WELCOME TO COMMUNICATIONS 108 / PUBLIC SPEAKING - SYLLABUS
Area A. Communication in the English Language:
This course satisfies your general education requirement for the designated Area A.
Spring 2006 – Section 7 – MW 3:30 to 5:35 pm
INSTRUCTOR:
OFFICE:
OFFICE HOURS:
PHONE:
EMAIL:
TEXT:
LINDA QUIÑONES-VAUGHAN
Business Development Center - BDC A150
Mondays & Wednesdays 5:35 – 6:35 pm or by appointment
661-665-6344
lquinones-vaughan@csub.edu
Osborn, Michael and Osborn, S. Public Speaking 7th Edition.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
Please note the following:
Assigned chapters are to be read by the dates noted below.
Draft speech outlines are due two class dates prior to the assigned speech date.
Final speech outline is due prior to speaking. (Staple draft outline to final outline.)
NOTE: A draft and final outline are not due the day of your self-introductory speech. The outline will be done in a class
workshop.
Homework is to be turned-in on time; if you are absent it is your responsibility to gather the information from a peer.
Accessing the internet is required in this class.
Mar.
Apr.
27th
Introduction, Syllabus & Course Requirements
29th
Read Chapters 1, 2,
Lecture & Class Discussion
Current Issues Article Due
Ethical Public Speaking / Social & Cultural Understanding Exercise – In Class
Controlling Communications Apprehension
3rd
Read Chapters 3, 4, 5,
Lecture & Class Discussion
Self-Awareness Inventory Due – See Pg 69 of text.
Listening Exercise – In Class
5th
Read Chapters 6, 7,
Lecture & Class Discussion
Self – Introductory Aspects Due
Prep-Work for 4/10/06. Start brainstorming and prepare topics for each of the
following speeches: informative, persuasive and ceremonial. To help you
prepare, review the questions on pg 145 under the sub-heading Interest Charts.
A complete assignment is due on 4/12/06. See assignment highlight on 4/10/06
for details.
10th
Read Chapters 8, 11,
Lecture & Class Discussion – Library Time
Library & Research Day - Scholarly and credible research and ideas.
Assignment Highlight: Select 2 topics for each of the following speeches:
informative, persuasive and ceremonial. Narrow the research resources
available, See Figure 7.5, Pg 180 in text for help in narrowing resources.
Also see Figure 8.5, Pg 321 for ideas in using supportive material. Use the
assignment sheet, attached for requirements due. This assignment is due the
following class date 4/12/06.
12th
Read Chapters 9, 10,
Lecture & Class Discussion
Library Research Assignment Due
In Class Outline Workshop – See Instructor’s Website, “Steps in the Preparation
of a Self Introductory Speech” to help prepare.
May
.
17th
Read Chapters 12, 13
Lecture, Class Discussion & Exam Review –
Completed Self Introductory Outline Due
19th
Exam
Prep-Work Self-Intro Speech & Rules of Engagement
24th
Read Chapter 14
Self Introductory Speech Numbers 1-8 / No Outline Due (Day of Speech)
Chapter 14 Lecture & Class Discussion
26th
Self Introductory Speech Numbers 9-16 / No Outline Due (Day of Speech)
Chapter 14 Review
1st
Self Introductory Speech Numbers 17-24 / No Outline Due (Day of Speech)
Prep-Work Informative Speech & Rules of Engagement
3rd
Read Chapter 15 & 16
Informative Speech
8th
Informative Speech
10th
Informative Speech
15th
Exam
17th
Read Chapter 17
Persuasive Speech
Numbers 9-16 / Final Outline Due (Prior to Speaking)
Chapter 15 & 16 Lecture & Class Discussion
Numbers 17-24 / Final Outline Due (Prior to Speaking)
Chapter 15 & 16 Review
Numbers 1-8 / Final Outline Due (Prior to Speaking)
Exam Review
Prep-Work Persuasive Speech & Rules of Engagement
Numbers 17-24 / Final Outline Due (Prior to Speaking)
Chapter 17 Lecture & Class Discussion
Numbers 1-8 / Final Outline Due (Prior to Speaking)
Chapter 17 Review
Numbers 9-16 / Final Outline Due (Prior to Speaking)
Prep-Work Ceremonial Speech & Rules of Engagement
22nd
Persuasive Speech
24th
Persuasive Speech
29th
HOLIDAY
31st
Ceremonial Speech
Numbers 1-12 / Final Outline Due (Prior to Speaking)
Ceremonial Speech
Numbers 13-24 / Final Outline Due (Prior to Speaking)
Jun.
5th
Final
Wk/5th
Final Project Presentation Numbers – All / No Outline NOTE: Check schedule for Final date & time.
