Vocabulary

	Speaking To talk / To speak (about) To say To tell To converse with
	How? To shout To yell / to shriek To whisper To murmur To mumble To stammer To get worked up
	To argue To express To declare To state (to make a statement) To announce To repeat To reply To retort To emphasize To claim To pretend To suppose To inform To promise
	Agreeing/disagreeing To convince To approve (of) / to disapprove To admit To confirm To confess To contest To deny To contradict To object To refute To influence To exaggerate To flatter To criticize To slander
	A conversation A discussion A dialogue An interview A monologue A speech A lecture A debate
	Other words Word Opinion Argument Objection Point of view Statement Hint Misunderstanding Agreement / disagreement Criticism Confession Gossip

FORMS OF COMMUNICATION Oral Visual Written (coded/uncoded) Status Symbols Body Language (voluntary gestures/involuntary body language) Facial Expressions (voluntary/involuntary) Colours Social Signs Intellectual Touching/Felt seen (unemotional/emotional) unseen ORAL/AURAL & OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATION telephone commercial radio CB radio CCMS bird song animal sounds music/lyrics deliberate silence slow hand-clap hand-clapping clicking of fingers sigh cheer morse code VISUAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION WRITTEN (coded/uncoded) letter postcard telegram email note card (birthday, Christmas, etc) poster formal notice pointing hand or arrow signs (words/symbols) STATUS SYMBOLS car/vehicle clothes jewellery property statues grand staircase trophy wife BODY LANGUAGE voluntary gestures gestures raised eyebrows (meaning: 'Next!') raised hand (as a greeting) finger pointing (to indicate position) shrug (for indifference) raised hand (to stop further discussion) involuntary body language shudder flinch positioning when sitting style of walking posture FACIAL EXPRESSIONS voluntary grimace wink withering look quizzical look involuntary stunned look tic open-mouthed frequency of blinking position of eyes when remembering, or recounting giveaways when lying tongue lolling POSTURE hunched upright MANNER confident hesitant HEAD nod shake head TONGUE lick lips stick out tongue EYES rolled eyes looking skyward eye contact (hostile/friendly) avoidance of eye contact COLOURS colour-coding colours to change emotions colours to suit situations (funeral, etc.) colour-coordinated CLOTHING functional fashionable sexy condition (clean/dirty) age