There are several recommended strategies for speech communication departments to help ensure their central role in the developing general education programs at community colleges. Although based on the experiences of one community college, the suggestions are generic in nature and can apply to many different college circumstances. Department…

The Oral Communication Across the Curriculum (OCXC) program is a university-wide program using oral communication activities to enhance learning of course content and to improve oral communication skills of participating students. Implementing OCXC programs in postsecondary institutions involves planning, publicizing, gearing up, conducting,…

A program (entitled "Across the Curriculum") that integrated speaking, listening, reading, and writing instruction into content areas across the curriculum, in Central College, Iowa, is described in this paper. The paper first discusses the formation of the program, which was predicated on a desire shared by faculty members in all academic areas…

This article, written for speech educators, explores some of the concepts of communication theory as they relate to teaching speech communication in the high school. Suggestions for curriculum study, change, and development are given in (1) a rationale for a communication theory approach to high school speech, (2) a description of the…

Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication instruction to classroom practice, this booklet provides a framework for successful inservice education in communication skills. The first section addresses the question of why teachers need inservice in oral and written communication by pointing to the lack of…

Noting that creating an extension education program is more complicated than merely transporting an existing program to an off-campus site, this paper discusses the preliminary issues relevant to deciding whether or not a communication department should develop an extended degree program. The paper first discusses the nature of nontraditional…

School systems are increasingly following national reports' recommendations that oral communication instruction in the high school curriculum should develop students' everyday academic competencies, personal confidence, and research and employment abilities. This report discusses instructional applications of oral communication and offers course…