COMMUNICATION -- THE PROCESSES OF SPEAKING, THINKING, WRITING, READING, AND LISTENING -- REPRESENTS A MAJOR PART OF THE MEANS AND GOALS OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. COURSES IN SPEECH AND DRAMATICS SHOULD BE BASIC TO A STUDENT'S PROGRAM. THE COMPONENTS OF ANY GOOD SPEECH PROGRAM INCLUDE BODILY ACTION, DISCUSSION, DEBATE, LISTENING, ORAL…

GRADES OR AGES: Secondary grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Oral communications. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The central portion of the guide is divided into five units: public speaking, voice and diction, drama, oral interpretation, and radio-television. Each unit is in straight text or list form. The guide is offset printed and perfect-bound…

By taking a two-semester course in theatre, students in grades 10 through 12 can gain a better understanding of drama. Theatre I provides an overview of the field of theatre and serves as a prerequisite to all further theatre courses. Upon completion of the first course, students should be able to (1) respond aesthetically to theatre; (2)…

A course designed to aid the student in developing effective skills for critical listening and listening for comprehension of ideas. Clear articulation, effective voice production, acceptable pronunciation, pitch variation, rhythm and phrasing are also practiced for cultural growth and social maturity. The course outline consists of: I.…

This series of five booklets is intended to assist principals and teachers in Tasmania in planning a broad-based continuous program of speech and drama throughout primary and lower secondary classes. The material contained within the booklets has been arranged and presented to emphasize the basic concepts and skills which are inherent in a speech…

This revised curriculum guide was prepared to help speech teachers and administrators gain greater sensitivity to the importance of speech education in the curriculum and to provide a digest of the characteristics and instructional practices which could contribute to superior speech education programs. The topics of the first nine chapters are…

The purpose of this guide is to aid teachers in elementary schools to incorporate speech instruction into the daily classroom schedule. Each of the 12 units in the guide contains lesson objectives, lesson topics, suggested learning experiences, a bibliography, a list of audiovisual materials, and suggestions for the development of the teacher's…

Called a response draft, this curriculum guide provides practitioners with further opportunity to examine and discuss adult learning in English and communications before the guidelines are adopted throughout British Columbia. The guide's three specific purposes are to (1) define a common curriculum goal and an array of learning objectives for…

Designed to provide the student with experience in oral communication, this curriculum guide presents a one-semester speech course for junior high school students with "normal" rather than defective speech. The eight units cover speech in social interaction; group discussion and business meetings; demonstrations and reports; creative dramatics;…

Prepared to provide direction, help develop instructional units, define skills and concept developments needed for new tasks, coordinate district language arts programs, and disseminate information to other professionals, this guide presents a kindergarten through grade 12 language arts curriculum. A foreword lists the guide's goals, and a…