The oral world and writing

So I have to say that becuase i come from a communication and theatre background I see that oral communication is so very important. The other thing is that we learn to speak way before we learn to write. Becuase of this I think we need to much as much importance on speaking as a genre as we do in the words on the page. We dont for some reason unless it is a speech. This is wrong to me because there are so many genres of speaking that are just as important as speeches. Words are important whether they are written or spoken. I think that singing is a great tool for learning and it is often just thought of as a “through” away type of genre to use for fun and games. I have used music so many times in my classroom for so many reasons and it really reaches students. Im not talking just about the kind of music they like but all kinds of music. I think that academic writing is important to learn so people know who to write in that genre, but to be honest once someone gets out of school they will not write in that genre any longer so they need to be exposed to so many others as well in the classroom. We as English teachers need to be the ones to do that.

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