This document outlines the nature, present status, and future directions for the teaching of intercultural communication in higher education. Main points covered in the outline include the history of the systematic teaching of intercultural communication, the scope of intercultural communication (for example, interracial or interethnic…

In analyzing job opportunities for communication majors, the author advises: (1) avoid preparing students for jobs that will not exist and (2) maintain survival through aggressive entrepreneurship--designing communication curriculum around projected future jobs. (PD)

Discusses the report "Integrity in the College Curriculum," the institutional response to the report, and the implications for communication programs. (PD)

Suggests criteria which an ideal first course in speech might meet: (1) focus on the elements typical in all speech communication behavior, (2) delete formal individual oral performance, and (3) utilize the empirical data produced by the behavioral scientists.'' (Author)

Poor English speakers should learn proper English but not at the expense of denigrating their dialects. Author feels parents could help by participating in program. Bibliography. (AF)

This paper aims to show how Canadian hiring policies affect, and actually impede, the creation and maintenance of "speech" communication programs in Canada. The paper notes that when Canadians think "communication" they think media or mass communication--which makes sense since few Canadian universities teach courses in speech…

Perhaps one of the greatest challenges facing tournament directors wishing to provide a balance between individual events and debate is an equitable overall sweepstakes formula. One such formula, modified from a methodology initially developed in response to a need at the Missouri Association of Forensic Activities (MAFA) intercollegiate…

Designed to aid school districts, administrators, and teachers in meeting the Idaho Department of Education Speech Communication requirement, this pamphlet first defines the learning-teaching environment for the speech communication course, describes who should teach it, and justifies its inclusion in the school curriculum. The main part of the…

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…

The "speech methods" course can be made more meaningful to its students, and more manageable for its faculty, by the development and use of a pre-methods sequence of teacher preparation which involves advising, focusing content and assignments, and providing occasional seminar sessions for the speech education students and their…

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…

Twenty years ago the average number of individual events offered at an intercollegiate forensics tournament was two. That average has increased steadily over the years until today it is close to 10 events per individual events tournament. However, some of the so-called "new" or "experimental" events are duplicative, causing the…

The goal of the studio-workshop approach proposed in this booklet for speech communication instructors is to revitalize the ancient study of rhetoric by incorporating modern principles of behavioral science, informal information exchange, and mass media into the oral communication curriculum. The first section discusses communication theories and…

British approach reported with stress on materials sources such as conferences and on development of non-traditional concepts and presentations. (CH)