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Peer reviewedOlson, David R. – Journal of Communication, 1980
Examines the language and authority of textbooks as they relate to oral discourse, ritualized speech, and literacy as an archival function. Points out that texts serve an important archival function in preserving knowledge from which rules of thought and action may be derived. (JMF)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Language Role, Literacy, Oral Language
Download full textWeaver, Richard L., II; Michel, Thomas A. – 1984
No teaching method is more widely used and yet more strongly criticized than the lecture. Yet, an examination of more than 40 basic public speaking textbooks reveals that lecturing is seldom mentioned. There are, perhaps, several reasons for this omission. For example, authors of textbooks might feel that (1) material on lecturing duplicates their…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Lecture Method, Public Speaking
