SpCm 212 - fundamentals of speech communication

"For of the three elements in speech-making — speaker, subject, and person addressed — it is the last one, the hearer, that determines the speech's end and object.”

-Aristotle 

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This 16-week course, suitable for both novice and experienced speechwriters and speech-givers, instills the fundamentals of quality speech communication including the writing, revising, practicing, delivering, and the listening and responding to, public speeches. Ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos are studied and intentionally employed for each speech and form the fundamentals of  speech composition and analysis. Three primary speech genres (Informative, Persuasive, Special Occasional/Celebratory) are covered, the knowledge used to compose and deliver each interwoven with subsequent speeches. The speechwriting and speech-giving process is demystified so students gain comfort with the generation, revision, and sharing of speeches in the appropriate rhetorical situation. Listening, analytical, and research skills also form a continuous knowledge bedrock.

 

Alongside the more practical analysis and composition knowledge, students will learn how to effectively and ethically interact with opposing viewpoints, learn how to shrewdly investigate topics with research, and to listen with intentionality before speaking themselves or speaking in response to others' points.