S 10-11:15am
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.
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
Faculty Contact Information
T/W 7:30-9am, T 12-12:30pm, T 4-5pm, S 8-8:30am
Linsey Cuti
Office: L332 (815) 802-8715
e-mail: Email me in Canvas rather than leave a voicemail
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
No textbook
Discussion Post/Replies 10
Topic Proposals 15 (5 pts poss per speech)
Peer Feedback 60 (20 pts poss per speech)
Informative 100
Advocacy 100
Interest 100
Total: 385
Scale: 90-100 A, 80-89 B, 70-79 C, 60-69 D.
NOTE:
*In compliance with IAI requirements, a student who does not complete a minimum of 3 major speeches (Informative and Persuasive) of at least 5 minutes in length will automatically fail the course.
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Attendance: You must be in class on your speech day and in class on the other days to provide feedback.
Please note that in accordance with the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations, the instructor has the right to record the grade of “F” for the course, reduce a student's grade, or submit an institutional withdrawal request to Admissions and Registration if a student has excessive absences as defined in the course syllabus. I will consider 2 or more absences excessive. I will be taking attendance at the start of class; in order to be counted “here,” you need to be on-time and stay the length of the class.
Plagiarism and Academic Honesty: All instances of plagiarism/cheating, deemed intentional by the instructor, may lead to immediate failure of the course with no opportunity to withdraw and will be reported to the Director of Student Success. Plagiarism/cheating 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.
Note: material found on the Internet is considered published.
3. paraphrasing or quoting someone without verbally citing the quote in your speech.
4. working with someone 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.
**In this course, use of AI is considered cheating and can also lead to failure.
Saturday, October 17: Course Overview. Review Syllabus. Introductions. Informative Speech.
Canvas. Outlining Your Speeches. Researching and Citing Sources. Selecting Groups.
Homework:
- Post a paragraph in the Canvas Introductions discussion board by 11:59pm on Sat. Oct. 17th. Share a little about yourself.
- Read through the posts and respond to a few, perhaps commenting on similar interests or anything else. Because we only see each other once a week, this will help us get to know each other. Complete your replies by 11:59pm on Sun. Oct. 18th.
- By 11:59pm on Sun. Oct. 18th, submit your Informative Speech topic idea to the dropbox. After receiving my approval, begin researching and outlining your Informative Speech.
Saturday, October 24: Public Speaking, Delivering Your Speeches. Listening and Providing
Feedback. Using Presentation Aids.
Homework:
- Work on your outline, slides, and practice delivering your Informative Speech. Also, practice in front of an audience and get their feedback.
- Group 1, who are presenting next week, submit your outline and slides to the dropbox BEFORE class on the 31st.
Saturday, October 31: Group 1 delivers Informative Speeches. Group 2 provides feedback.
Advocacy Speech.
Homework:
- By 11:59pm on Mon. Nov. 2nd, submit your Advocacy Speech topic idea to the dropbox. After receiving my approval, begin researching, outlining, and practicing.
- Group 2, who are presenting next week, submit your outline and slides to the dropbox BEFORE class on the 7th.
Saturday, November 7: Group 2 delivers Informative Speeches. Groups 1 provides feedback.
Homework: Group 1, who are presenting your Advocacy Speeches next week, submit your outline and slides to the dropbox BEFORE class on the 14th.
Saturday, November 14: Group 1 delivers Advocacy Speeches. Group 2 provides feedback.
Personal Interest Speech.
Homework:
- By 11:59pm on Mon. Nov. 16th, submit your Personal Interest topic idea to the dropbox. After receiving my approval, begin researching, outlining, and practicing.
- Group 2 who are presenting your Advocacy Speeches next week, submit your outline and slides to the dropbox BEFORE class on the 21st.
Saturday, November 21: Group 2 delivers Advocacy Speeches. Group 1 provides feedback. Last
speech reminders.
Homework:
- Personal Interest Speeches are due to your peer group by 11:59pm on Mon. Nov. 30th. Don’t forget to also submit your outline to the dropbox by 11:59pm on the 30th.
- Watch and then reply to each group member’s speech by 11:59pm on Weds. Dec. 2nd.
Saturday, November 28: College Closed for Thanksgiving Break
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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