Individual or group instruction conducted in a foreign country. Participants assess methods for training and consulting. Introduction to general semantics. Use of informative and persuasive techniques in dyads. Use of speech to influence people in semipublic and private settings.
English speech sounds.
Principles of rhetorical criticism in critiques of selected, chiefly oral, rhetorical communications. Experimental verification of discrete components of language on acoustical and perceptual levels and their articulatory correlates. Rhetorical analysis of how film and television reflect and influence society, with critiques of both fictional and documentary examples. Emphasis on historical and critical analysis of functions and form. Creating and changing human relationships through interpersonal bargaining and public discourse.