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  2. Oral tradition - Wikipedia

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    Oral tradition. Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication in which knowledge, art, ideas and culture are received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. [1][2][3] The transmission is through speech or song and may include folktales, ballads, chants, prose or poetry.

  3. History of communication - Wikipedia

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    The history of communication itself can be traced back since the origin of speech circa 100,000 BCE. [1] The use of technology in communication may be considered since the first use of symbols about 30,000 years BCE. Among the symbols used, there are cave paintings, petroglyphs, pictograms and ideograms. Writing was a major innovation, as well ...

  4. Public speaking - Wikipedia

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    Videos can provide simulated examples of behaviors to emulate. Professional public speakers often engage in ongoing training and education to refine their craft. This may include seeking guidance to improve their speaking skills, such as learning better storytelling techniques, learning how to use humor as a communication tool effectively, and ...

  5. Oral skills - Wikipedia

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    Oral skills are speech enhancers that are used to produce clear sentences that are intelligible to an audience. Oral skills are used to enhance the clarity of speech for effective communication. Communication is the transmission of messages and the correct interpretation of information between people. The production speech is insisted by the ...

  6. Communication - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 September 2024. Transmission of information For other uses, see Communication (disambiguation). There are many forms of communication, including human linguistic communication using sounds, sign language, and writing as well as animals exchanging information and attempts to communicate with ...

  7. Word of mouth - Wikipedia

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    Another example of oral communication is oral history—the recording, preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker. Oral history preservation is the field that deals with the care and upkeep of oral history materials collected by word of mouth, whatever format they may ...

  8. Orality - Wikipedia

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    An oral community in Takéo, Cambodia, confronts writing.Modern scholarship has shown that orality is a complex and tenacious social phenomenon. Orality is thought and verbal expression in societies where the technologies of literacy (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population.

  9. Spoken language - Wikipedia

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    A spoken language is a language produced by articulate sounds or (depending on one's definition) manual gestures, as opposed to a written language. An oral language or vocal language is a language produced with the vocal tract in contrast with a sign language, which is produced with the body and hands.