Students study conflict resolution and are required to resolve conflicts in classroom group work. Students study basic concepts of social and organizational communication. Students frequently have to alter plans and make modifications in order to accomplish the best performance. Students locate, understand and interpret information for their speeches. Students create documents such as outlines, speeches, speech analyses, reports, reviews and experiments.
Students study listening skills and listen to lectures and speaking performances.
Students set goals, generate alternatives, evaluate results and select the best results each time they present a group discussion or speech. Students must exert a high level of effort and persevere to attain a successful speaking performance. Completing a successful speaking performance offers the opportunity for self-reflection and a positive view of self. A group discussion is a team effort and the student must demonstrate understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy and politeness in the group in order to be successful. Students must be able to assess their abilities, set personal goals and monitor their progress in order to improve their speaking.