Enhance your Speaking Potential: 18 Tips for the C1/C2 Examinees
Every communicative act conducted by means of oral language aims at: informing, communicating, persuading our interlocutor or a wider audience. The communicative act normally involves more than one speakers: this fact renders the development of a connection indispensable for the successful interchange of messages. To successfully deliver a message on a given topic, the speaker should attend for cohesion of ideas, relevance of the output with the topic (coherence) and the employment of appropriate language to ensure comprehension. Regardless of the topic there is a set of principles that permeate the act of speaking: 1. Do not rush into providing with an answer immediately : speaking unfolds gradually, one thought naturally leads to the next relevant thought to comprise a meaningful whole. Therefore, it is a procedure, not a product. Natural grading of speaking, allowing pauses and re-consideration, is, interesting...