Characteristic of Spoken Language
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c. Responsive This responsive assessment tasks include interaction and test
comprehension but the speaking level on this type employs the use of very short conversations, standard greetings and small talk, simple requests and
comments, and the like. d. Interactive
Similar to the responsive type, this type also includes interaction to perform. The difference between responsive and interactive speaking lies
on the length and complexity of the interaction. This interaction on this type sometimes includes multiple exchanges and or multiple participants.
Also, interaction can take the two forms of transactional language, which have the purpose of maintaining social relationships. In interpersonal
exchanges, oral production can become pragmatically complex with the need to speak in a casual register and use colloquial language, ellipsis,
slang, humor, and other sociolinguistic conversations. e. Extensive monologue
This extensive oral production tasks include speeches, oral presentations, and story-telling. The oral interaction from listeners is
limited because this type of speaking is in the form of monologue which has been planned by the speakers. Language style is deliberately and
formally planned by the speakers. However, there is no rule which is
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carried out for certain informal monologues such as casually delivered speech.
By concerning to the types of speaking performance, the teachers are expected to create effective classroom activities especially in teaching and
learning process of speaking. Determining the type of speaking activities should be based on the students’ needs, level and competence. This effort should be done
to generate appropriate speaking classroom activities that can assist the students in learning speaking optimally.