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Formal Speaking

Characteristics of Formal
Speaking
❏ Politeness
❏ Objectiveness
❏ Effectiveness
❏ Standard English Language
❏ Clarity
Characteristics of Informal
Speaking
❏ Conversational tone
❏ Frequent personal pronouns (I, me, you) and contractions (you’d, we’ve)
❏ Informal expressions (what’s up?)
❏ Shorter sentences
❏ Personal feelings
When to Use Formal Language
❏ When your purpose is to explain a topic or idea to a teacher, a
classmate, or the public, use formal language
❏ Formal language is serious and interesting, as if you are teaching
your readers
❏ This language works best in explanatory essays, research
reports, and most other academic writing
When to Use Informal Language

❏ Other writing situations call for more casual, informal language.


❏ When your purpose is to share your personal thoughts and
feelings or to tell a story, use language that sounds more like you
are talking with your friends or classmates.
❏ This type of language works best for stories, personal narratives,
and social forms (blogs, microblogs, personal email).
What Should be avoided in
formal speaking?
❖ Casual Greetings: Based on-
a)How well you know the person
b)What degree of professionalism you are required to maintain
❖ Slangs and Colloquialism
❖ Contractions
❖ Personal Pronouns
❖ Poor vocabulary
Structure of formal speech

❏The introduction
❏The Greeting
❏Acknowledging the audiences
❏Placing your claim
❏The body
❏The conclusion
Difference Between Formal &
Informal Speaking
Formal Speech Informal Speech
Its tone is serious. Its tone is casual.
It sounds polite. It sounds friendly.

When overused, it can come across When overused, it can come across as
as cold and distant. brash and rude.

The sentence structures are


The sentence structures are simple.
complex.

An extensive range of vocabulary is Simple words and general vocabulary is


used. used.
Difference Between Formal &
Informal Speaking

Formal Speech Informal Speech


Pronouns are either avoided or
Personal pronouns are used expansively.
neutralised. For e.g. ‘one’.
Slang and colloquial language is not Slang and colloquial language can be
used. used.
The content shared is impersonal The content shared expresses one’s
and objective. personality and is often subjective.

Abides by the rules of standard Need not strictly adhere to the rules of
English. standard English.
Follow an introduction-body-
Need not follow any concrete structure.
conclusion structure.
Importance of formal
speaking
❏Career advancement
❏Indicate creativity
❏Critical thinking skills
❏Leadership abilities.
❏Professionalism.
❏Proper channel of information.
❏Effective and clear communication.
❏Single source of information.

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