Speech Communication 100H
Effective Speech -- Honors
Spring 2000
Tuesday - Thursday 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
309 Sparks Building
class e-mail address: l-spcom100H-2@lists.psu.edu (mail sent here will go to the entire class) |
Thomas W. Benson
227 Sparks Building
email (t3b@psu.edu)
814-865-4201
office hours: Thursday 4:00 - 5:30
and by appt
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OBJECTIVES
Speech Communication 100H is a course in the practical skills of public speaking. In this beginning course, we will study the arts of public speaking as they have been taught in Greek and Roman civilizations and in a contemporary, twentieth-century textbook. You will have an opportunity to improve your mastery of the basic analytical tools and presentation skills--audience analysis; development of speech content; organization; and delivery.
SCHEDULE
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(1) Tuesday 11 January |
Introduction to Speech Communication 100H Recommended reading: "Can Democracy Work?" Eric Alterman. |
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(2) Thursday 13 January |
Speech 1 -- ungraded speeches of self introduction (5-7 minutes) Gary Alloway, Julieannah Awopetu, Zebulon Bartels, Anna Berkes, Shiobhan Chatman, Darcy Comstock, Rennie Dyball, Anthony Faranda-Diedrich, Matthew Faranda-Diedrich. Readings: Osborn & Osborn, chapters 1, 2, 3; and the speeches by Ashley Smith (55-56); Marie D'Aniello (56-57); Sandra Baltz (464-465); Rodney Nishikawa (465-467). |
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(3) Tuesday 18 January |
Speech 1 -- ungraded speeches of self introduction (5-7 minutes) Emily Farr, Michael Fishman, Mary Kuntz, Todd Macfarlan, John McAndrew, Jessica Osele, Cory Rideout, Jason Skaare. Readings: Aristotle, Rhetoric (pp 25-47; Book I, chaps. 1-2; 1354a-1358a); [Cicero], Ad Herennium, (3-55). |
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(4) Thursday 20 January |
Speech 1 -- ungraded speeches of self introduction (5-7 minutes) Ashley Tasker, Anna Veley, Jesse Durst, Kevin Kohler Informative Speaking. Choose a topic for an informative speech--your assignment is to inform the audience about some issue or subject of public importance. Your first informative speech will be developed as a member of a group; we will take some time in class to form groups and for the group to pick a general area for its presentation. Each member of the group will give a speech of 5-7 minutes on a portion of the topic as part of a panel presentation by the group as a whole. These topics will be chosen from the following list:
Readings: Osborn & Osborn, chapters 4, 5, 6, 12. Sample speeches, "Warming Our World and Chilling Our Future" (240-243); Stephen Huff, "The New Madrid Earthquake Area" (467-471). Written assignment: Write a brief analysis of supporting materials in Huff's "New Madrid Earthquake Area" speech. Identify several types of support and comment on their probable effectiveness. |
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(5) Tuesday 25 January |
Small group meetings to discuss development of informative speeches. Readings: Osborn & Osborn, chapters 7, 8, 9. Written assignment: (1) write a full-sentence outline of Huff's "New Madrid Earthquake Area" speech. (2) each group should be ready to hand in a one-page choice-of-topic paper describing its topic and the subject each group member will address in Speech 2. These may be sent to Professor Benson by e-mail by 5:00 pm January 25 or handed in on paper at the end of class on January 25. |
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(6) Thursday 27 January |
Speech 2 - Informative Speech panel 1 Anna Berkes, Darcy Comstock, Anthony Faranda-Diedrich, Michael Fishman, Mary Kuntz. Chair: Julieannah Awopetu. note: for each of your speeches this semester, a full-sentence outline of your speech is due in Professor Benson's mailbox, 232 Sparks Building, by 5:00 pm the day before your speech. As you deliver your speech, the instructor will be making notes on an evaluation form that will be returned to you along with your outline. There will be two grades--on the speech as presented (with an emphasis on form and content), and on the outline. These will be averaged to arrive at your grade for the speech as a whole. |
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(7) Tuesday 1 February |
Speech 2 - Informative Speech panel 2 Gary Alloway, Rennie Dyball, Matthew Faranda-Diedrich, John McAndrew, Cory Rideout. Chair: Emily Farr. |
