Academe's values of "deferred gratification" and "work hard now to prepare for the future" are replaced in the world of work by such values as the "future is now" and "immediate results." The outside world, not the textbooks, has provided educational experiences for the nontraditional student. The nature of the world of work, the arena where…

In the exchange round, either instructors change classrooms for a round of speeches in order to offer students a new critic or else the student goes to a new classroom on the day he or she is scheduled to speak, thus facing a new audience and instructor-critic. The present study attempts to validate the exchange round as a transfer of training…

Explores three traditionally important aspects of acting and shows how each is critical in effective college teaching. Speech, pantomime, and characterization are discussed. (Author/AV)

Points out how the work of Robert Zoellner helps students to achieve professional competence as speakers and writers. Discusses the "talk-write" model, which focuses on speaking and writing as behaviors and uses reinforcement to shape effective writing. (EL)

Analyzes ballot comments of judges who were evaluating competitive rhetorical criticism events. Summarizes their comments to provide criteria for students competing in this speaking event. (PD)

Describes a series of courses, held at the Oxford University Language Teaching Centre, which were designed to improve the spoken English of overseas members of the University in academic seminars. The courses used a series of cassette recordings that featured authentic unscripted interviews with contemporary specialists and writers. (SED)

Surveyed accounting department chairpersons and managers of accounting firms to determine their perceptions of (1) how new accountants communicate and (2) available instructional methodologies. Found a strong dissatisfaction with both skills and training. (PD)

Offers a rationale and guidelines for modifying the recommendation report to include speaking, listening, and writing assignments. (HTH)

Upon the request of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Florida State University (FSU) is required to enact a program designed to graduate students with a certain degree of oral communication competency. While communication majors and minors are required to enroll in a public speaking course, no student at FSU has the option…

Critique of the oral portion of the Certification Examination in English, with emphasis on its degree of correspondence to the learning goals it supposedly measures. (RS)

Suggests ways of gradually developing delivery skills in public speaking by students in business speech courses. (RL)

Reports on a study designed to investigate the results of intensive sentence-combining practice on the written and oral syntactic fluency of college students of French. (AM)

Examines the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating educational debate into a marketing class. Notes that marketing debates can provide valuable experience both to help students learn various sides of controversial issues and to develop oral communication skills. (MM)

Presents 10 techniques teachers can use to help stutterers manage their fluency problems. (MM)