Course Number: EN/CO205
Course Title: Speech Communication

 STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

General

The class is designed to help the students understand that communication is a crucial and pervasive aspect of our lives. Specific focus will be placed upon the verbal and nonverbal components of human dialogue--the process by which human communication occurs. Attention is given to models of communication and their effects, development of empathy, and increasing message awareness. Emphasis is placed on having students develop the ability to give effective public addresses.

The course will:

    - examine differing models and perspectives of the communication process.
    - increase student's awareness of interpersonal communication differences, language choice, maintenance functions, and
       nonverbal communication systems.
    - increase their skill and knowledge in delivering a public address and analyze the speeches of others.

Specific

 The class will help the student to:

  1. perceive the communication bond between himself and others, and respond with greater awareness to others' attempts to
      communicate.
  2. recognize that speech is an interaction rather than a one-way process.
  3. distinguish between emphatic behavior and sensitive awareness of one's own and others' speech, and develop sensitivity in
      speech activities.
  4. be able to separate what he hears from the way he feels about that he hears.
  5. realize that anyone who speaks to another speaks to their own perception of that person.
  6. recognize that our meanings depend upon our perceptions and our ability to perceive, and partly upon our social and cultural
     conditioning.
  7. distinguish between general and specific responses to messages.
  8. differentiate between nonverbal messages that are part of the verbal messages and those that are part of a culture; make
      nonverbal feedback consistent with verbal responses.
  9. develop a useable awareness of the effect of pitch, quality, volume, rate, timing and rhythm upon the tonal code.
10. use bodily movements to enhance the effectiveness of communication. develop the ability to focus thoughts attentiveness and
     active listening.
11. develop awareness of barriers and breakdown in speech messages, and acquire practical means to surmount them as they arise.
12. participate with ease and skill in a group discussion.
13. learn to share in the process of learning in group discussion by evaluating points of view, raising issues and seeking solutions
     based upon study, examination and group analysis.
14. recognize the essentials of public speaking and forms of public address.
15. invent topics, organize subject matter/research material, and present progressively more difficult public addresses.
16. evaluate different points of view, raising issues and seeking solutions in a discussion group based upon study, examination and
     group analysis.
17. gain an understanding of the:
        importance of unity, coherence and clear thinking in a speech, principles of speech organization.
        sources of speech materials
        logical relationship of ideas.
        methods of clarifying and supporting ideas. psychology of communication.
        necessity of listening and note-taking skills.
          principles of speech delivery.
        procedures for preparing a speech outline.
18. be able to:
        adjust to the speaking situation.
        find materials for speeches.
        organize his thoughts.
        develop ideas to logical conclusions.
        analyze the speeches of others.
        present himself and his ideas in an effective and convincing manner.
        deliver a series of progressively more difficult public addresses.