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FUTURE
Communication: a means of expression
By Stephen llnurr
For abcut noc million years,
spoken language ha» served as
ma*tUnu"s mow immediate, and probably
mo\t effective, means of communication.
Throuj*i speech, enc can
CAprtu any Idea quickly, thoroughly.
and precncly. A spoken tfjtcmcm
on be tnodtlied more readily and
authenticated lev easily than a wrnlen
one, giving a dUtinci advantage
10 the speaker.
To wit: a disgruntled student can
quickly uy exactly wlm he Ihir&i of
Ms. X. hi bioioQ teacher. If he
were clever, he could then easily
modify hit suirmenl upon the
discovery tfut Ms. X **a* nearby, and
he could certainly not be legally held
to his statement, ai hr cnuU be if it
were written.
An important Jtffcrencc between
etprevtion in speech and expression
in writing u thai a speaker can makr
use of a wide variety or tenure*,
speech intVaiom. and *lir.g terms to
tailor hit mnsagc ht tin audknee and
communicate his idea* at clearly and
clTcetiv-cly as pouibte.
"It's cuter to figure ma what a
penon \% spying if he"* speaking."
uys Sandra Bird. Lowell social
science teacher and f.iremici coach.
*"bcca--i*e you can look at physical
gestures, the tone in v»hkh il'»
spoken, and the pace at which U't
jpoWcn."
"When yiiu wrile, you don'l know
what the impact of your menage H.
Sars Trclaun teachei
French and SpanUh. •>
it lake\ longer to respond back and
; orth. ThrrcS an cknieni uf $»e and
take in spoken commurJcation — >f w
have the ability io modify u'hat
>ou'vc wid."
Jo Ann Stewzn. Lowell Englivh
teacher, fecit tlul prcci«ion u a
critical dbtinciion between spoken
»*»d wrinen EnglUh.
"One of the ma^r jjf ferciices bet -
ween the wiittei anJ spoken +vrt n
that the written utwd has to be more
precbe than iSc ipolwn word. Fir>t
of all, when you're speaking, you can
communicate in other way* than with
wonL; that i\. you am use youi boa>
as wtll ai th rf
93UCEAnYDt..'O.
SAN FRANCISCO.CA HI3I
"The KCOOJ ibiog is, *hea you're
speaJunt to •"metcdy who b preset*
ud he doesn't unjeriund. you can
pick up the clue from him tnd you
can explain wait you sild again.
Third, the spoken word u ephemeral
ud the written word lt.»i "
The written form of a language —
the correct school form — b often
held »o b; the unchanging standard
fotm of * lanftugc from *hklt
va/Kroi dialects deviate The true
tomi of a living language, however,
can morr accurately he fouM in
regtored dia^cts. The textbook form
of a Uatuage may be the official version
of the language, but a dialect b
• reflection of the eomunt chanjc in
the people who speak it.
Stewart fceU that the English
Luipugc b a pwttcuta/ly valid cumptc
of wh change. "English it a
lan^nugc that ti very receptive to
change. One can understand
somcthim/. of the tutu re of the people
at occ tiinc by looking at the
English language at ttut time." *hc
explained.
Safj Trclaun. a foreign language
teacher ftuent in French and Spanish
with a wrrking kmtw ledge of Italian
and German, is ;M>rc emphatic; %he
i* watching fMbook* become
somewhat outdated a* u mult of
modem language* changing to wit
their irxaken.
"The hr-fuzfc b the pci-plc." she
•JccUmi. "I'm very Uicircicd b>' the
fac*. lhjt the French language is
crVngin; *o rapidly. The people in
Frat:.v are u\inc verb* differently
knn*to- their Unguajr."
Trcbua %tm«ed the difficutr) of
maHe/in^ 1 foreign lanpuyc tn a
degree that v.cuM allow mch clfeclive
cornnuntcatinn.
"Besides kmming the wjfji fm
ihingi. you ha\-e to know the intonation
and the pny»ical njixt of
things.*' we crtiphaicod. "For inuaiicc.
»bcn you »r*ji Eitf.luh. yvu
Mand farther apart that, when you
%peai Frtnch. You have to Lnnw die
gcMures. facial cxnrcukmi, body
movemenn., One thin* tint's >ery
ditHcult U io Jcjm slang and
ever) thing. You rcaliy hive (o live
vwrtewncru to leam the language like
ttut. You coulJ vav lomcihinj: >ou
leimed ttudying a language but people
would comtder you very uncouth
trcauw you didn't uy the right
thing."
An importanl technique in itronj
verbal nsnni»tnKj'ioo i% ^pcaiin?
ipcctncally to the -utiencc being addmvcJ.
