Speaking my thoughts, not only helps me organize them, but it also helps me clarify them. Everything that is spinning around in my brain tends to make either a lot more sense or no sense at all when I say it aloud. Typically, after writing a paper I read it aloud to myself or a peer and it really helps me conduct a fluent paper. When I speak the words I have written, I tend to hear what does not flow, or what mistakes I have created.
Berkenkotter conducts a study on how saying anything that comes to mind while writing effects what is written. Personally, I speak a lot when Im writing because my thoughts always feel messy, until I can hear them out loud. However, if I was aware I was being recorded, I would most likely be silent while writing. Similarly, when I go to the library to do my homework or really any public setting I stay quiet out of the respect of others working and also because I would probably be embarrassed to have someone see my talking to myself while writing.
If this experiment was conducted on me, but I did not know I was being recorded I would definitely speak and more around a lot. Speaking, moving around, and different hand gestures help me create my thoughts into a well conducted paper.
Revising a paper is very different for every person, but it often includes a lot of editing, changing words, and second guessing what is written.
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