Speech Speech Spch. Units of study include listening, communication theory, and informative and persuasive speaking. Laboratory time is provided to allow additional opportunities for student presentations and discussions.
Students plan, lead, participate in, and evaluate discussions.
Self-inventories are combined with interviewing, group dynamics, listening, negotiating, and conflict resolution as well as practice in specific public speaking situations. This course may be taken a maximum of four times for credit. Students learn theory and performance techniques through in-class presentations of a variety of literary forms. In addition to individual performances, each student will help plan and participate in a readers' theatre production. Each selection is analyzed for character, plot, theme, and dramatic movement.