Oral Communication (Speaking & Listening) Skills Resources

The core skill of Oral Communication (Speaking & Listening) recognises the following:

* The range of interactional strategies as determined by audience, context and purpose
* Use of register
* Fluency and sustained interaction
* Use of generic structures
* Use of appropriate paralinguistics
* Aural information processing demands

Oral Communication is based on the view that language is a social event, the purpose and context of which shape the construction of Oral Communication has been divided into two areas - speaking and listening

Oral Communication (Speaking & Listening) outcomes at Level 1
Gives or elicits basic information in a short, simple spoken context
Listens for basic information in short, simple oral text

Oral Communication (Speaking & Listening) outcomes at Level 2
Uses everyday language to provide information or maintain a conversation in familiar spoken contexts
Listens for relevant information in oral texts across familiar contexts

Oral Communication (Speaking & Listening) outcomes at Level 3
Selects and uses appropriate strategies to establish and maintain spoken communication in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Oral Communication (Speaking & Listening) outcomes at Level 4
Demonstrates flexibility in spoken texts by choosing appropriate structures and strategies in a range of contexts
Applies appropriate strategies to extract main ideas from oral texts across a range of contexts

Oral Communication (Speaking & Listening) outcomes at Level 5
Establishes and maintains complex and effective spoken communication in a broad range of contexts
Displays depth of understanding of complex oral texts which include multiple and unstated meanings