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Oral versus literate

The distinction between the oral and the written is one of the elements of our human world that is so fundamental, like gravity, that we are often only dimly aware of it, and pay little conscious attention to its influence. It's just a 'fact of life'. However, in English B, both teachers and students have the issue drawn to our attention, at the least by oral interviews and writing tasks. Beyond the relative...


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