Spoken language

With 74% of Spaniards speaking it, Castilian Spanish, also known as valencian, is the most commonly spoken language in Spain. This is mostly spoken in Catalonia, The Balearic Islands, and in The Valencian community. Following Castilian Spanish is Galician, with 17% of the population speaking it. Castilian Spanish is most used in Galicia. 7% of the population speaks Basque, which is spoken in The Basque country, and some of Navarre. The remaining 2%, with less than 5,000 speakers, is Aranese.…

Background Information: HAAD is a 7:0-year-old male. His parents report understanding 80% of his speech, while teachers and other listeners understand less. His teacher referred him for a classroom observation by an educational speech-language pathologist (SLP). The observation resulted in a referral for a full communication evaluation. HAAD’s teacher reports that he is “doing fine academically” in all subjects. She states that he has many friends, but his classmates often tease him, because…

In George Orwell’s 1984, language is used as a means of manipulating and deluding the thoughts and emotions of the population. The Party is the totalitarian governing body that codifies and enforces draconian laws, rewrites history, and remodels the common language. Throughout 1984, the drastic ramifications of merely remodeling the language profoundly impact society. The Party’s aim is to have absolute control over all of the physical, mental, and emotional components of the Oceanic…

awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in words. More specifically, a phoneme is the smallest part of spoken language that makes a difference in the meaning of a word. For example the sound /s/ changes the meaning of a word when it is at the end of a word, commonly creating a plural meaning. Phonemic instruction always occurs in spoken form, which means that all students can benefit from instruction, regardless of their ability to read or write. Phonological…

Accuracy - Accuracy is vital for any reputation as a news provider. You have to ensure the audience has trust in your stories, if you consistently make mistakes and provide wrong information your audience’s patience will eventually wear thin and their interest and trust will be abolished. Accuracy is vital if you wish to please and keep an audience, they will much prefer to read a story with straight facts rather than information that may or may not be true, for example, if you’re reporting live…

Whilst individual experiences of landscapes are diverse, there are often representations of archetypal figures that relate to all. These figures, crafted articulately through composer manipulation, profoundly impact one’s relationship with their landscape, shaping their identity and perspectives. Established almost immediately, Toibin characterises the imperious Miss Kelly as a power-driven matriarch produced by her stagnant surroundings. Through an economic use of dialogue, particularly in,…

Oral language Observation Eugene has some trouble with talking and reading. When he talks, one of the first things that is noticeable about Eugene is that he has trouble pronouncing words and that is shown through his stuttering. His stuttering mostly occurs at the beginning of a word, but once he says his initial sounds, the rest of the sounds in the word he says is clearly pronounced. While he is stuttering, Eugene closes his eyes tight to concentrate on getting the initial sound out. He…

Do you want to know why i'm here today, well i´m here to tell you what I learned from speaking and listening this quarter.The first thing I learned was, if you fidget with something the speaker will get distracted, The second thing I learned was, if the speaker is messing with the podium then the listeners will probably get distracted, The last thing I learned was, the first word is the hardest part of the speech. Point one, if you fidget with something the speaker will get distracted. If…

She told me at age seven it was her mother’s mother who left this world. At age eleven, it was her grandmother and best friend who passed in her arms. When she was twelve, her grandfather died and her mother broke. At fourteen, she gave up and said “fuck it.” “I thought, and still sometimes think, that death follows me around,” explained Stephanie Rachel Guttenplan. Guttenplan is a surrealist photographer, based out of New York, who continues to experiment with different uses of a variety of…

Spoken word poetry is a form of poetry that the author gives life to through voice inflections and word play. In Shane Koyczan’s spoken word piece “To This Day”, Shane uses vivid mental imagery and particular emphasis to bring attention to bullying and mental illnesses. Through the telling of people's struggles he teaches he readers that it is possible to survive mental illnesses no matter the stigma put on you because of them, and that we all need to work together to spread the word and help…