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A Rationale For Incorporating Dystopian Literature Into Introductory Speaking Courses, James P. Dimock, Chad Kuyper, Peggy Dimock

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Since Aristotle, teachers of public speaking have argued that an understanding of the audience’s beliefs, values, and assumptions about the world are the key to effective, persuasive speaking. All too often, however, public speaking courses either avoid audience analysis or focus on superficial details of the audience demographics. This paper makes the argument that by reading and discussing novels, students can develop an appreciation of their classmates as audience members and that dystopian fiction is especially well-suited to developing speech ideas that connect public speaking with the world outside the classroom. Teaching suggestions and lesson plans are included.

Towards Curtailing Speaker Anxiety Via Impromptu And Oral Interpretation, Stacey A. Peterson

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

This article outlines a series of short oral assignments designed to help alleviate some of the anxiety that many students face when giving public presentations. The assignments consist of: giving an impromptu speech, giving a spoken performance of a song or poem of their choice, and a short reading from a children’s book. Each of these assignments are seen as building blocks, methods for reducing nervousness, methods for building confidence, while concurrently developing peer support as students are working towards a more formal presentation later in the semester. There should be a class debriefing/discussion after all three assignments have been …

Not Your Average Speech Of Self-Introduction: The "Talking Resume" Alternative, Lauren Mackenzie

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

The “talking résumé” activity is designed as a creative and useful alternative to the standard speech of self-introduction exercise in the university public speaking classroom. Using Visual Communicator software, this assignment guides students through the process of preparing, orally delivering, and critiquing résumés for themselves and their classmates. This brief article is geared toward public speaking instructors looking for innovative ways to begin the semester and provides suggestions for how to assign, conduct, and evaluate the “talking résumé” activity.

Lesson No. 19, How To Convince, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The nineteenth lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Examination And Self Analysis Book No. 05, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

An examination booklet to be filled out by the student and returned to the Institute. This examination covers the fifth month's assignment

Examination And Self Analysis Book No. 03, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

An examination booklet to be filled out by the student and returned to the Institute. This examination covers the third month's assignment

Examination And Self Analysis Book No. 01, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

An examination booklet to be filled out by the student and returned to the Institute. This examination covers the first month's assignment

The Rhetorical Canon Of Memory And The Assistive Use Of Mnemonics, Jonathan Bobby

Masters Theses

People often imagine at some point in their existence what it would be like to have a photographic memory. However, this mental aptitude is a misnomer, and extremely rare in humankind. What we possess from our Creator is a photographic mind. Our memory recall is based on the recognition of visual pictures that appear in our mind. The early communication theorists illustrated this recognition and described it in the fourth canon of rhetoric. Because of the advancements in information technology, memory no longer holds the significance it once did. Numerous academic texts refer to memory as the lost art of …

The Impact Of Competition In Forensics On Future Careers, Jace Thomas Lux

Dissertations

Each year, thousands of college students participate in forensics (competitive speech and debate). Despite previous studies that identify numerous benefits to forensics participation, the activity is often eliminated from college campuses due to financial constraints. Although previous literature identifies the benefits of forensics participation to competitors, these studies do not address the lasting impact of college forensics participation on the careers of former competitors.

This exploratory study sought to identify the forensics outcomes that former competitors felt are used most frequently in their current careers, as well as the amount of emphasis forensics programs are placing on teaching these particular …

Efficacy Of A Basic Public Speaking Course Delivered Via A Virtual Community College, Stephen Bradley Bailey

Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to: (a) determine if taking the basic public speaking course in face-to-face, hybrid, and online format statistically significantly reduces public speaking anxiety; (b) determine which course format, if any, reduces public speaking anxiety to the greatest extent; (c) determine if students’ satisfaction with learning is statistically significantly different in the three course formats; (d) determine faculty’s perceptions of students learning in the basic public speaking in the three course formats.

Pre- and post-data were collected from 263 participants taking the basic public speaking course in a virtual community college in January 2012 and in …

Teaching Talking: Oral Communication Skills In A Law Course, Jane Korn

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Augusto Boal's Theatre Of The Oppressed In The Public Speaking And Interpersonal Communication Classrooms, Jacqueline D. Burleson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

In this study, I document and analyze how I applied Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) techniques in introductory Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication (IPC) courses. In the first chapter, Boal's democratic praxis is discussed in terms of critical performance pedagogy and Brecht's social aesthetics. I identify the qualitative social scientific method of data collection and analysis I used and base the significance of the study in my testing of TO in non-performance educational contexts and in the integrated communication studies curricula that resulted. In Chapter Two, I summarize Boal's career as an interactive theatre practitioner. My review includes synopses …

Speech Training Provides Solid Background For Industrial Relations, Donald Sherbondy

The Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho

Since graduating from college in 1930 I have been a teacher, a lawyer, and now the director of industrial relations for a company. I can say without hesitation chat the preparatory work in college which has helped me most in each of these professions was my training in public speaking and debating.

Side Talk No. 06, How To Construct A Speech, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

A lecture from the sixth month of lessons in a series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Lesson No. 23, How To Avoid Common Errors, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The twenty-third lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking.

Lesson No. 22, Values And Relations, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The twenty-second lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking.

Lesson No. 21, How To Develop Compelling Poer, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The twenty-first lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking.

Lesson No. 25, Training The Memory, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The twenty-fifth lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking.

Lesson No. 24, Good Taste In Matter Style And Delivery, North American Institute

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The twenty-fourth lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking.

Side Talk No. 03, The Analysis Of Two Famous Speeches, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

A lecture from the third month of lessons in a series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Side Talk No. 01, Value Of Public Speaking, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

A lecture from the first month of lessons in a series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Side Talk No. 04, Oration Analyzed For Force, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

A lecture from the fourth month of lessons in a series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Side Talk No. 02, Steps In Preparation, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

A lecture from the second month of lessons in a series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Side Talk No. 05, Mark Antony's Oration Analyzed, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

A lecture from the fifth month of lessons in a series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Lesson No. 03, Purposes Of The Speech, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The third lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Lesson No. 01, Training For Effective Speaking, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The first lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Lesson No. 02, Mastering One's Self, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The second lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Lesson No. 20, How To Secure Action, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The twentieth lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Lesson No. 15, How To Develop Personality, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The fifteenth lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.

Lesson No. 13, The Elements Of Force, R. E. Pattinson Kline

Effective Public Speaking Courses

The thirteenth lesson from the series on Effective Public Speaking compiled by the Dean of the Public Speaking Department.