Reports results of a survey of speech communication departments that profiles the intercultural communication course: assignments, teaching methods, instructor qualifications, course content, text, etc. (PD)

Describes four units in an undergraduate course that examine aging from interpersonal, intrapersonal, and mass communication perspectives. Includes readings. (PD)

Summarizes recent theory on communicative processes in language use, on the creation and exchange of meaning, and on the negotiation of roles in the classroom. Suggests exercises for activating and developing interactive skills between speakers and hearers in the foreign language. (EKN)

Discusses the use of stereotyped speech patterns as teaching material or as the basis of communicative exercises. Gives examples of the use of these gambits in drills and exercises in German. (EKN)

Reflects on the collection of academic opinion leaders at the Iowa Conference on Rhetoric and the Human Sciences who spoke on a "rhetoric turn" in academic discourse. (PD)

Concludes that, in some instances, there is a wide difference between the reputation of a graduate school and the productivity of its faculty and students. (FL)

Reports a study in which Late Stage 1 Down's syndrome children's responses were examined for their pragmatic and semantic relationships to four types of requests used by mothers. Findings indicate the responses used by retarded children and normal children are the same at this linguistic stage. (SED)

States that an oral interpretation course can deepen students' understanding of literature, extend their familiarity with important works, and help them appreciate the intricacies of rhythm and tone in poetry. Outlines student assignments for an oral interpretation course in the English program. (MM)

Results show that a basic course in speech communication (1) produced significant reduction in a students' communication apprehension scores; (2) yielded more positiveness about self-disclosure; and (3) reduced discrepancies between self-concepts and ideal self-concepts. (PD)

Concluded that the videotape recorder could be used effectively as an instructional feedback tool without fear of serious negative effects on speaker performance or on the emotional condition of students. (PD)

Describes an assignment that provides a field experience related to the career interests of students and also strengthens business-academic relationships. (PD)

Analyses of test scores found statistically significant differences between subjects hearing "effective" vs. "ineffective" speaker presentations for both the Brown-Carlsen and STEP listening tests. Results suggest that variables such as speaker presentations positively influence listening test score results. (PD)

Includes books, monographs, journal articles, and dissertations listed under the following headings: public address, theatre, and mass communication. (PD)

Results indicate that a tremendous similarity exists between the significant traits found in this study and those reported in 1977-78 by Kramer (EJ 193 886). Speech stereotypes accorded the sexes appear not to have abated. (PD)

Provides comparative salary tables for full-time professors, associate and assistant professors, instructors, and lecturers by academic areas in communication arts and sciences. Concludes that these salaries appear to have kept pace with salaries in higher education generally. (PD)