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Arellano, Amy – Communication Teacher, 2023
Traditionally, informative speeches are relegated to be passive. The classic scope of informative speeches does not consider "live" or "lived" rhetoric. After teaching public speaking for most of my career, there are times when one needs to reinvigorate assignments. This assignment challenges how we utilize memory and place to…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Assignments, Memory, Spatial Ability
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Nelson Lamar Reinsch Jr. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2024
Communication instructors have long insisted on the importance of audience adaptation. But they have said less about (a) the dimensions along which adaptation might proceed or (b) how a student might learn the art of adapting. In this article, I contribute toward addressing these two deficiencies. I suggest a dimension for adaptation - the value…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Teaching Methods, Assignments, Audience Awareness
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Geraths, Cory – Communication Teacher, 2020
Courses: Public Speaking. Objectives: This unit aims to (1) illustrate the classical and contemporary utility of "ekphrasis" ("description") as a genre of civic communication; and (2) introduce students to essential skills in public speaking, including invention, arrangement, and, in particular, style
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Units of Study, Civics, Skill Development
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Sellnow, Deanna D. – Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2019
Students rarely question the relevance of most communication courses. For example, most students realize that courses focused on improving public speaking and interpersonal skills will benefit them personally and professionally after graduation. Convincing them that a rhetorical theory and criticism course is equally empowering can be a bit more…
Descriptors: Rhetorical Theory, Rhetorical Criticism, Teaching Methods, Assignments
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Deering, Catherine Gray – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2018
This article presents a unique approach for teaching crisis intervention in that it involves students reading novels and autobiographies to use as case studies in order to apply the theories and concepts. A rationale for the use of literature as a projective device to help students experience personal growth and to target the affective domain of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Crisis Intervention, Novels, Autobiographies
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Gilbert, Danielle – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
In recent decades, nationalism has emerged from the distant purview of history to become the primary driver of some of the world's biggest news. Given the prominence of nationalist conflict, students in political science increasingly study the subject with modern references in mind. This article describes the design for a timely undergraduate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Authentic Learning, Nationalism, Political Science
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Gerbensky-Kerber, Anne – Communication Teacher, 2017
Courses: This semester-long assignment series was developed for an online introductory public speaking class, but it has also been used successfully in a hybrid (combination of online/face-to-face meetings) format. Objectives: Students will practice delivering speeches in an online format by applying key concepts from course materials to personal…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Speech Acts, Speech Communication, Assignments
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Whalen, D. Joel – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2020
Readers can explore 13 teaching innovations presented at the 2019 Association for Business Communication annual international conference in Detroit, Michigan. These assignments are designed to add fuel to oral and written persuasion, including the practical use of rhetorical tools. Ideas to advance learners' professional development are presented.…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Assignments, Teaching Methods, Business Communication
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McDonald, Robert E.; Derby, Joseph M. – Marketing Education Review, 2015
Recruiters seek candidates with certain business skills that are not developed in the typical lecture-based classroom. Instead, active-learning techniques have been shown to be effective in honing these skills. One skill that is particularly important in sales careers is the ability to make a powerful and effective presentation. To help students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sales Occupations, Business Administration Education, Active Learning
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Roy, Debopriyo – Cogent Education, 2017
Task-based language learning (TBLL) has heavily influenced syllabus design, classroom teaching, and learner assessment in a foreign or second language teaching context. In this English as foreign language (EFL) learning environment, the paper discussed an innovative language learning pedagogy based on design education and technical writing. In…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Design
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Rosen, Jody R.; Davis, M. Justin – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2014
This article describes the design of a learning community that paired an English Composition and a Public Speaking course at the New York City College of Technology (City Tech) and explains the embedded teaching strategies: flexible scheduling, integrated assignments, and a place-based (Brooklyn) focus. These tactics, developed with the aim of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Place Based Education, Writing (Composition), Public Speaking
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Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
This article, the second of a two-part series, features 13 "My Favorite Assignments" that were introduced at the Association for Business Communication's 82nd annual conference held in Dublin, Ireland, in 2017. The pedagogical innovations include assignments that teach students how to conduct primary research, present their findings,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Professional Associations, Business Communication, Foreign Countries
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Larseingue, Matt; Sawyer, Chris R.; Finn, Amber N. – Communication Education, 2012
Although previous research has linked students' expected grades to numerous pedagogical variables, this factor has been all but ignored by instructional communication scholars. In the present study, 315 undergraduates were presented with grading scenarios representing differing combinations of course rigor, teacher immediacy, and student…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Componential Analysis, Assignments
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Pierson-Smith, Anne; Chik, Alice; Miller, Lindsay – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2014
This article examines an established course on Popular Culture which is framed within the general educational model in an English-medium university. The article is organized into three parts: the underlining educational rationale for general educational courses, the course description, and the students' perspectives of their learning experience.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Popular Culture, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language)
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Hansen, Sally P. – Communication Education, 1982
Describes a speech assignment in which students describe a geometric figure well enough so that listeners can then draw the figure. Exercise is based on philosophy of teaching and learning in W. Timothy Gallwey's "The Inner Game of Tennis." (PD)
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Public Speaking
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