Form-oriented errors of verbal inflection in speech are examined as indicators of cognitive processing in six experiments with college undergraduates. Appendices list words used as stimuli in the six experiments. (LMO)

Presents annotations of materials representing the range of current cross-disciplinary theories and research connecting speaking and writing. Topics range from cognitive psychology, linguistics, and rhetoric to learning theory. (HTH)

Summarizes some events in the use of medical technology in relation to the spoken word and doctor-patient communication. Reports on a new computerized diagnostic system (PROMIS-the Problem Oriented Medical Record System) and discusses its impact on health communication and medical education. (PD)

Findings strongly support the content validity of the 24 items included in the instrument to measure communication apprehension. (PD)

Reports on an experiment to check whether the use of articles by Italian preschool children corresponds to that of their English counterparts and on a second experiment to investigate the probability that subjects might produce the correct response distribution by following a rule based on the speaker's familiarity with the referent, not the…

Television debates provide a powerful stimulus for speech communication classes as students focus on the effectiveness of debate in the political forum. This report reviews ERIC documents on the nature, quality, and format of television debates. (PD)

Describes a four-week business communication course in which students visited companies. They prepared a formal report describing the companies in general terms, the activities they engaged in on the visit, and the presentations they made at each of the companies. (EL)

Discusses the traditions, goals, and accomplishments of the Association for Business Communication using the form of the Gettysburg Address. (EL)

Discusses the planning, development, implementation, and course management required to use the Personalized System of Instruction in the basic speech communication course. (PD)

The battle for communication skills has already been won; the task ahead is to get teachers in the trenches to teach them, either in separate units or in their subject areas. Nine references are listed, and a list of resources for implementing instruction in speaking and listening is provided. (Author/DCS)

Discusses a career alternative for speech communication students, one that relies on the traditional role of teaching but is centered in business and industry. (PD)

Describes a new curriculum for speech communication students who do not wish to teach--public communication--that combines studies in the departments of speech, English, journalism, and radio-television. (PD)

Receptive communication skills of 118 severely and profoundly deaf persons, (9-20 years old) were assessed by a multiple-choice pictorial test. The most efficient method of communication was found to be reading, followed by total communication and manual communication; oral methods were clearly the least effective. (Author/CL)

Describes an outside reading and oral book reporting method that counts for as much as 40 percent of the entire course grade which, by being mandatory, motivates the students to read. (HOD)

Describes how a computer can be used to help instructors evaluate classroom speaking. Discusses the value of a computerized system of speech criticism. (PD)