verbal instruction
Teaching through speech
Verbal instruction is teaching or direction delivered through spoken words rather than written text, demonstration, or other means.
The phrase emphasizes the oral nature of the guidance: The coach gave verbal instructions before the drill.
In legal and workplace contexts, verbal instruction may be contrasted with written documentation: I only received verbal instructions, nothing in writing.
- spokenExpressed in words aloud
- word of mouthInformation passed through conversation
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- directiveFormal command or instruction
oral · lesson · guidance · telling · coaching · explanation · lecture · voice · training · teacher · classroom · listen · directions · orders · mentor · tutorial · hands-on training · step-by-step
- audio learningaudio lessons, audiobooks, podcasts, language tapes, lectures
- imitationcopy, copycat, imitation, mimicking, replica
- Dictation Skillstranscription, spelling tests, spelling drills
verbal instructionnonverbal communication
Wordless transmission of meaning
diagram · documentation · modeling · gesture · reading materials
verbal instructionself-discovery
Learning one's true character
trial and error · learning by doing · hands-on learning · self-directed learning · discovery learning
verbal, verbally, verbalize, verbalization, verbs, verbiage, verbose, verbosity, adverb