The differencs between spoken script and written essay is the tones and the languages.
When write an essay, the tone should be more formal and academic, because it will be printed out and read by others. Sometimes academic words need to be used so that the paper can look nicer and more convicible. For spoken script, the tone should be more oral. The language should be understandable by hearing it because the audience is random. they could be a native speaker or they can also be those who are not good at English.
The similarity is the tructure. no matter it is a spoken script or a written essay, they should both have thesis statements, body points and conclusions.
In my podcast, I will talk about men's attitudes towards feminism. my sourses list different attitudes provided by men. I will classify them into three main attitudes using paraphrasing, quoting and explaining. To get my audience engaged in my podcast, I will not only discribe my resources, but also mention what should women do and persuade men to get involved in feminist movements.
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You know what's interesting to me? All of my international student noticed the similarities between a written essay and a spoken script...but none of my American students did.
It's true that both must be organized, both must have a clear direction, because the reader/listener will get lost otherwise. I think it's more important that a spoken script be organized, because the listener can't (or won't) necessarily go back and listen to a section again in order to understand it.
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