A speaker c^n win uver an
au-Jiencc more cavily by considering,
before he *pni%. the feelings and
ptcditpOMliom ot hb uulicncc.
"One clement of luccwfully ««nvc>ing
an tdca iv >n a«arene&« of the
communication |crt of it." uid
Slewart. "A pmon who ti com
municaling cfrrcrtvdy should effectively
tune in 10 ihe inher person. A
gtx>l actur can be the actor and the
aulivncc at the tame lime."
Bird ttM. bclic\T* that it iv
neccAurj io gi»nd speaking **. . . to
have a .-eruin knowledge of >our audience,
and to unJerMmJ u (ui
>iir.g and tit he a% clcur
in vour Mo*pmnt a* pH-^iWc. Vi'u
don't u ant n> he open to
in(cr(>rc(jti(in.
•"Yi»u \h*xjld lL people m the
eve. don'l avoid (vr-uin.it k-mE^ci.
.Sjvok dtrcttly u» jn indi* njuol u< :ho
knttw )Mu*rctjlkin);uithetn. tM^ju't
to have >i.ur \01cc heard. AIWJ. VOU
should knir* |hc vnt ot \pcixh >'our
judiePvt expect*. For example,
humor i\ uvcTuI in vmtc jAxa. jn*l
injppniprutc in othciv"
The iniport.-' > ;e of gm*j \ethjl
i(miniunica;itim -ki!!s in WK-I\ ,»
undenub;?. S(«tKcn (jnyujircexientl*
to the ranotot Jtrj* of the world,
even, 'nature hunun hemp i\ A
k l b M
ten futm. A» teiccommun-c.it 10m
lei-lin.)ln]'.y impnnc*.. verful «1||K
hr^oiiK irvicjvingK nccc*vjr> lor
success in the world.
"I don't think ." sjid Idrd. "lha:
there jre nun> p>nitnmv in hi- that
ate iota1I> ivoijtol Wt»crcscr sou
are. jinj'rc piling 10 luse to deal '• .in
human Iwjigv — in hu«ne\v. piofe*siiiul
anJ UK-At contacts, sou nved
to he able to uik to uin>cNxly. Vta*
can'i aUa>» ju^: writeevci>thing —
• MMinernr U:cr vou're goirg to have
10 cull vitnconc ort the phone or talk
to ihcm m pc.-son. inj S.HJ'II n.-cd tr
know htiMr i,-> i4ik io someone."
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Non-verbal
By JSMQ Mlntx
Actioru fpeak kwdcr thin word*.
At last that's how the eaying foes,
and sometimes pecplc Just don't feel
like talking. What's to do? Sjch «feci-
»iota. SVntd you
come clcner to people without coming
or? tno strong." said senior Tammy
Ki/perJio. "You abso!'itely. positively
know that somconcS attracted
to ) JU when they jump two feet tn the
air. fall »the ground, pira Itie a dog.
and grab for your feet: all in rhythmic
lyncopaiion. After all. ihe mark of a
good dancer it creativit)."
Otner forms of non-verbal commu*
nication do well in taking U*e place
of words. One of these is sign
language, wlilch allows deaf people
to coicmunrate ttsmg hand signals in
placi cf wtMilj. Michael Johnson,
who works at Brooks Cameras on
Kcairy St.. recommended sign langua^e
u a nv-thod of cmvnunication
for trtryttn*.
"I use ii all thctiriK hetcat woik.
Deaf people enjo) 1 phntography too.
\.*i Itviw. They feel comfortable ii<
coming here, ticciuvc they know I'm
putlir.g innh an effort to comn^inic^Te
on their level. There arc
some repuljr cvMoniers whocmc it
ju^t t'>cnji for ten minutes at a time."
he c«plained.
Cr; pttvnunv and other cixkd mesvigc>
has-.* become incieasingly rx>pular
in recent >cirv and mint eser>
nujor new\pj|xr cinicv j daily cryptogram.
A crypttigtam ^bMrtatrv tl»c
tcltcrv «if a rr^sjfc wiih othrr fetters
or .rutaaet%. Tbco^jOciiMoJccixlc
the crNptogratn, anu although vimciime\
\cr> simple, (he civics are ot'ten
qu.ic complex, lor eur.'^lc.
JMUCJJ FGF.F GAHMV.J speUv
LOW ULL HIGH SCHOOL if each
letter of (be crs jitoprum iv replaced
with the Ictrr'ttht-h » 1*0 'pUo
jhcjo of 1: *n the alphabet
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lion*, is uved by Ham K.-xlio »»peia-
|or\ all over the woiM, n>»nt rtventlytoconvej
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