Spoken Language

The terms written and spoken have two completely different definitions, the word written means language that can be traced onto paper and read, whereas the word spoken is language that can be expressed through speech and is generally heard once without the use of such things as recordings. Knowledge can be acquired from these two different types of language, in different ways depending on how a person learns and also which area of knowledge the language is being conveyed in. Written and spoken language are expressed in different ways and neither one can be above the other, in a hierarchical scale, in terms of the knowledge being gained. This will be explored through the investigation of which expression of language works best under each area
My mathematics book is set up in a way that it explains the concept, gives an example and then gives practice problems, this is the way that most books are set up and it really aids the student utilizing it because you can either read the explanation or focus on the example, or if you are like me, do both. Although I may understand the concept when I read it once, that does not mean I could repeat it without going back to the concept, I always have to look back up and plug in the practice numbers to deliver a correct answer. If the teacher had given these examples to me through speech, the concept would have been confusing because it is more concerned with memorizing the way in which a problem is solved, it is based on reason rather than the ways of knowing of sense perception and emotion and this is why there is more memorization and application. Reason is generally not an opinion, and focuses more on the facts, and these facts need to be memorized or taught so that they are implanted into ones brain and many believe that the only way to do this is review and read up on the topics(Baez, "How to Learn Math and Physics"). Arguments could be made that Mathematics involves all of the Ways of Knowing because of how we
In the Area of The Arts, speech can work better than written language because of the many ways of interpretation emotion, and using writing may not do the emotion any justice at all. When reading poetry you realize that even if the words were not right in front of you, a meaning could still be expressed. A sense of imagery could come about you, and the poem that is being spoken could be pictured in your head. The reader can explain their point of view, and yours could be the same, altered or you could express your completely different one and all three are able to stay in your head as knowledge that was gained. It is the emotion behind the poem that helps the knowledge stick, Dr McPherson stated, “Latest research suggests that it is the emotions aroused, not the personal significance of the event, that makes such events easier to remember.”(McPherson, "The Role of Emotion in Memory"). The Arts is an area that is focused mainly on emotion and this, as stated above, is how people remember much of the detail through listening to a person speak about it. This may not always be true, which is why some may disagree and say that the area does not provide them with emotion, therefore they cannot remember details through speech. This counter argument aids my point because by saying that one can cannot remember because there is no emotion involved , means that if they had that