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单词 oracy
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Definition of oracy in English:

oracy

noun ˈɔːrəsiˈôrəsē
mass nounBritish
  • The ability to express oneself fluently and grammatically in speech.

    〈英〉口语能力

    infant teachers will be urged to concentrate on reading, writing, oracy and numeracy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are low levels of English literacy and oracy in many cases.
    • It has given shape to much of the Western world's inheritance of oracy and literacy.
    • She says research by the program's originators, Brian Gray and Wendy Cowie, at the University of Canberra, indicates that written English is a vehicle and means of improving children's oracy.
    • It is in this context of the various communicative competencies required for electronic production and consumption that the term ‘literacy’ (or for that matter ‘oracy’) is questionable.
    • And we're offering the students a program which not only develops their writing but their oracy from the beginning of schooling.

Origin

1960s: from Latin os, or- 'mouth', on the pattern of literacy.

Definition of oracy in US English:

oracy

nounˈôrəsē
British
  • The ability to express oneself fluently and grammatically in speech.

    〈英〉口语能力

    infant teachers will be urged to concentrate on reading, writing, oracy and numeracy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is in this context of the various communicative competencies required for electronic production and consumption that the term ‘literacy’ (or for that matter ‘oracy’) is questionable.
    • And we're offering the students a program which not only develops their writing but their oracy from the beginning of schooling.
    • She says research by the program's originators, Brian Gray and Wendy Cowie, at the University of Canberra, indicates that written English is a vehicle and means of improving children's oracy.
    • There are low levels of English literacy and oracy in many cases.
    • It has given shape to much of the Western world's inheritance of oracy and literacy.

Origin

1960s: from Latin os, or- ‘mouth’, on the pattern of literacy.

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