OFFICE HOURS, CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE
If you need assistance with an assignment, please ask for help. I welcome your visits during regularly scheduled office hours
or by appointment. Pre and post speech consultations are encouraged. I want each of you to succeed in this class. Please
DO NOT wait until the end of the quarter to present any special needs, advise me early. If I don’t know that you need help, I
cannot assist you. I realize that many of you are apprehensive about taking a course in public speaking. If you put forth your
best effort, I think you will be surprised at how much you will enjoy the class. You will be pleased with the skills you will
learn and how they will help you in your everyday life. Enjoy the class.
NOTES:
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Area A. Communication in the English Language: This course satisfies your general education requirement
for the designated Area A. The objectives below are designed to address the approved CSUB Area A goals:
Required General Education Goals for Area A credit:
1.
Organize and evaluate ideas for oral presentations.
2.
Communicate through public speaking.
3.
Listen and interact effectively.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Communications 108 is a course in public speaking. By the end of the course, you should be able to:
Understand and recall essential concepts in public communication.
Compose and deliver extemporaneous public presentations on socially significant and intellectually
challenging topics, while utilizing core concepts from class.
Competently create, organize, and support ideas in public presentations.
Competently create, organize, and support ideas in public presentations.
Competently create, organize, and support ideas in public presentations.
Efficiently listen to and critically evaluate others’ messages.
This course is designed to increase the student’s knowledge and understanding of theory and application in public speaking.
The course will assist the student with the following:
to help the student know and understand principles of effective public speaking
to help the student know and understand the ethical principles and obligations in public speaking
to give practice enacting public speaking principles
to develop the skill and ability to analyze the audience
to prepare, research, compose and deliver public presentations
to effectively listen to public presentation messages and evaluate those messages
to develop critical public speaking analytical and persuasion techniques
to organize and support ideas
to deliver extemporaneous speeches
COURSE POLICIES:
- Attendance and class participation are essential to the satisfactory completion of this course. Your class attendance and
participation will be used to determine a portion of your grade. Your promptness is appreciated and noted. If you are late,
please enter quietly. On speech days, please do not disrupt the class. Wait outside the door until the speaker has completed
their speech and then enter the class. Repeated tardiness will be regarded as absences. If you are tardy it is your
responsibility to remind the professor of your presence, otherwise it will be regarded as an absence. Remember this is a class
participation course. We will engage in class discussion, exercises and assignments. Students, who are absent regularly, will
usually not perform well. Therefore, class attendance is mandatory.
- Academic honesty is required! Your written work and your speeches are to be original work. The textbook has
statements on plagiarism and the university has policy regarding plagiarism, please familiarize yourself with these statements
and policy. Cheating in any form or plagiarizing is a serious offense, followed by serious consequences. It will not be
tolerated and the result is your failure in this course.
- Classroom conduct is to be professional, courteous and supportive. Cell phones, pagers and other equipment are to be
turned off when you come to class. Behavior which is disruptive will cause you a reduction in one full grade.
- Written assignments are to be typed, double spaced and in 12 point font size. Correct spelling and grammar is expected.
NOTES:
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
- You must complete all speaking assignments and all examinations given, to satisfactorily complete this course.
- Two exams will be administered during the quarter. Refer to the class syllabus for dates and the grading weight of the
exams.
- You are expected to speak at the time assigned to you. We are on a tight timeline. Make-up speeches will only be
allowed once, under the most dire of circumstances and only if there is time during regular class hours. Illnesses and
extenuating circumstances will require written documentation.
- All speech topics must be approved before your assigned speech day. Outlines are due two scheduled class days prior to
your assigned speech day and the topic must be approved in advance of the outlines. Speech days are assigned during class.
On your speech day a final typed outline, in correct outline form, must be given to the instructor. It is your responsibility to
provide the instructor with an outline before you deliver your speech. Should you fail to appear on a speech day without
previous notice to the instructor, you will receive a ZERO on the assignment.
- Assignments are due on their due dates. Assignments will be provided in-class through workshops and in-class discussion.
Accessing the web will be critical to completing some assignments in this class.
- Self Introductory Speech - This assignment is to give your audience an understanding of who you are. Please select
one to three aspects of your identity and concentrate on relaxation and the
fundamental techniques of speech delivery. The speech is to be 3 to 5 minutes in length, exceeding the time limit will
result in a reduction of your composition score by one full grade.
- Informative Speech - This speech will inform your audience on a person, place, event, concept or object through
demonstration and description. The speech is to be 5 to 7 minutes in length, exceeding the time limit will result in a
reduction of your composition score by one full grade.
- Persuasive Speech - This speech will require you to focus on a single issue/assertion and convince your listeners of your
position. The issue must be significant, controversial and debatable. The speech is to be 6 to 8 minutes in length,
exceeding the time limit will result in a reduction of your composition score by one full grade.
