Performing or involving a performance of the spoken word: “Whenever [a newspaper] covers the poetry world, you can bet you will find spoken-word and street poets railing against the prudishness of the ‘academic poets’” (Maureen McLane)
The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music. There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word