Describes the use of a maze to teach students how to construct the speech outline. Provides an example. (PD)

Reflects on 50 years of teaching in the speech profession and what is entailed in complete teaching of communication. (PD)

Reviews 15 documents in the ERIC system on the basic course in speech communication covering philosophy, research, teaching approaches, and challenges. (PD)

Reviews the basic assumptions on which linear and branching programed-instruction methods are based. Speculates about why these methods did not take hold in communication education: nature of the materials, economics of programed instruction, and the attitudes of teachers. (PD)

Points out the importance of speech activities in the English curriculum. (JL)

Narrates how the American Forensic Association (AFA) evolved in ways that involved both adaptation and consistency. Describes issues that have driven the AFA's agenda in the first 50 years. Considers the style through which the organization's members have addressed these issues. Notes that the growth of forensics was not isolated from the growth…

The trend toward implementing models for Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for academic support in higher education is gaining momentum. Whether due to external influences, such as the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, which promotes inquiry about teaching and learning, or more related to internal forces such as…

The existence of the American Forensic Association's National Individual Events Tournament (NIET) and the National Forensic Association (NFA), two strong and well-established national tournaments with essentially similar events descriptions, has certainly contributed to a very substantial amount of uniformity of events descriptions and conflict…

The use of tournament forensics in teaching vital skills to the disadvantaged is discussed. Four case histories illustrate the success of such an approach to providing students with basic communication skills. Some of the difficulties peculiar to working with the underskilled in an academic environment are described. (DB)

CONVERSATION EXERCISES AND PRONUNCIATION DRILLS ARE USED IN THIS TEXT FOR TEACHING HAUSA, A LANGUAGE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. FOR CULTURAL READINGS IN THE HAUSA LANGUAGE, REFER TO ED 010 397. IN ADDITION, ED 010 398 AND ED 010 399 ARE SUPPLEMENTARY WORKBOOKS TO THE BASIC TEXTS. (LP)

Traces the movement away from the classical model of speechwriting and proposes a new rationale for viewing ghostwritten speeches as organizational products. Notes the implications for speech pedagogy. (PD)

Describes documents in the ERIC system on (1) theory about forensics, (2) the coach as teacher, (3) views from other disciplines. (PD)

Article focuses on: a review of the West German educational system as a whole, the current state of speech education in that country, and objectives of the German Speech Society (GSSSE). (Editor/AS)