Students reflect on their speaking processes through feedback sheets and other mechanisms. Evaluate their own strengths, limitations, and interests. Students will learn to see their strengths and weaknesses as speakers and listeners. Students regularly receive oral and written feedback on speaking and critical listening strengths and weaknesses from the instructor. Set attainable academic and career goals.
Students learn how to meet time goals.
Students will be given time limits for all speaking assignments and will learn to gauge themselves to meet these time goals. Furthermore, students learn that when they are not prepared for class, they are not able to give their speeches during a scheduled course session and must make-up the speech outside of class time. Students will learn how to prepare for open-ended exam questions. Students complete four quizzes during the term and a final quiz. Review questions are provided in advance of every quiz and the part of all of the class period prior to an exam is dedicated to answering questions.