Oral Communication 101: Spring 2010



Communication Studies 101: Oral Communication

Los Angeles Mission College

Spring 2016

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| Instructor: |Nune Dervishian | | Course: |Comm. Studies 101 |

|Office Hours: |M 6:15-6:45pm | |Course Location: |INST. 1012 |

| Voicemail: |818-364-7600 ext.4417 | |Section: |3208 |

| Email: |Dervisn08@ | | Course Day/Time: |M 6:50-10pm |

| |dervisn@lamission.edu | | | |

Important Dates:

Last day to add class in person: February 19, 2016

Last day to drop without “W” with refund: February 21, 2016

Last day to drop with “W” (letter grade required after this): May 8, 2016

Required Text: Fujishin, R. (2014). The Natural Speaker. (8th Edition). Boston: Pearson.

Course Description: This course is intended to help students become more effective, confident and competent communicators. It emphasizes the development of skills that will enable students to prepare and deliver various types of speeches. In addition, it allows students to refine critical thinking, research, organizational, and time management skills while learning to adapt messages to any audience and occasion.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Effectively research, organize, and develop informative, persuasive, and

special occasion speeches. Students will also be competent in clearly organizing impromptu speeches.

2. Practice the basics of rhetorical criticism skills.

3. Actively listen and become a better consumer of public information.

4. Enhance the development of their critical thinking skills.

5. Orally present effective speeches, each with a logical progression of

ideas clearly researched and documented.

Student Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the semester, students will know and/or be able to:

• Construct a speech mapping outline which includes an introduction, body, and conclusion with a Works Cited page attached.

• Demonstrate the ability to write and adapt the content of a speech to the target audience by conducting an audience analysis.

• Demonstrate the ability to deliver a well-structured speech to a target audience that includes the use of presentational aids.

Assessment for these Student Learning Outcomes will include a collection of outlines, in-class activities, in-class evaluations of speeches presented, in-class discussion and/or assignments

Classroom Policies:

Attendance: Attendance is a very important part of this class and is required for active thoughtful class participation. You are expected to attend all class meetings and you are expected to attend them on time. Each class session will allow students to discuss and elaborate on material covered in the book in addition to new content. Furthermore, there will be assignments worth anywhere from 5-10 points during certain class session. The following are general guidelines regarding attendance and will only change in cases of documented emergencies.

1. Students will receive 5 participation points for every class they attend. These points will account for group-activities, individual assignments and other assignments completed in class.

2. Tardy attendance and leaving the class early will be taken into consideration during final assessment and each will result in a 2 point deduction from your overall grade.

3. Attendance on presentation days is MANDATORY, whether you are presenting or not. If you miss class during a day you may be called on to present, there will be a whole letter grade deduction from your speech grade.

4. Missing class after you have completed your presentation while others still need to present will result in a half grade deduction from your speech grade.

5. According to the 2015-2016 college catalog, “whenever absences in hours exceed the number of hours the class meets per week, the student may be excluded (dropped) from the class by the instructor. “ In other words, students can technically be dropped from the class after only 1 absence since this is a 3 hour class.

Participation: Participation is a major part of this class and students are encouraged to engage in meaningful classroom discussion. Students should demonstrate preparation for class discussions and commitment to full participation in all engagements. Constructive feedback to other speakers is a responsibility of all class members and entails being honest and helpful in evaluations, using descriptive rather than prescriptive language, and providing negative comments with constructive recommendations. The quality and quantity of your participation may also be used to determine course grades in borderline cases.

Assignment Policy: Assignment due dates will not be negotiated. All assignments are due at the beginning of the class period on the date indicated. Late assignments WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. If you will not be in class, it is your responsibility to notify me and to get the assignments turned in on time. In-class assignments CANNOT be made up in the case of an absence. All homework assignments must be typed and stapled. Reading assignments must be read by the dates indicated on the syllabus. Pop Quizzes will be given if class seems unfamiliar with the material. Exceptions can only be made in the case of documented emergencies.

The Social Contract: Enrolling in this class enters students and instructor in a social contract and it is the responsibility both to abide by the following:

1. Demonstrate respect for the diverse experiences, cultures and preferences of each individual. This will help create an environment that is friendly, supportive, safe and non-threatening.

2. Prepare for class discussions and commitment to the full participation in all engagements as well as providing sensitive, critical response to the work of others.

3. Due to the nature of this course, a range of sensitive topics and perspectives may be presented. No limits are placed upon subject matter or extent of questioning however students are expected to demonstrate taste, tact, and caution with topic and language choices.

4. DO NOT use electronic devices during this class. Absolutely NO Texting!

5. DO NOT enter or exit the classroom while there is a speech in progress.

Academic Honesty: Academic dishonesty encompasses both cheating and plagiarism. Cheating includes obtaining or attempting to obtain or aiding another to obtain academic credit for work by the use of any dishonest, deceptive or fraudulent means. Plagiarism involves submitting the works of others as your own and includes improper source citation, no source citation, using materials prepared by another student, and using fictitious sources. You must clearly distinguish your ideas and words from the work of others. Remember, when in doubt, cite your source or ask the instructor for assistance. Any student caught cheating or plagiarizing will receive a failing grade in the course. In addition, a report will be filed with the Dean of Students for further possible action (including expulsion from the school). Please refer to the Los Angeles Mission College Schedule of Classes for specific policies regarding academic honesty.

Students with Special Needs: If you have any health impairments that require medication, or any other disability that might require special accommodations, please call our campus Special Services department at 818-364-7734 as soon as possible or notify the instructor.

