Oral Communication in Context

What does "shifting in communication" refer to?

• The speaker's ability to change/adjust speech context, style, and act

• The audience's shifting their reaction to a speech

• The written format of the speech

• The speaker's change its mind

Which factors/causes speakers to change from formal to informal speech?

• People's status, background, and cloth

• Audience's level of comprehension

• Hand gestures

• Reactions

What is "overt prestige"?

• Mixing languages

• Informal way of speaking

• Use of non-standard languages

• Shifting speech in favor of higher social status

What is "covert prestige"?

• Valuing informal, non-standard language

• Using standard words/language

• Speaking like a teacher

• Avoiding local dialects

What does "register" in language mean?

• A kind of dictionary

• The emotional tone of voice

• A way of signing a document

• A conventional use of language appropriate to context

Vernacular refers to a dialect usually spoken by which group?

• Foreign speakers only

• Higher-status groups

• Lower-status groups

• Teachers and scholars

What is one factor that affects the duration of interaction?

• Accommodation Design Model

• Divergence

• Importance of the message

• Vernacular

Which channel of communication is more time-consuming?

• Chatting with friends

• Face-to-face talk

• Phone conversation

• Writing a message

What may happen when speakers cannot understand each other's language?

• They extend the conversation

• They laugh and continue

• Speech abandonment

• They switch to poetry

Which emotion may require more time to express in communication?

• Anger

• Sleepiness

• Surprise

• Silence