Types of Oral Communication — Verbal Communication — Formal Speech (Oral & Written)

Think of the last college fest you went to. Before the first dance item, someone walked up to the mike, greeted the principal and the chief guest by name, said a few warm lines and handed over the stage — and nobody remembers a word, because it was done right. Now picture the same person chatting with friends backstage a minute earlier: same voice, same language, completely different kind of talk. This topic sorts spoken communication into its types and then zooms in on the one the University actually makes you write in the exam — the formal speech, drafted on paper and delivered aloud.

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Oral communication divides into verbal and non-verbal, formal and informal, and interpersonal, group and public forms; the formal speech is the most structured of them — written out first, then delivered aloud on a set occasion — and the exam tests it by asking you to write one, usually a welcome speech for a chief guest.

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