Communication 090
A-B-C
Communication Skills
Practicum
Catalog Description
This course is offered to provide students with an
opportunity to refine communication skills by utilizing the specialized
facilities of the speech communication laboratory. This course may be taken for
three semesters. This course is offered on a credit/no credit basis only. (Nondegree
credit course)Course Objectives: The
student will meet the following objectives as appropriate:
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Identify and distinguish between
the various American English phonemes.
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Evaluate his/her own speech and
identify personal inadequacies in the formation of standard
American English phonemes.
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Employ intonation and stress
appropriate to American English.
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Demonstrate pronunciation
appropriate to American English.
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Demonstrate organizational and
presentational skills by preparing and delivering informative
and persuasive speeches.
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Analyze and evaluate recorded
speeches.
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Demonstrate assigned interpersonal
skills by creating and performing appropriate role-playing
scenes.
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Analyze and evaluate recorded
role-playing scenes.
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Analyze and orally interpret
assigned literature.
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Analyze and evaluate recorded
examples of orally interpreted literature.
Semester Unit: .5
Hours: 1/2 hour laboratory
Recommended Preparation: None
Instructional Facilities
Special Materials Required of Student:
One blank videotape.
Course Content
Supervised practice employing interactive computers
and video equipment designed to enhance the student's ability to
refine communication skills which include organizational and
presentational elements as well as identify American English
phonemes, identify areas of personal inadequacies in the formation
of American English phonemes, employ appropriate intonation and
stress, and achieve appropriate pronunciation.
Method of Instruction
- Supervised practice.
- Critique/evaluation of student performance on a continuous
basis.
Methods of Evaluating Student Performance
- Cumulative written record of completed lab hours.
Outside Class Assignments
- Practice forming assigned sounds, words, and sentences.
Texts:
Required Text(s): Speech Communication, Inc. SpeakEasy
Language Learning Software. Newport Beach, CA: Speech
Communication, Inc., 1993.
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