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Adamson, William D. – 1982
The functional communication course described in this paper was created in response to requests by students and administrators at the University of Minnesota for a single course that would combine writing, speech communication, and audiovisual topics. The paper provides background information about the general college of the University, which is…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Higher Education, Integrated Activities, Job Skills
Crowley, Sharon, Ed. – 1978
The 23 articles in this collection suggest practical speech and drama activities for the English classroom. Among the topics discussed are the following: classroom discussion as theatre, using groups for more effective teaching, role playing activities that teach language concepts, improvisation as an instructional method, an oral approach to…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Drama, English Instruction, Group Instruction
Krayer, Karl J.; And Others – 1979
Intended as an introduction to the problem of conducting an in-depth examination of speech behavior, this manual is based upon the findings of recent research and on developments in speech analysis. The seven chapters discuss the following: a rationale for evaluating speech habits, the role of listening in the analysis of speech habits,…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Diction, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
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Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1976
The seventeenth of 20 volumes of lessons designed for use in a full-time, intensive training program in Arabic is presented. The lessons in this volume are concerned with increasing reading comprehension skills. Passages in both journalistic and literary style are reproduced. Various kinds of vocabulary building and reading comprehension exercises…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arabic, Audiolingual Methods, Intensive Language Courses
Berzabal, Ofelia G. – 1977
This guide to spoken usage with exercises is designed to enrich the English vocabulary of speakers of Ilocano. Narrative portions of the text are in Ilocano. Emphasis is on survival language skills and automobile repair skills. Chapters include "Time,""Getting to Know You,""Eating Out,""Opening a Savings…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Body Repairers, Consumer Education, English for Special Purposes
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1966
THIS HANDBOOK OUTLINES THE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES IN THE OPERATION OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, SCHOOL SYSTEM AND DESCRIBES THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS, SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPIST, HEARING THERAPIST, SPECIAL CLASS TEACHER, AND AUDIOMETRIST. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Allied Health Personnel, Audiology
Richard, Dinah Daniel – 1980
Noting the growing number of foreign students in colleges in the United States, this paper argues that communication educators should devote more discussion to the development of oral proficiency in those students. This paper (1) discusses the significance of the problem facing educators and foreign students, (2) examines the language training of…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education
Ratliffe, Sharon – 1968
The 15 units in this curriculum guide for dramatic arts in the high school are intended to provide learning experiences to facilitate the student's personal development. Eight of the units deal with various aspects of acting, criticism, and history (e.g., building a character, presenting a one-act play, the history of the drama and the theater,…
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Dramatics, Curriculum Guides, Drama
Herman, Deldee; And Others – 1968
This curriculum guide, dealing with the complementary high school subjects of discussion and argumentation-debate, is "an attempt to provide meaningful involvement that will equip students with the ability and the motivation to adapt to as well as innovate change." Six units on discussion cover the dialogue, the panel, the symposium, discussion as…
Descriptors: Conferences, Curriculum Guides, Debate, Discussion
McAdoo, Joseph P. – 1974
The goal of this investigation was to qualitatively and quantitatively examine the case method as a means of teaching speech communication concepts. Three hypotheses were tested: subjects who read textbook material learn more than those who do not; subjects who read textbook materials and case studies learn more than those who read neither; and…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Doctoral Dissertations
Rosolack, Mary Nichols – 1975
This book is designed for use by the preschool and kindergarten instructor as an outline for teaching the sound and name of each letter of the alphabet. It may also serve as a speech improvement program for those students who may enter school with one or more articulation errors. The program may be used in other grades as a supplement to classroom…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Training, Curriculum Guides
Prosser, Michael H., Comp. – 1974
This guide for the speech curriculum includes three separate but interrelated sections: intercultural communication syllabuses, communication and social change/development syllabuses, and international communication syllabuses--media emphasis. Each section contains a number of syllabuses originally designed for various speech courses at schools in…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Awareness
Tarone, Elaine – 1970
This bibliography is designed to be used by teachers who need some background in the nature of "social dialects," who wish to keep abreast of the results of recent research in sociolinguistics, and who are looking for materials for use in the classroom. The emphasis of this bibliography is on Black English (BE) as compared with "Standard American"…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Dialects, College Instruction, Cultural Differences
Mosely, James Nunnlee, Jr. – 1967
To identify speech skills necessary to effectively teach the oral dimension of language, 137 secondary school teachers of English in Alabama were asked to complete a questionnaire on (1) their undergraduate education, (2) their knowledge of speech, and (3) those speech activities perceived useful in facilitating instruction in oral English. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Debate, English Instruction, Public Speaking
Markham, David – 1973
Instructional technology involves the use of devices or systematic patterns of thought to influence behavioral patterns in educational situations. Technology by its nature requires uniform responses which, in liberal arts program in communications, demand certain preconditions. First, the human communication discipline must obtain pertinent…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
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