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Download full textGennadyevna, Novikova Natalia; Mikhailovna, Zorina Natalia; Vadimovich, Kortunov Vadim – International Education Studies, 2015
This article highlights an important role of speech studies disciplines in teaching students to create business discourse, stresses practical orientation of teaching, a need to achieve a greater and more effective balance of theory and practice. The article presents innovative forms of teaching students to create and percept institutional business…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Business Communication, Discourse Modes, Theory Practice Relationship
Gray, Pamela L.; And Others – 1989
This model was developed for the basic course in speech communication, based on the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) introduced by Fred Keller and drawing on research done by Keller and his associates. The new model, the effectiveness of which has been tested over 8 years of programmatic research and refinement, stresses two key elements…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Models
Hochel, Sandra – 1988
Speech communication teachers can assist students in gaining more facility with language by helping them become active learners or problem solvers through: (1) experiencing an event; (2) reflecting on this experience which leads to (3) the formation of abstract concepts and generalizations about what has been learned; and finally (4) incorporating…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Patterns, Oral Language, Speech Communication
Peer reviewedMorreale, Sherwyn; And Others – Communication Education, 1993
Describes the approach taken by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to communication-across-the-curriculum courses and programs. (SR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Speech Communication
Greenberg, Karen – 1986
An introductory speech communication course should contain a unit on communication ethics so that students learn ethical standards and how they should be applied in creating and delivering a message or responding to a message. One of the many hinderances that accompany incorporating such a unit into the curriculum is the lack of precedence for…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
Parcells, Frank E., Ed.; Holdridge, Wm. E., Ed. – Journal of the Illinois Speech & Theatre Association, 1984
Intended for teachers of speech and theater, the material in this annual journal is divided into three parts: original research, instructional practices and materials, and Illinois issues. Titles and authors are as follows: (1) "A Study of the Predictive Validity of the Relational Control Paradigm" by Emil Bohn and Douglas G. Bock, (2)…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Public Relations, Speech Communication
Trank, Douglas M. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
Reviews surveys on the status of the basic speech communication course. Identifies issues and concerns about instructional approaches, staffing, textbooks, philosophy, etc. (PD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Speech Communication
McCauley, M. Lynn; Stovall, Richard L. – 1976
This paper describes the use of British union, or parliamentary, debating in a college public-communication course. This debating format, practiced at British universities and used in the British House of Commons, promotes interaction between speaker and audience, emphasizing the effective methods of persuasive discourse that evoke audience…
Descriptors: Debate, Higher Education, Interaction, Persuasive Discourse
Peer reviewedLee, Charlotte I. – Communication Education, 1987
Reminiscences by a speech teacher of her encounters with persons who influenced her life and her selection of a discipline to study. Also recounts her experiences teaching speech courses at Northwestern University. (NKA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Speaking, Speech Communication, Speech Curriculum
Peer reviewedSeiler, William J.; Fuss-Reineck, Marilyn – Communication Education, 1986
Discusses the planning, development, implementation, and course management required to use the Personalized System of Instruction in the basic speech communication course. (PD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Gow, John E. – Today's Speech, 1972
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Social Sciences, Speech Communication
Peer reviewedGronbeck, Bruce E. – Communication Education, 1989
Examines three goals of teaching rhetorical criticism in view of Isocratean ideals, which unite practical and critical training: developing students' talents in critical description, contextualization, and judgment. Discusses several pedagogical practices to operationalize these goals. (MM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Liberal Arts
Peer reviewedHenry, David; Sharp, Harry, Jr. – Communication Education, 1989
Argues that a thematic approach to teaching criticism--based on frequent, integrated writing tasks--accommodates the constraints found in the typical undergraduate course on rhetorical criticism. Illustrates this approach with reference to two themes: Ronald Reagan's discourse and the rhetoric of war and peace. (MM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Rhetorical Criticism, Speech Communication, Speech Curriculum
Henderson, Bill – 1981
Intended for use by instructors of upper division speech courses, this paper describes a questioning and answering technique for teaching argumentation. The first section of the paper discusses the concept of argumentative exchange, which is defined as an episode between two or more individuals wherein one or more feel that differences of belief…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Debate, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
Losee, Doug – 1983
An examination of audience analysis factors in representative communication textbooks indicates that current pedagogical applications are broadly categorized into demographic and dispositional properties. The adaptation of constructivist theory to audience analysis can give speech students reasons why the speaker-audience relationship is as it is.…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Public Speaking