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(8) Thursday 3 February |
Speech 2 - Informative Speech panel 3 Julieannah Awopetu, Jesse Durst, Emily Farr, Jessica Osele, Jason Skaare. Chair: Anna Berkes. |
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(9) Tuesday 8 February |
Speech 2 - Informative Speech panel 4 Zebulon Bartels, Shiobhan Chatman, Kevin Kohler, Todd McFarlan, Ashley Tasker. Chair: Gary Alloway. |
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(10) Thursday 10 February |
Delivery and Language. Readings: Osborn & Osborn, chapters 10, 11. Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium, pp. 189-409. Question for discussion: What are the similarities and differences in the approach taken to language and delivery in Osborn & Osborn as compared to the Rhetorica ad Herennium? |
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(11) Tuesday 15 February |
Persuasion. Readings: Osborn & Osborn, chapters 13 -14. |
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(12) Thursday 17 February |
Aristotle on persuasion, continued. Readings: Aristotle, Rhetoric, pp. 47-118. |
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(13) Tuesday 22 February |
Speech 3 -- Persuasion Julieannah Awopetu, Jesse Durst, Emily Farr, Jessica Osele, Jason Skaare. Chair: Ashley Tasker.
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(14) Thursday 24 February |
Speech 3 -- Persuasion Zebulon Bartels, Shiobhan Chatman, Kevin Kohler, Todd McFarlan, Ashley Tasker. Chair: Jesse Durst.
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(15) Tuesday 29 February |
Speech 3 -- Persuasion Gary Alloway, Rennie Dyball, Matthew Faranda-Diedrich, John McAndrew, Cory Rideout. Chair: Jessica Osele. |
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(16) Thursday 2 March |
Speech 3 -- Persuasion Anna Berkes, Darcy Comstock, Anthony Faranda-Diedrich, Michael Fishman, Mary Kuntz. Chair: Jason Skaare. |
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6 - 10 March |
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(17) Tuesday 14 March |
Aristotle on persuasion, continued. Readings: Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, pp. 119-215. |
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(18) Thursday 16 March |
Aristotle on persuasion, Book 2, continued--discussion of persuasion derived from the character of the speaker and appeal to the emotions of the audience. Read the January 5 and 6, 2000, primary debates of Democratic and Republican candidates and be prepared for an analysis of ethos and pathos. The texts of the debates are available on-line; please print a copy and bring to class for discussion.
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(19) Tuesday 21 March |
Midterm examination |
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(20) Thursday 23 March |
Speech 4 - Persuasion Gary Alloway, Rennie Dyball, Matthew Faranda-Diedrich, John McAndrew, Cory Rideout. Chair: Darcy Comstock. |
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(21) Tuesday 28 March |
Speech 4 - Persuasion Anna Berkes, Darcy Comstock, Anthony Faranda-Diedrich, Michael Fishman, Mary Kuntz. Chair: Rennie Dyball. |
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(22) Thursday 30 March |
Speech 4 - Persuasion Zebulon Bartels, Shiobhan Chatman, Kevin Kohler, Todd McFarlan, Ashley Tasker. Chair: Matthew Faranda-Diedrich.
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(23) Tuesday 4 April |
Speech 4 - Persuasion Julieannah Awopetu, Jesse Durst, Emily Farr, Jessica Osele, Jason Skaare. Chair: Michael Fishman.
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(24) Thursday 6 April |
Speech Criticism -- group symposia to discuss and critically analyze significant American speeches. Each group will discuss a single speech; each member of the group will begin with a 2-minute comment, followed by general discussion among the panelists and questions from the rest of the class. Reading assignment--all class members should read the speeches that are to be discussed and bring a copy to class. I suggest also that you read Osborn & Osborn, chapter 16 for a general overview of rhetorical criticism. Group 1. Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (5 July 1852) Anna Berkes, Darcy Comstock, Anthony Faranda-Diedrich, Michael Fishman, Mary Kuntz. Group 2. Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" (28 August 1963) Gary Alloway, Rennie Dyball, Matthew Faranda-Diedrich, John McAndrew, Cory Rideout.
