This collection of sixteen essays has been prepared as a tribute to three professors who led the study of rhetoric and public address at the University of Illinois during a twenty-year period. Part one focuses on communication and rhetorical study from a humanistic perspective, in essays such as "The Fourth 'Stasis' in Greek Rhetoric";…

The purpose of this study was to test a theory of interpersonal communication in non-therapeutic relationships. The theory was derived primarily from the work of Carl Rogers and Robert Carkhuff in psychology and from Evelyn Sieburg's theory of interpersonal confirmation in speech communication. In order to test the three generated hypotheses, a…

This essay contains a brief review of the theory of teaching communication based on Anglo-American inheritance, touches upon twentieth-century changes in that theory and practice, and identifies certain postulates that seem useful as bases for pedagogies in communication which recognize the unique thought processes associated with creating…

This paper provides a brief but broad review of studies in semantics. Particular attention is given to I.A. Richards' analyses of utterances, to value statements which express moral or ethical judgments, and to recent efforts to formulate a logic of contextual implication. J.L. Austin's analysis of performative, or illocutionary, utterances and…

The approximately 100 items listed in this selective bibliography on the teaching of English are easily available through booksellers in Great Britain but do not include any textbooks specifically prepared for use in schools. Items are listed under nine categories: general, books and reading, language, talking, writing, poetry, drama, primary…

Two groups of fifth-grade pupils were equated on reading ability, I.Q., science ability, hearing, and eyesight. The groups selected were well above average in I.Q. and reading ability. Four selections, each of 400 to 500 words, from standard fifth-grade elementary science texts were presented by allowing students to read them or by reading them to…

This word count is a composite listing of the different words spoken by a selected sample of 54 English-speaking adults and the frequency with which each of the different words was used in a particular test. The stimulus situation was identical for each subject and consisted of 20 cards of the Thematic Apperception Test. Although most word counts…

The teaching plans in this manual are designed to help teachers to familiarize their students with basic features of the English language. Each lesson is divided into five sections: The Warmup, which includes review of previously taught material; the Oral Presentation and Repetition; Reading and Writing (group and/or individual instruction);…

The mass media provide a flood of information about people, ideas, and products. With all this input, the individual is often hard pressed to sort these images into a meaningful framework. This article synthesizes some of the concepts of Kenneth Boulding and Daniel Boorstin concerning the image and its effects on the structure of our lives and…

According to the document, learning the English language is comparable to learning a foreign language for the American Indian child. Thus, a brief history of the Indians of New Mexico is given in order to emphasize language differences and problems arising in learning a new tongue. As pointed out, second-language learning requires a change in…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into sections: 1) listening, 2) speaking, 3) writing, and 4) reading. The sections on speaking and writing are further subdivided into units. A final section provides guidelines for evaluation of a local program. The guide is offset…

Attention is focused on the increased emphasis which must be given to the study of oral communication in Florida schools. The program of speech instruction in Florida schools is outlined. It shall be directed toward training students to: (1) identify and develop relevant and useful oral language skills, (2) become efficient and critical consumers…

The developmental trend of syntactic maturity and vocabulary diversity in the oral language of kindergarten through third grade children as they responded to adults in a structured situation was studied. Eighty subjects, 20 at each of four grade levels, were drawn at random from two middle class schools in Salina, Kansas. Five boys and five girls…

The author presents a tested method for the judging of intercollegiate debate rounds. The procedure utilizes three types of judges for each round: the forensics expert, the non-forensics layman, and a student participant. Their decisions would be entered immediately on a debate evaluation grid. The tournament schedule would provide time at the end…

Despite the educational value of the intercollegiate debating experience in itself, tournaments do not inspire an impressive degree of participation unless there is a catalyst of competition with the prospects of rewards to the better teams. Procedures conducive to the realization of this goal are featured at most debate tournaments, in the form…