Abstract
For those of us who teach public speaking, one challenge is teaching students a useful method for responding to speeches. Speech textbooks are not very helpful in directing either students or teachers in this matter. Public speaking texts tend to treat speech making as transmission rather than transaction; consequently, they pay attention to speakers and receivers rather than communicators.
Many texts prepare speakers by showing them how to do preliminary analysis and research, how to structure an argument, and how to present a speech - all necessary classroom topics. While these texts also discuss speech criticism, they treat it as an activity divorced from the class speaking situation.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech Communication
Volume
19
Issue
2
First Page
2
Last Page
7
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Sterk, Helen M.
(1987)
"Descriptive Feedback: Students Responding to Students,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 19:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol19/iss2/3
Copyright
©1987 Iowa Communication Association
