Every student who graduates from high school in the Bellevue School District must successfully complete one of the required courses in speech communication. It is highly recommended that students take the required speech course by the end of grade 10. Students devolop knowledge and skills in public speaking, group processin, listening, interviews, conflict resolution, mass media analysis, extemporaneous and impromptu public speaking, and classroom presentations. Skills of outlining, researching, critical thinking, and audience analysis are stressed.
Students participate in numerous class speaking activities.
This course parallels the content of Speech Communication but includes introduction to the basic form and rhetoric of debate. Studetns are given opportunities to participate in formal debate in class.