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Creating And Teaching Special Sections Of A Public Speaking Course For Apprehensive Students: A Multi-Case Study, Karen Kangas Dwyer

Basic Communication Course Annual

This study explored how university professors describe the development and operation of a special communication apprehension (CA) section of a basic public speaking course that is part of a core curriculum requirement. The professors interviewed pointed out the need for more media for instructors and students. They described their efforts in detail and said the CA sections were time consuming, yet rewarding for both faculty and students. Several questions for future research include: Where there is a core curriculum requirement for a public speaking course, what is being done to help the students with high CA? If many of the …

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

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WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1995.

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Basic Communication Course Annual

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Gerald M. Phillips' Devotion To Basic Communication Skills, Julia T. Wood

Basic Communication Course Annual

The passing of Gerald M. Phillips in April 1995 left a void only partially filled by his students and communication scholars familiar with his work. His commitment to basic communication instruction spanned a lifetime of research and service (including Jerry's serving on the editorial board of the Annual over the last two years.)

Julia Wood, long-time colleague, co-author, student and friend, remembers Jerry for his substantial contributions to basic communication instruction and the speech communication field.

Context Vs. Process: Revising The Structure Of The Basic Course, Donald D. Yoder, Samuel P. Wallace

Basic Communication Course Annual

The current structure of most basic courses can be traced to the traditional context-based approach to studying communication. However, there seems to be no agreement on what specific contexts should be covered. Students often become confused with context specific jargon and may have difficulty transferring skills and knowledge across contexts. A different approach is to focus on transactional communication skills, principles, and processes that transcend contextual definitions. Such an approach focuses on similarities rather than differences among contexts and may lead to an integrative, rather than devisive, approach to communication study. Rather than learning specific skills for distinct contexts, students …

Basic Communication Course Annual Vol. 7

Basic Communication Course Annual

Full Issue (168 pages, 2.147 MB)

Ua12/2/2 Xposure - Rites Of Passage, Wku Student Affairs

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1995 Xposure yearbook.

• Contributors
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1996
• Frazier, Andy. My Cup Is the Cup of Life – Coffee
• Hinkebein, Dana. Behind the Curtains – Theatre & Dance
• Thomas, Kim. Rites of Passage – Mark Nethery, Jessica Nethery
• Cunnoe, James. College: Land of the Free & Home of Instant Pasta
• Thomas, Kim. The Search for Truth – Religion, Paul Miller, Native Americans, Clay Coleman, Candi Cabaniss, Atheism
• Meese, Ray. Confirmed in the Faith – Pam Page, Catholicism
• Broadbent, Stephanie. The Stigma Unearned: Virginity in College
• Davis, Amanda. Nontraditional Values – Nontraditional Students
• Spears, Brian. Turn On, Tune …