Abstract
Human communication is a process. While this statement might seem to be an obvious, even self-evident, claim, few of our basic courses are structured to teach speech as a process. In fact, the basic speech course is typically described in terms of the type and number of student performances. The grade a student receives from the course is primarily determined by the quality of those performances; in other words, the "products" that the student produces during the semester. Our comments to the students about their communication typically center only on that final product--"great eye contact, not enough supporting material, poor organization, central idea was confusing," and so on. Such comments are probably not very meaningful or helpful for our students.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech Communication
Volume
16
Issue
1
First Page
37
Last Page
41
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Trank, Douglas M.
(1984)
"A Method for Teaching Speech Communication as a Process,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 16:
No.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol16/iss1/8
Copyright
©1984 Iowa Communication Association
