the capacity to express oneself in and understand speech
Word origin
C20: from Latin or-, os mouth, by analogy with literacy
oracy in American English
(ˈɔrəsi, ˈour-)
noun
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language
Word origin
[1960–65; or(al) + (liter)acy]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, bicycle kick, buyback, deinstitutionalize, tag question
Examples of 'oracy' in a sentence
oracy
At this point, we emphasise tasks that combined both cooperative learning and oracy with motor activity and games.
Josep Coral Mateu, Teresa Lleixà Arribas 2013, 'Physical Education-in-CLIL tasks. Determining tasks characteristics through the analysisof the diaries', Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreaciónhttp://retos.org/numero_24/24-17.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)