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Course Description Introduces the fundamentals of oral communication. Topics include: selection and organization of materials, preparation and delivery of individual and group presentations, and analysis of ideas presented by others. Competencies | Selection and Organization of Materials | | Personal experiences and investigations | Choose and evaluate speech materials from personal experience. | | Library resources | Select and evaluate written materials. | | Interviews | Conduct a research interview. | | Credit citation | Document quotations and statistics. | | Speech outline | Organize materials into outline form. | | Preparation and Devliver of Indivisual and Group Presentations | | Nervousness | Describe the benefits of fear and nervousness for a speaker.
List techniques for controlling nervousness. | | Audience, setting, and occasion | Select subject, remarks appropriate to actual and hypothetical audiences, settings, and occasions. | | Informative, persuasive, and ceremonial speeches | Deliver an informative speech.
Deliver a persuasive speech.
Deliver a ceremonial speech | | Group discussion and problem solving | Participate in presenting a panel discussion. | | Analysis of Ideas Presented by Others | | Listening skills | Summarize another speaker's ideas.
Ask questions nonjudgmentally. | | Logic and fallacies | Develop a reasoned judgement of the meaning of a speaker’s ideas.
Discuss and analyze a speaker’s point of view.
Analyze concepts, theories, or explanations of speakers from the listener’s personal point of view.
Analyze concepts, theories, or explanations of speakers taking into account the interests of diverse persons or groups. | Required Textbooks / Materials - Beebe, S. Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach. 4th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.
- Standard course materials should include the following: paper, pen, pencil, highlighter, computer disk, collegiate dictionary.
Evaluation and Grading 100-90 / A 89-80 / B 79-70 / C 69-65 / D Below 64 / F
Assignments are weighted as follows: - Presentations 50%
- Other work 25%
- Final Exam 25%
Disabilities and Counseling Statement If there is a student in this class who needs testing or classroom accommodations due to a disability, please feel free to come by my office and discuss this with me. Augusta Technical College has ADA coordinator/disability counselor services available to all students. Please contact the counseling and testing center for further details, 771-4067.
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