Tuesdays 9:30-10:45
The student will be introduced to basic principles of effective speaking and listening. Emphasis is on both understanding basic communication theory and on improving oral communication skills. The student will learn to prepare, organize, and deliver effective research-based informative and persuasive speeches. AAS: Business elective. IAI: C2 900.
Appropriate assessment score or ENGL 1422 with a grade of C or better - Must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course.
Course Alignment
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Communication
Upon completion of this course, students will:
• Develop awareness of the communication process and understand the
relationships among self, message, and others in effective message design.
• Listen to, evaluate, and critique verbal communication.
• Analyze the audience and situation and use language that is appropriate to
enhance understanding and affect the desired result.
• Craft demonstrative, informative and persuasive speeches using appropriate
organization methods and content, including research.
• Identify and employ effective delivery techniques.
• Prepare and use presentational aids that promote clarity and interest.
• Demonstrate acceptable ethical standards in research and presentation of
materials.
General Education Outcomes
The general education program at KCC is designed to enable students to write,
Faculty Contact Information
( Until March 5: T/TH 12:15-1:15pm
(Beginning March 17 T: 1:45-2:45 and TH 10-11:00
Friday: Virtual: contact me via email to set up time between 9:00-12:00pm
Deisy Anderson
email: danderson@kcc.edu
Check out my about me page:
https://kcc.instructure.com/courses/2480640/pages/about-dr-
deisy
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Develop awareness of the communication process and understand the relationships among self, message, and others in effective message design.
- Listen to, evaluate, and critique verbal communication.
- Analyze the audience and situation and use language that is appropriate to enhance understanding and affect the desired result.
- Craft informative and persuasive speeches using appropriate organization methods and content, including research.
- Identify and employ effective delivery techniques.
- Prepare and use presentational aids that promote clarity and interest.
- Demonstrate acceptable ethical standards in research and presentation of materials.
- Foundations of Human Communication
- Develop awareness of the communication process and understand the relationships among self, message, and others in effective message design
- Ethics
- Listen to, evaluate, and critique verbal communication
- Demonstrate acceptable ethical standards in research and presentation of materials
- Topic Selection
- Discuss factors that characterize good demonstrative, informative, and persuasive speech topics
- Audience Analysis
- Analyze the audience and situation and use language that is appropriate to enhance understanding and affect the desired result
- Speech Delivery
- Identify and employ effective delivery techniques
- Reasoning and Support
- Learn proper research and citation methods
- Organization and Outlining
- Utilize a clear and effective organizational pattern which helps the audience follow along with the presentation
- Introductions and Conclusions
- Write an introduction which gains the audience's attention, reveals the topic, creates topic significance, and establishes your credibility
- Persuasion
- Utilize strategies and means of persuasion to craft a persuasive argument
- Presentational Aids
- Prepare and use presentational aids that promote clarity and interest
OPTIONAL Grice, George, Daniel Mansson, and John Skinner. Mastering Public
Speaking. 10th Pearson Education, Inc., 2019.
1. Additional readings as assigned by professor
Evaluation
Assignment Percentage Value Grading Scale (633 Total Points)
Speeches* 60% A = 90%
Speech Critiques 10% B = 80%
Tests 10% C = 70%
Online Discussions/Homework 20% D = 60%
F = below 60%
*Speeches
1. Demonstration Speech (five minutes) 10%
2. Informative Speech (seven minutes) 20%
3. Persuasive Speech (nine minutes) 30%
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
General Course Policies:
1. Please read/watch/listen to the assigned material and contribute to online
discussion. I expect you to respond to your classmates and make comments.
Simply do your best to participate. Be kind and encouraging.
2. Turn in your speeches before or by the due dates. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY
LATE SPEECHES. (unless there is death/illness,please send proper
documentation as proof)
You must plan IN ADVANCE to have your audience of 6 available
3. Let me know asap if you are having technical difficulties due to internet issues
and need extra time due to technical difficulties.
One of the most challenging parts of the course is the ability to properly
submit all parts of the speech under the speech assignment. Make sure you
can see your outline document, video and any other section required in the
rubric. I will NOT accept these via email, it must be submitted on
Canvas under the proper assignment. Please go to IT or student
success center to troubleshoot technical difficulties. Please check
volume, lighting and ability to submit in canvas. The video must be
consecutive, no video edits or segments will be accepted. Submit your phone
recording via Canvas Studio Icon (blue box icon with antennae).
