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6 Features in Spoken Grammar
. Ellipsis
. Heads
Tails
. Fillers
. Backchannel
. Phrasal Chunkshow to create a good PPt (Power
Point) Presentation
As well as it’s name, power point, you have to
present it into points.
Points can make the audience focus on what you are
talking about.
Use the points as the highlight of the things that you
want to explain.
Don’t write long sentences or paragraphs. Use the
power of points to get your audience's attention.
If you just read the long paragraphs, your audience
will lose their focus.Ellipsis
* Examples:
> it seems like a good idea to me.
The elliptical version:
> Seems like a good idea.
> | was to take the east path and Steve was to
take the west path.
The elliptical version:
> | was to take the east path and Steve, the
west.The heads
In spoken grammar, mostly in initial position
of the utterance.
It is used to emphasize something.
The head > your wife, your kids, your friends.
> all that stuff
The head in the sentence is the subject,
mostly repeated by the speaker with pronouns
or determiner.Another example of head
+ The tall man who is walking down the street is
my father.
+ My father is the tall man who is walking down
the street.
Spoken:
>My father, the man who is walking down the
street.
>My father, he’s walking down the street.
iTails
+ As well as its name, tails are mostly in the final
position of the utterance.
* Itis also used to emphasize something.
* Example:
> Look! My father is walking down the
street, that tall man.
> That man is walking down the street,
my father.Filler
* It’s mostly used to fill the time or to give more
space for speaker to think about what to say.
* Example:
> | totally expect, mmm... the best in
life.
> Well, uhhh.. | actually don’t know many
things about her.Backchannel
+ It’s mostly used to respond what the speaker
say.
* It is to show that you are paying attention on
it.
* Example:
> uh-uh... (nodding your head)
> Oh | see...
> Absolutely..Phrasal Chunks
* It is also called as the filler of the
conversation.
* The fillers are mostly in the form of
meaningful words.
* Example:
> | kinda like it. (I kind of like it)
> | kinda feel sleepy. (I kind of feel sleepy)
> | need, you know, a little space.