Methods of Instruction: Various methods of instruction will be utilized throughout the course in order to create a more effective learning environment. These will include lectures, open discussions, class opinion polls, role-playing, in-class activities, films, slides and student peer evaluations. A primary objective of this course is to establish an encouraging atmosphere in which each student feels that he or she may express his or her own point of view without feeling threatened, and that questions may be asked without embarrassment.

Assignments:

Speeches: During the semester, students will prepare and present a variety of speeches.  Generally, most of the speeches will require both library research and preparation.  You will be given a detailed prompt for each speech assignment. 

• Introductory Speech: For this assignment, you are to deliver a speech introducing yourself. Some of the things you will cover include educational background, career goals and personal background. (2-3 minutes)

• Special Interest Speech: In the cultural narrative speech, you are to choose a culture or sub-culture that you identify with or belong to, bring an object/artifact that represents this culture, and discuss how this culture has influenced you. (3 minutes).

• Informative Speech: In the informative speech, you will choose a topic of importance to inform your audience about. (5 minutes).

• Persuasive Speech: In the persuasive speech, you will be choosing a topic that you feel is problematic or needs to receive more public attention. You will then explore what the current problems are and consequently propose a solution/policy that may alleviate these problems. (6 minutes).

• Special Occasion Speech: In the speech, students will come up with a mock special occasion and give a speech for this event. Some examples of special occasion speeches are acceptance speeches, toasts, goodbye speeches, award recipient speech, motivational speech. (2 minutes).

Outlines: With each speech, you will be required to turn in a typed outline. Further information on specific guidelines for each outline will be provided to students.

Exams: There will be two (2) exams covering the lectures, class discussion and textbook readings.  The first exam will consist of multiple choice, true/false and matching questions. The second exam will consist of a series of short answer questions.

Evaluations: Upon completion of certain speeches, students will be required to complete an evaluation of their own speech and an evaluation of another student’s speech. Evaluations will consist of 5-10 questions and will require short paragraph answers.

Course Requirements

|Assignments |Points Received |Points Possible |Tentative Due Date |

| Introductory Speech | |10 | |

|Introductory Outline | |5 | |

|Special Interest Speech | |20 | |

|Special Interest Outline | |20 | |

|Informative Speech | |40 | |

|Informative Outline | |30 | |

|Persuasive Speech | |60 | |

|Persuasive Outline | |40 | |

|Exam 1 | |50 | |

|Exam 2 | |50 | |

|Self and Peer Evaluations | |50 | |

| Other Assignments | |50 | |

|Attendance | |75 | |

*Use this to keep track of your grade Total: 500

*Subject to change

Grading Procedure:

|Grade |Percentage |Points |

|A |90-100% |450-500 |

|B |80-89% |400-449 |

|C |70-79% |350-399 |

|D |60-69% |300-349 |

|F |0-59% | 299 and below |

*Your grade is determined on the number of points you accumulate

SPRING 2016 SCHEDULE

|Week |Date |In-Class Activity/Discussion |Assignments |

|1 |2/8 |Course Overview/Syllabus |Buy Book/Print Syllabus |

| | |Introductions |Introductory Speech |

| | | |Chapters 1 & 2 |

|2 |2/15 |NO SCHOOL-COLLEGE CLOSED | |

|3 |2/22 |Chapter 1: Communicating with Others |Chapters 3 &4 |

| | |Chapter 2: Giving Yourself Permission & Ethics | |

| | |Discuss Special Interest Speech Guidelines | |

|4 |2/29 |Chapter 3: Organizing Your Speech |Special Interest Speech & Outline |

| | |Chapter 4: Selecting Your Topic & Audience | |

| | |Audience Analysis Activity | |

| | |Special Interest Rough Draft Outlines Due | |

|5 |3/7 |Special Interest Speech-All Outlines Due |Chapters 5 & 6 |

| | | |Self & Peer Evaluations |

|6 |3/14 |Chapter 5: Gathering your Material |Study for Test |

| | |Chapter 6: Listening to Others & Language |Chapter 8 |

| | |Self/Peer Evaluations Due-Test Review |Informative Topics |

|7 |3/21 |Test 1-Chapters 1-5 |Chapter 7 |

| | |Chapter 8: Informing Your Audience |Informative Rough Drafts |

| | |Review Informative Speech/Topics Due | |

|8 |3/28 |Chapter 7: Delivering your Speech |Informative Speech & Outline |

| | |Review Test /Nonverbal Activity | |

| | |Informative Speech Rough Draft Outlines | |

|9 |4/4 |SPRING BREAK-COLLEGE CLOSED |Informative Speech & Out. |

|10 |4/11 |Informative Speech |Informative Self/Peer Evals. |

|11 |4/18 |Informative Speech-All Outlines Due |Chapter 9 |

|12 |4/25 |Chapter 9: Persuading Your Audience | |

| | |Assign ethos, pathos, logos assign./Evals Due | |

| | |Discuss Persuasive Speech/Topics Selection | |

|13 |5/2 |Persuading Your Audience/Who’s Responsible |Persuasive Rough Drafts |

|14 |5/9 |Persuasive Rough Drafts Due |Persuasive Speech |

| | |Persuasive Salesmanship Presentation | |

| | |Impromptu Speeches | |

|15 |5/16 |Persuasive Speech |Persuasive Speech |

|16 |5/23 |Persuasive Speech |Study for Test |

|17 |5/30 |MEMORIAL DAY-COLLEGE CLOSED | |

|18 |6/6 |MEETING TIME-8pm-10pm |DONE! |

| | |Test 2-Chapters 6-9 | |

| | |Special Occasion Speech/Peer Evals. Due | |

*Note-Schedule is subject to change

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