RHETORIC
OFFICE: HYDE 322
eddleman@lambuth.edu Phone:
425-3345
Student Course-Objectives:
To
understand the elements of communication as the sending and receiving of messages
for the purpose of creating shared meaning through the positive use of verbal
and nonverbal cues, while accommodating diverse communication styles, abilities
and cultural differences;
To enhance
critical listening skills, including the understanding of how nonverbal cures
affect listening;
To enhance
critical thinking skills in the sending and receiving of messages, in both
written and oral standard English;
To enhance
speech preparation skills (creative thinking, topic selection and analysis,
gathering resource materials, composing and organizing content, using
audio-visual aids, and adapting to specific audiences and occasions) for such
basic speech types as informative, persuasive and ceremonial;
To enhance
verbal and nonverbal speech delivery skills, including poise and stance,
movement/gestures and facial/eye contact, diction and paralinguistic
expressiveness; and
To gain an
overview of the origin and development of rhetoric as the basis of
communication theory and criticism.
Text: No textbook will be required for this course this
semester; the instructor will provide printed materials as needed.
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture and
discussion
Practical
application in speechmaking
Evaluation Measures and Percentages of Final Grade:
Minor
Speeches (1 to 2 minutes) (+ or – grade)
Complaint
about some issue in education
Description
of object with multiple gestures
Description/explanation
of an idea/concept
Opinion on
some social/political issue
Visual Aid
Demonstration (10%)
Personal
Experience (an event, experience, person, etc. that influenced your life (10%)
Informational
(20%)
Persuasive
(20%)
Objective
test on the communicative process (20%)
Essay test
on the origin and development of rhetoric (20%)
Grading System: A+ = 10 points; A = 9; A- = 8; B+ = 7; B = 6; B- =5;
C+ = 4; C = 3; C- = 2; D = 1; F = 0. Letter grades will be converted to numbers
for averaging and back to letters for reporting to registrar's office.
Class Attendance:
“. . .
students are required to attend all classes . . . (and) are accountable for
every class meeting. . .” LU Catalog.
Also note that announced speeches are considered the same as announced
examinations. No assignment will be
accepted late without written and approved excuse.
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