Explain the difference between speech and writing. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of speech and writing respectively?
Answers
★A written text can communicate across time and space for as long as the particular language and writing system is still understood. Speech is usually used for immediate interactions.
★Written language tends to be more complex and intricate than speech with longer sentences and many subordinate clauses.
- Written communication is time-consuming as the feedback is not immediate.
- The encoding and sending of message takes time.
- Effective written communication requires great skills and competencies in language and vocabulary use.
- Gesture are easier representation, makes the presentation attractive, Quick expressing of message, etc.
- Gestures are non-verbal communications.
- It can make the information to be presented easily via audio, visual, or even through silent.
- It is usually a substitute of verbal based communication.
Answer: A written text can communicate across time and space for as long as the particular language and writing system is still understood. Speech is usually used for immediate interactions. Written language tends to be more complex and intricate than speech with longer sentences and many subordinate clauses.
Written communication is time-consuming as the feedback is not immediate. The encoding and sending of messages take time. Effective written communication requires great skills and competencies in language and vocabulary use.Gesture are easier representation, makes the presentation attractive, Quick expressing of the message, etc.
Gestures are non-verbal communications.
It can make the information to be presented easily via audio, visual, or even through silence
It is usually a substitute for verbal based communication.