You may upload mp4 recordings into canvas studio to make the process
easier. You may also submit multiple file attachments in the chat box, under
the paperclip.
YOU MUST READ THROUGH THE RUBRIC FOR EACH SPEECH CAREFULLY, I
MUST HAVE VIDEO AND OUTLINE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A PASSING
GRADE FOR ALL 3 REQUIRED SPEECHES.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is defined in section 16.2 of the Code of Conduct: “Representing the
words or ideas of another as one’s own. Plagiarism includes claiming credit for
assignments completed by someone else.” All instances of intentional plagiarism
on any major assignment for this course will lead to the immediate failure of the
course with no opportunity for the student to withdraw. The instance of
plagiarism will be reported to the Vice President for Student Development and
Services. If the student has a second instance of plagiarism reported to the Vice
President for Student Development and Services, the student may be suspended
from the institution.
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:
1. giving someone else’s speech.
2. reading your speech from published material without citing the source in your
presentation. Please note, material found on the Internet is considered
published.
3. paraphrasing or quoting someone without attributing the quote in your
speech.
4. working with someone (other than me or my designee) to construct your
speech and presenting it as your own.
5. turning in someone else’s outline.
6. using the words of published materials on your outline without attributing the
source.
If you have any doubt, please talk to me prior to giving the speech.
College Policies
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal
Policy,
Email Policy, and Non-Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the
college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found
at catalog.kcc.edu.
Tutoring Services
Tutoring assistance is free to all currently enrolled KCC students. Our tutor
program is certified by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). For
schedules, resources, and other helpful information, go to
www.kcc.edu/tutoringLinks to an external site..
Office of Disability Services
KCC works closely with students and instructors to accommodate individual
student learning needs. For the services they offer, their contact information, and
other helpful information, go to www.kcc.edu/disabilityservicesLinks to an
external site..
Miner Memorial Library
The Miner Memorial Library provides a variety of services free to students. For
the services, they offer, their hours of operation, and other helpful information,
go to www.kcc.edu/libraryLinks to an external site..
Student Supports
Food for Thought, the KCC Food Pantry is available to all students regardless of
financial need. It offers students non-perishable foods, snacks, personal hygiene
products, and frozen lunches. Hours will vary by semester; please email
foodpantry@kcc.edu for more information or to volunteer.
Transformative Growth Counseling provides on-campus counseling services for
students, including the first five sessions free of charge. For more information,
phone
630-731-2125 or email stephanie@transformativegrowth.org
A NOTE ON INCLUSION I am dedicated to fostering an inclusive campus
community. I actively resist and will respond to discriminatory acts or speech
based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or status as a protected
veteran in our classroom or on our campus. If you experience discrimination in our
classroom, on our campus, or in our community, I am an ally who will partner with
you to respond. Please do not hesitate to speak with me about these issues.
DATE | TOPIC ASSIGNMENT | READING |
| Week 1 Jan 13 | Intro/Foundations of Human Communication Ethics
| READ CH 1 Chapters 2, 4, Appendix A |
| Week 2 Jan 20 | Topic Selection Speech Delivery Audience Analysis | Ch. 6 Chapter 13 Ch 5 |
| Week 3 Jan 27 | Test 1 /Speech Critique Due DEMONSTRATIVE SPEECH DUE | |
| Week 4 Feb 3 | Test 1 /Speech Critique Due DEMONSTRATIVE SPEECH DUE | |
| Week 5 Feb 10 | Test 1 /Speech Critique Due DEMONSTRATIVE SPEECH DUE | |
| Week 6 Feb 17 | Reasoning and Support
| Ch 7 |
Week 7 Feb 24 ( | Reasoning and Support | Ch 9 |
Week 8 March 3 (March 9-13 Spring break) | Organizing | Ch 8 |
| Week 9 March 17 | Outlining Introductions and Conclusions | Ch 11 Chapter 10 |
| Week 10 March 24 | INFORMATIVE SPEECHES DUE | |
| Week 11 March 31 |
INFORMATIVE SPEECHES DUE CRITIQUE #2 DUE | |
| Week 12 April 7 | Persuasion | Ch 16 |
| Week 13 April 14 | Persuasion Presentational Aids | Ch 17 Ch 14 |
| Week 14 April 21 | PERSUASIVE SPEECHES DUE
| |
| Week 15 April 28 | PERSUASIVE SPEECHES DUE | |
| Week 16 May 5 | PERSUASIVE SPEECHES DUE TEST #2 DUE CRITIQUE 3 DUE | |
College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
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