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Peer reviewedModaff, John; Hopper, Robert – Communication Education, 1984
Demonstrates the basic nature of speaking as related to learning. Argues that speech should be a basic component of instruction at all levels, especially at the presently neglected elementary level. (PD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Speech Acts, Speech Communication, Speech Instruction
Download full textHopper, Robert; And Others – 1972
This study investigated the hypothesis that an employer's hiring decisions are influenced by certain speech characteristics of prospective employees. Simulated job interviews of four different speakers were played for 62 employers involved in actual hiring. Sets of semantic differential scales were used to measure employer's attitudes towards the…
Descriptors: Diction, Employer Attitudes, Employment Interviews, Employment Qualifications
Peer reviewedGunderson, D. F.; Hopper, Robert – Communication Monographs, 1976
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Instructional Improvement, Persuasive Discourse, Public Speaking
Hopper, Robert; Williams, Frederick – Speech Monographs, 1973
Employers' attitudes toward employees' speech affects hiring. (CH)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Interviews, Employment Potential
Hopper, Robert – 1973
The approach to the study of black English usage that is based on a theory of linguistic differences between blacks and whites is inadequate, because it ignores the socioeconomic aspects of dialects. It does not resolve the problems that exist in schools for students who use black English regularly. The issue is made more complex since linguistics…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Research
