Course Description
The student will be introduced to basic principles of effective speaking and listening. Emphasis is on both understanding basic communication theory and on improving oral communication skills. The student will learn to prepare, organize, and deliver effective research-based informative and persuasive speeches. IAI: C2 900.
Prerequisite(s)
Appropriate assessment score or ENGL 1422 with a grade of C or better - Must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Develop awareness of the communication process and understand the relationships among self, message, and others in effective message design.
- Listen to, evaluate, and critique verbal communication.
- Analyze the audience and situation and use language that is appropriate to enhance understanding and affect the desired result.
- Craft informative and persuasive speeches using appropriate organization methods and content, including research.
- Identify and employ effective delivery techniques.
- Prepare and use presentational aids that promote clarity and interest.
- Demonstrate acceptable ethical standards in research and presentation of materials.
General Education Distribution Area
AAS Business Elective
Topical Outline
1. Foundations of Human Communication
A. Develop awareness of the communication process and understand the relationships among self, message, and others in effective message design
2. Ethics
2. Ethics
A. Listen to, evaluate, and critique verbal communication
B. Demonstrate acceptable ethical standards in research and presentation of materials
3. Topic Selection
3. Topic Selection
A. Discuss factors that characterize good demonstrative, informative, and persuasive speech topics
4. Audience Analysis
4. Audience Analysis
A. Analyze the audience and situation and use language that is appropriate to enhance understanding and affect the desired result
5. Speech Delivery
5. Speech Delivery
A. Identify and employ effective delivery techniques
6. Reasoning and Support
6. Reasoning and Support
A. Learn proper research and citation methods
7. Organization and Outlining
7. Organization and Outlining
A. Utilize a clear and effective organizational pattern which helps the audience follow along with the presentation
8. Introductions and Conclusions
8. Introductions and Conclusions
A. Write an introduction which gains the audience's attention, reveals the topic, creates topic significance, and establishes your credibility
9. Persuasion
9. Persuasion
A. Utilize strategies and means of persuasion to craft a persuasive argument
10. Presentational Aids
10. Presentational Aids
A. Prepare and use presentational aids that promote clarity and interest