Course includes nonverbal communication, the role of language in structuring interpersonal situations, and the importance of dialogue in resolving interpersonal conflicts. Concerned with the anatomy and function of the speech mechanism. Emphasis on articulation, phonation, and resonation. Study of voice characteristics, vocal quality, volume, rate, pitch, and force. This course requires that the students learn the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Students evaluate their own speech characteristics.
Attention is given to various modes of speaking, including the extemporaneous, impromptu, and manuscript methods. Students will read and analyze selections from prose, poetry, and drama. A study of selected speakers and speeches representing several periods of U.S. History. Speeches are approached through an examination of the political and social setting in which they occurred. Emphasis is placed upon picking out the main ideas in the documents examined, analyzing the presentation of those ideas, and gaining a better understanding of the role of public address in the decision-making process.