oral interpretation

American  

noun

1. the study and practice of vocally expressing the meaning of written compositions, especially of literature.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Hatch said he was going “nowhere” in college and enrolled in an oral interpretation class when a required English course was booked.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2017

But even before that, there was growing up along with the Scriptures a body of oral interpretation eventually codified in the Talmud.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thereby he acquired a precise enunciation, a mellifluous voice and an effective oral interpretation of words.

From Time Magazine Archive

And my oral interpretation was necessary, for I was busy executing two drawings that I entitled respectively, "The Happy Duck" and "The Unhappy Duck."

From The Story of a Child by Smith, Caroline F.

The works of Alfred Noyes gain distinctly by his oral interpretation of them.

From The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by Phelps, William Lyon