Spoken Grammar vs. Written Grammar

SPOKEN GRAMMAR VS.
WRITTEN
GRAMMAR
SPOKEN GRAMMAR:
 Spoken Grammar is the grammar of everyday interaction.
 It is informal and natural.
- It is informal and natural in a way that it uses informal language for
informal speech. Informal language is a style of speech where choice
of words and grammar tend to be familiar rather than formal. It is used
when you know, or want to get to know, the person you are speaking
to.
- Informal speech is a speech between friends, families, peers and even
strangers. It is commonly heard in everyday life.
- Informal speech may include slang words such as:
 “lit”
 “shook”
 “ squad”
- They speak informally which they typically use contractions to save
time, choosing to say “ haven’t” rather than “ have not”
 Spoken Grammar is flexible in its word order.

 Spoken Grammar is more dynamic and immediate.
 Spoken Grammar is more communicative as it presents ideas at lower
level engagement.
Characteristics of Spoken Grammar
1. ELLIPSIS
 Is the omission of elements normally part of a certain structure and is found
in either spoken or written English.
Examples:
 “ Do you have any questions?”
- ( No Ellipsis)
“ Any questions?”
- ( Ellipsis)
 “It sounds good.” “It is absolutely right.” “It is wonderful.”
- (No ellipsis)
“Sounds good” “Absolutely right” “Wonderful”
- ( Ellipsis)
2. Dislocation
 Dislocation is a sentence structure in which a constituent occurs outside the
clause boundaries, either to its left or to its right.
 Heads, also known as left-dislocation, are a way to introduce and orient
listeners to a topic before giving information on the topic.
 It is a way to introduce listeners to a topic before giving information or a
topic.
 Dislocation allows the speakers to highlight the topic they want to talk about
before commenting on it, giving both the speaker and listener more
processing in real-time communication.
Example:
“ The T20 finals last night, it was really exciting.”
- ( With Head)
“ The T20 finals last night was really exciting.”
- ( No head)
3. Tails
 Tails , also known as right-dislocation, are comments that are added to
the end of a phrase.
 Are comments that are added to the end of a phrase.
Ex.
“ My colleague is a nice person, the one from New Zealand.”
- ( With Tail)
“ My colleague from New Zealand is really nice.”
- ( No Tail)
4. Fillers
 Fillers are words and utterances like “er”, “well”, “hmmm”, and “um” that
do not have a specific meaning.
 They don’t have a specific meaning but rather fill time and allow the speaker
to gather his or her thoughts.
5. Backchannels
 Backchannels are words and utterances like “uh-uh”, “oh”, “yeah”, and “
I see”.
 They are used to acknowledge what the speaker is saying and encourage
him or her to continue.
 They serve as an important communicative and interpersonal functions,
and it would be both difficult and awkward to have a conversation
without them.
6. Phrasal Chunks
 Phrasal words or phrases that can combine with other elements but act as
ready-made lexical units of language.
 Are fixed words or phrases that can combine with other elements but act as
ready-made lexical units of language.
Examples:
 Sort of
 Kind of
 Stuff like that
 You Know
 I mean
 A bit
 A little bit
 You know
 I mean
WRITTEN GRAMMAR:
 Written Grammar is more formal and inflexible.
 Sentence is the basic unit of constructions in written grammar
 Written Grammar tends to be more complex and intricate than speech with
longer sentences.
 Written Grammar consist of letters and words.
Aspects of written and spoken grammar

CHARACTERISTICS:
Characteristics of Spoken Language:
o Gestures - body language
o Intonation
o Stress
o Rhythm
o Pausing and phrasing
o Repeating
o Vocabulary
o Grammar
o intonation
o Variation in speed
o Loudness or quietness
Characteristics of written grammar
o Final draft status
o Density of content
o Grammar
o Punctuation
Writing is usually permanent and written texts cannot usually be changed

once they have been printed/written out.
Speech is usually transient, unless recorded, and speakers can correct
themselves and change their utterances as they go along.
A written grammar can communicate across time and space for as long as
the particular language and writing system is still understood.
Spoken Grammar is usually used for immediate interactions.
Writers can make use of punctuation, headings, layout, colors and other
graphical effects in their written texts. Such things are not available in
speech.
Speech can use timing, tone, volume, and timbre to add emotional context.
FORMALITY
WRITTEN GRAMMAR:
"Would you like to go out to lunch? “
SPOKEN GRAMMAR:
You wanna go out for lunch?
GRAMMATICALLY
Oral communication uses words with fewer syllables than the written
language.
Written English consists of neat, correct sentences. Speech usually consists
of idea units.
WRITTEN GRAMMAR SPOKEN GRAMMAR
It uses formal language. It uses contractions.

Grammatical Structure It uses slang words
Sentence Structure Informal language
Informal speech.
Use in casual setting.
TEACHING AND
ASSESSMENT IN
GRAMMAR
SUBMITTED BY:
JOELA S. CASTIL
BSED-ENGLISH2
SUBMITTED TO:
MS. DINA B. GUINITARAN
INSTRUCTOR

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SPOKEN GRAMMAR VS.

 Spoken Grammar is flexible in its word order.

Aspects of written and spoken grammar

Writing is usually permanent and written texts cannot usually be changed

WRITTEN GRAMMAR SPOKEN GRAMMAR

It uses formal language. It uses contractions.

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