- Ceremonial Speech - This speech may center on a person, group, object, or event. It recognizes and celebrates
accomplishments. The speech is to be 3 to 5 minutes in length, exceeding the time limit will result in a reduction of your
composition score by one full grade.
- Final Project - This is an opportunity for you to share with the class an extemporaneous speech no more than one
minute in length on the value of public speaking. This will be considered the final for the class and failure to complete this
assignment will result in a ZERO for the assignment and a reduction of your overall score by one full grade.
GRADING
Communications 108 is a challenging course, but the rewards are invaluable and last a lifetime.
The grades you receive on your assignments and for the course are entirely up to you. For additional clarification, please see
the “Criteria of Grading Speeches” sheet which is part of this syllabus. Grading is on an absolute scale. The plus and minus
system will be used for final grades. There is a total of 1000 points possible for the quarter.
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Self Introductory Speech 100 points (No outline)
Informative Speech 150 points (Outline Due)
Persuasive Speech 200 points (Outline Due)
Ceremonial Speech 250 points (Outline Due)
Examinations 150 points
Class Participation & Assignments 100 points
Final Project 50 points (No outline)
A 950-1000
A- 900-949
B+ 866-899
B 833-865
B- 800-832
C+ 766-799
NOTES:
C 733-765
C- 700-732
D+ 666-699
D 633-665
D- 600-632
F 599 and below
Criteria for Grading Speeches
Provided by the CSUB’s Communications Department
For the grade of C (an average speech):
The speech must be original.
The speech must be appropriate to the assignment.
The topic must be appropriate for the audience and sufficiently focused.
The speech must fit the time restrictions assigned.
The speech must be presented on the assigned date.
Main idea or ideas must be supported with facts, examples, or testimonies.
The speech must have a clear sense of purpose.
The speech must be complete, with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
The presentation must be extemporaneous.
The speech includes the required outline.
For a grade of B (an above average speech):
All requirements of a C speech must be satisfied.
Select a challenging topic and adapt it appropriately for your audience.
Reflect a greater depth of research (such as more references).
Clearly identify sources of information and ideas.
Create and sustain attention throughout the speech.
Create an effective flow.
Demonstrate poise and confidence.
Present your speech with style.
For a grade of A (a superior speech):
All requirements of B speech must be satisfied.
Demonstrate imagination and creativity in topic selection development.
Develop and sustain strong bonds between speaker, topic and audience.
Reflect an even greater depth of research.
Demonstrate artful use of language and stylistic techniques.
Make a polished presentation integrating a variety of communication skills.
A below average speech (a D speech) does not meet one or more of the standards for a C speech or:
It is unrehearsed.
It is based on biased information or unsupported opinions.
An F speech (a failing speech) does not meet three or more of the standards for a C speech, shows either of the
problems associated with a D speech, or:
It uses fabricated supporting materials.
It deliberately distorts evidence or is plagiarized.
It uses inappropriate information or actions.
NOTES:
Library & Research Day
April 12th, 2006
CSUB Library
Assignment Sheet: Develop 2 speech topics for each of the following speeches: informative,
persuasive and ceremonial. Additionally, research scholarly and credible resources for each topic
and note one source per topic. See assignment requirements below.
The purpose of this session is to learn how to access CSUB Library’s data base resources and learn how to research scholarly
and credible sources. This is a requirement in this class. This session will also help you focus your respective topic ideas.
This is a mandatory session.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR ASSIGNMENT – Is due the following class date.
Assignment Requirements:
- Select TWO topics for each of the following speeches: informative, persuasive and ceremonial.
- For each topic identify a specific purpose for the speech, to be no more than two to three sentences in length.
- Also identify one scholarly or credible source for the subject matter.
- The final typed assignment must have a total of 6 topics and specific purposes, again two for each speech noted.
- Remember this assignment is to be typed, double spaced and in 12 point font size.
- Correct spelling and grammar is expected.
FORMAT EXAMPLE:
The following is an example for an informative topic:
Topic: Dairies in Kern County and their impact on the environment.
Specific Purpose: To educate my audience on the total number, type and size of dairies in Kern County and their impact on
our environment.
Source: San Joaquin Valley Air Control Pollution District, Mega-Dairies 2005 Air Quality Committee Report Pgs 2-18
NOTE:
Subject matter (topic) is to be appropriate for class discussion. Some ideas include topics associated with current events,
important social, community and national issues; your education, career, family, etc. Be creative, select topics you will enjoy
researching and speaking to an audience about. Remember to consider your audience in your topic selection.
Tip: It would help you to review all speech assignments located on the instructor’s web site. The research
requirements for each speech are noted in each assignment.