Describes DePauw University's program of speaking and listening across the curriculum. (MS)

Offers a classroom-tested systematic procedure by which theories can be developed and tested that can be applied to a variety of communication phenomena. Provides a logical set of alternatives for theorizing about human communication events. Includes concrete examples about the theory-building process that reinforce everyday communication skills.…

Described is an interesting attempt by one university to require of students demonstrated competencies in writing as freshmen, quantitative reasoning as sophomores and juniors, and oral communication as juniors or seniors. Quantitative measures of the effectiveness of the program are not provided. (Author/RM)

Suggests that having students precede submission of research papers with oral presentations of their efforts can result in essays that are better grammatically and stylistically and better in the sense of having theses on practicable topics. (HOD)

Results of a study of speech production and speech perception by adult learners of English indicate the main differences between native-speaker and nonnative speaker perception and production. Methodological issues are raised relating to the comparison of the two, and the need for further research to evaluate and refine the relationship between…

Techniques for teaching listening and speaking skills in the social studies are discussed. The historical importance of rhetoric in education and its relation to the modern social studies curriculum are stressed. (Author/DB)

Associative speaking as a method of making oral communication the central activity in foreign language classes as early as the second semester is described. (Author/RM)

Being able to speak clearly and well is highly salient for classroom teachers. The preservice university curriculum needs to provide sequential activities and experiences for prospective teachers. This paper suggests the various situations in which this might be done. The paper first notes that the university instructor needs to model good…

Discusses ways of improving the teaching of college business communications courses, including the use of circular seating arrangements, small group discussions, panel discussions, impromptu speeches, and new techniques for teaching letter writing. (DD)

Discusses the development of several self-report measures of communication apprehension; included are lists of the test items employed. (SW)

Presents two viewpoints for helping students with severe communication anxiety and avoidance problems: one based on traditional speech pedagogy; the other based on behavioral clinical psychology. Argues that in most cases the two viewpoints complement rather than contradict each other. (JMF)

The use of an interview to test verbal ability in a second language and to establish a scale of oral proficiency is discussed. Sample questions are included in Spanish. (JB)

This study of the oral motor behaviors of seven toddlers (age 15 months) may be interpreted to indicate that: (1) mandibular coordination follows a developmental continuum from earlier emerging behaviors, such as chewing and sucking, through babbling, to speech, or (2) unique task demands give rise to distinct mandibular coordinative constraints…