The results from several studies indicate clearly that students, alumni, and employers of college graduates are far more aware of the importance of a wide range of oral communication skills than are college faculties and administrations. The belief that students develop sufficient oral communication skills before coming to college, or that they…

A "NEW BREED" OF TEACHER IS NEEDED TO MEET URBAN SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPING AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASED NUMBERS OF CULTURALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. ONE PROGRAM INSTITUTED TO TRAIN TEACHERS FOR THIS ROLE IS DESCRIBED. THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO GRADUATES OF LIBERAL ARTS AND TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS WHO FEEL THEY…

COMMUNICATION -- THE PROCESSES OF SPEAKING, THINKING, WRITING, READING, AND LISTENING -- REPRESENTS A MAJOR PART OF THE MEANS AND GOALS OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. COURSES IN SPEECH AND DRAMATICS SHOULD BE BASIC TO A STUDENT'S PROGRAM. THE COMPONENTS OF ANY GOOD SPEECH PROGRAM INCLUDE BODILY ACTION, DISCUSSION, DEBATE, LISTENING, ORAL…

SEVERAL BASES FOR STRENGTHENING THE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN PRIMARY GRADES WERE CONSIDERED. FROM RECENT STUDIES THAT HAVE RECORDED AND ANALYZED ACTUAL SPEECH SAMPLES OF PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL CHILDREN, THREE ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE WERE MADE. FIRST, BY THE AGE OF THREE, MOST CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE…

THIS SKETCH COMPRISES THE FINAL OR MORPHOPHONEMIC STAGE OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR OF SPOKEN STANDARD FINNISH. THE PRINCIPLE CHAPTERS DEAL WITH STEM FORMATION, SUFFIX-ALLOMORPH SELECTION, MORPHOPHONEME SEQUENCE RULES, AND PHONETIC RULES. FOLLOWING THIS ANALYSIS ARE THE TERMINAL (PHONETIC) SYMBOLS, INDEXES OF SYMBOLS AND SUFFIXES, A GLOSSARY, A…

THESE 14 PAPERS EMPHASIZE THE VARIETY OF CURRENT THOUGHT ABOUT RHETORIC AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH MODERN RHETORIC IS EXPLOITING NEW INFORMATION AND RESEARCH. THE EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION DEFINES THE RECENTLY REVIVED ART OF RHETORIC IN TERMS OF ITS PURPOSES AND TYPES, AND THE PAPERS THEMSELVES DEMONSTRATE THAT MUCH OF WHAT IS NOW HERALDED AS NEW IN THE…

SINCE SPEECH IS IMPORTANT TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMAN BEING, IT IS OFTEN FOUND THAT IMPAIRMENTS ARE FREQUENT CAUSES OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS. ON THE OTHER HAND, A GOOD GUIDE TO BEGINNING HELP INVOLVES PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION TO ESTIMATE INTELLIGENCE. ALSO A TEST OF HEARING SHOULD BE GIVEN AS WELL AS A…

Effects of sex of speaker and sex of dyad partner on selected linguistic variables were examined in four-minute segments of 20 conversations between previously unacquainted college students. Five male dyads, five female dyads, and ten mixed dyads were studied. Three significant interaction effects were found. Males and females produced about the…

As part of the "Educating Gifted and Talented Students" series, the booklet offers the teacher guidelines for facilitating communication abilities in gifted children. Following an introduction, a first chapter lists characteristics of students gifted in speech communication and leadership. The essence of giftedness in speech communication and…

Calling upon attribution theory, a study was conducted to determine whether chronically lonely individuals would manifest significantly more communication apprehension (CA) than would situationally lonely individuals. The UCLA loneliness scale (LS) and the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA) were administered to 170 college…

Intended for those who teach dyadic communication, this paper argues that each partner in an intimate relationship has two primary communication needs: (1) to listen, look at, and pay attention to the "self" in order to attain clear awareness as a source of information for self-disclosure; and (2) to listen, look at, and pay attention to…

This paper argues that the individualized education plan (IEP) mandated by Public Law 94-142 for mainstreamed handicapped students provides educators with a model for the future--when all students will have a right to an IEP. The paper first discusses the characteristics of an IEP, suggesting that it should ideally identify the child's present…

India's policy of free speech suffered a severe if temporary setback in the 1970s. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a 19-month state of emergency, during which 150,000 people were arrested, newspapers were censored, and dissent was essentially eliminated. A central figure in the confrontation with the Indian government over political…

The ancient world, as exemplified in the theoretical writings of the Greek and Roman rhetoricians, directly influenced the teaching and practice of dictamen as taught for business, for the church, and for law in the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. Prescriptions on how to communicate in the ancient world formed the core of preparation for the…

Results from a previous experiment relating sex role typing to verbal nonassertiveness are reviewed in this paper in light of other findings in the sex role literature. The first conclusion offered by the review suggests that, with respect to speech behavior, the expected correspondence between androgynous behavior and sex role typing requires…