speaking skills
Ability to articulate
Speaking skills are the abilities involved in communicating orally—clarity, articulation, pacing, and the capacity to organize thoughts into coherent speech.
The term appears often in educational and professional contexts: The job requires strong speaking skills.
Public speaking, conversation, and presentation all draw on speaking skills, though each emphasizes different aspects.
- gesturesExpressive body movements
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- dictionChoice of words
- articulationClear vocal expression
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
speech patterns · coherence · storytelling · voice · flow · cultural sensitivity · tone · fluency · public speaking · emotional intelligence · empathy · rhetorical devices · breath · clear speech · clarity · phrasing · stage presence · persuasive speaking
- language artsreading comprehension, grammar rules, vocabulary building, phonics, spelling bees
- language educationbilingual, language teaching, biliteracy, language learning, immersion
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, grammar books
- language skillsspeaking, reading, writing, listening, fluent
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
- ESLgrammar lessons, vocabulary building, pronunciation practice, listening skills, reading skills
speaking skillswriting skills
Ability to compose text well
written communication · penmanship · typing skills · literacy · written expression
speaking skillslistening skills
Ability to comprehend speech
listening comprehension · active listening · reading skills · reading comprehension
speaking skillsmuteness
Inability to speak
inarticulateness · speech impairment · speechlessness · speech impediment · tongue-tied