PURPOSE: To bring a familiarity of public speaking to students
while facilitating skills in delivery, organization, and communication.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Diagnostic Speech: an non-graded speech of 2-3
min. Topic is at the instructor’s discretion.
2. Informative Speech: a 5-7 min. speech informative in
nature.
3. Problem Speech: a persuasive speech 6-8 min. on a socially
relevant problem.
4. Policy Speech: a logical solution to the problem
8-10 min. in length.
5. Special Occasion Speech: a speech 4-5 min. in
length on a special topic.
6. Midterm examination
7. Final examination
GRADING:
INFORMATIVE 15%
PROBLEM 20%
POLICY 25%
SPECIAL OCCASION 10%
MIDTERM 15%
FINAL 15%
Class participation will be noted. Make certain that you
are able to speak on the day you choose. If special circumstances
occur, see the instructor BEFORE the speaking date. Of course
I can be flexible when dealing with unique situations.
Need some help with research? Try these avenues:
WEB PALS at the Livingston Lord Library is the electronic card catalog that keeps all the books, periodicals, and documents on file. This is a VERY effective tool because some of the files have complete texts online, and those that don't you can get quite easily on campus. Try this first BEFORE going on to the World Wide Web. If you've exhausted all of the resourses at WEB PALS, move on to one of the several search engines on the internet such as:
Excite
Yahoo
Infoseek (my personal favorite)
Alta Vista Search
If you're still haveing trouble finding information on certain topics,
let me know and we can set up a time where I can help you. Remember,
it's impossible to have a good speech without good research.