement
• Examples of written communication

The communication It is the conscious activity in which two living beings exchange information based on a shared code.

In the case of people, the communication process is not limited to the relationships that are essential to carry out the minimum tasks, but communication schemes have been configured through different channels.

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Comunication elements

The communicative circuit describes the way in which communication occurs. It is made up of different elements:

• Message. The information that is transmitted.
• Transmitter. Who sends the message.
• Receiver. Who receives the message.
• Code. Set of symbolic elements shared by members.
• Channel. Physical medium through which information travels.

When the message is captured through the ear, it is said that it is in the presence of a process of oral communication.

In oral communication, the channel is the air through which sound waves travel. In this case, the receiver (in addition to knowing the message that is reaching him) obtains some other things: the tone of voice, for example, is decisive for whether the sender is convinced of what he is saying.

Vices of orality

In many cases, the oral communication process is carried out in the presence of both participants, so that the sender can realize as he states it if what he wants to say is reaching the receiver concretely, or if the circuit is not being produced successfully.

One of the most frequent reasons for the communication process to fail is that the sender and receiver do not fully share the communication code: that they do not know the same language or if the sender knows a much greater number of words than the receiver, for example example.

• See also: Vices of diction

Speaking techniques

Although the process of sending messages orally is learned from the first years, when they reach adulthood many people choose to perfect it through some techniques for public speaking.

Some disciplines that need to spread messages to large numbers of people, instilling in them some particular feelings, have the obligation to specially prepare speakers for their task.

Examples of oral communication

1. A phone call.
2. The reading of the marriage vows.
3. A political discussion.
4. A meeting of parents in a school.
5. A radio show.
6. Presenting a project.
7. Conferences.
8. A political speech in a campaign.
9. The dictation of a class.
10. A legislative debate.
11. A job interview.
12. A radio advertisement.
13. A motivational talk in an organization.
14. The narration of a story from a father to a son.
15. The intermediation of a judge between two parties.
16. Presenting a book.
17. A sermon in a temple.
18. The launch of a commercial product.
19. The presentation of a thesis by a student.
20. The presentation of a news item.

Written communication is the other example of a communicative process through words, in which people use a common code that is the graphic display of the morphemes used for words.

It happens on many occasions that written communication is produced by a sender without knowing perfectly who will be the receiver, so the issues of shared codes are greatly reduced.

Literacy and improvement

Written communication is not learned by repetition or by growing up in a society that uses it but, on the contrary, through a coordinated and organized process that is literacy: first you learn to read and then to write. In western countries, the educational system takes the literacy of the child as one of its first priorities.

Like public speaking, writing can be perfected in a much more complete way: the development of writing was oriented to various areas and people capable of choosing the right words are really recognized around the world.

Examples of written communication

1. A story.
2. A doctor's prescription.
3. A grocery shopping list.
4. A letter.
5. A fine.
6. A fax.
7. A poster.
8. A report.
9. A car patent.
10. An email.
11. A poster.
12. A bill.
13. Most of the social networks.
14. A graffiti.
15. Newspaper.
16. A magazine.
17. A credential.
18. A report.
19. A poem.
20. A novel.