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(25) Tuesday 11 April |
Speech criticism, continued. Group 3. John F. Kennedy, Civil Rights Message (11 June 1963) http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/j061163.htm Julieannah Awopetu, Jesse Durst, Emily Farr, Jessica Osele, Jason Skaare. Group 4. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "The Solitude of Self," (January 1892). http://gos.sbc.edu/s/stantoncady1.html Zebulon Bartels, Shiobhan Chatman, Kevin Kohler, Todd McFarlan, Ashley Tasker
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(26) Thursday 13 April |
The final round of speeches will be "ceremonial." In this 5-7 minute speech, each speaker will present a commemoration of a significant event or a tribute to a person, living or dead. For general considerations, see Osborn & Osborn, chapter 15. Final Speech - group 1. Zebulon Bartels, Shiobhan Chatman, Kevin Kohler, Todd McFarlan, Ashley Tasker. Chair: Mary Kuntz.
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(27) Tuesday 18 April |
Final Speech - group 2. Julieannah Awopetu, Jesse Durst, Emily Farr, Jessica Osele, Jason Skaare. Chair: Anthony Faranda-Diedrich.
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(28) Thursday 20 April |
Final Speech - group 3. Anna Berkes, Darcy Comstock, Anthony Faranda-Diedrich, Michael Fishman, Mary Kuntz. Chair: Cory Rideout.
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(29) Tuesday 25 April |
Final Speech - group 4. Gary Alloway, Rennie Dyball, Matthew Faranda-Diedrich, John McAndrew, Cory Rideout. Chair: Kevin Kohler.
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(30) Thursday 27 April |
Study day -- no class. |
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1-5 May |
FINAL EXAMS (there will be no final exam in this course) |
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REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS |
Michael Osborn and Suzanne Osborn. Public Speaking. 5th edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Special edition for Penn State University at University Park.
Aristotle. On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse. Trans. George A. Kennedy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
[Cicero]. Ad Herennium. Trans. Harry Caplan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989.
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INTERNET RESOURCES |
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY |
All work submitted for the course is assumed to be your own unless otherwise indicated. Violations of this standard will result in failure of the assignment and possibly in failure of the course or sanctions by University discipliinary authorities. You may of course discuss your work with other students, but all work that is quoted or paraphrased should be clearly identified. Please consult me if you are in doubt about how to handle these issues. For some special hints on avoiding plagiarism in public speaking, see Osborn & Osborn, pp. 21-23. See also the parallel discussion of plagiarism in student writing maintained on the English department web site.
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ATTENDANCE |
Attendance is expected. Readings are due on the date indicated in the syllabus, and students are expected to be ready to discuss them. Please bring to class the assigned readings for the day. Failure to attend will affect final grades. This class is based on a model of cooperation, participation, and active learning. Your work is to learn more about speaking, and also to teach others about speaking through your participation in discussion of course readings and student speeches.
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PARTICIPATION |
Do your best to contribute productively to class discussion, both when you are in the classroom and in the class on-line discussion. You will learn more if you participate, and you will be helping others to learn.
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GRADING POLICIES |
Grades will be computed as follows:
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ACCESS |
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WHAT'S NEXT? |
Speech Communication 100 is designed as a basic course in the communication skills needed by educated citizens. If you have found the course interesting and valuable, you may wish to consider enrolling in more advanced skills courses, or in some of the department's courses in rhetorical theory and criticism, communication theory, and intercultural communication. Basic information on these courses can be found at the department's course information page. If you are interested in considering a major in speech communication, you can consult the undergraduate major page on the department's web site. You are also invited to speak with your instructors about opportunities for further study in speech communication.
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