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College of Micronesia
PO Box 159
Pohnpei, FM 96941
Course Title: Speech Communication
Department & Number: EN/CO 205
Course Description:
A course designed to increase awareness of the role and contribution of communication to
human interaction while transmitting practical speaking skills. Specific attention is given to
models of human communication and their effects and to an increasing message awareness. Public
speaking skills within this theoretical framework will be provided.
Course Prepared by: Languages and Literature
Hours per week
Credits
Lecture
Laboratory
Workshop
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Purpose of Course:
No. of week
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State: Pohnpei, National Campus
Total Hours
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__48_
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Degree Requirement
Degree Elective
Certificate
Other
Semester
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This course also meets PLO #(s) 1, 2 & 3 of the Liberal Arts program.
Prerequisite Courses:
Must have passed EN 120 A with a 70% or better
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Signature, Chairperson, Curriculum & Assessment
Committee
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Date Approved
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Signature, VPIA, COM-FSM
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Date Approved
ENCO205 SPEECH COMMUNICATION
RECOMMENDED BY CAC: 12/13/11
APPROVED BY VPIA: 12/19/11
A. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):
The student will be able to:
1. Enrich and deepen self-knowledge by exploring different academic experiences.
2. Articulate and understand their experiences through effective writing, reading, speaking
and various models of artistic expression.
3. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and basic skills appropriate to their personal and
professional goals in their chosen area of specialization.
B. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOs) - GENERAL:
The student will be able to:
1. Value communication as a crucial and pervasive aspect of life.
2. Deliver an effective public address.
3. Analyze the speeches of others through critical listening.
4. Distinguish between the verbal and non-verbal components of human dialogue.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of interpersonal communication differences, language
choice and the roles that members of the communication process play.
SLO
1
2
3
4
5
PLO1 PLO2 PLO3
I
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
I = Introduced
D = Demonstrated
M = Mastered
C. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOs) - SPECIFIC:
The student will be able to:
General SLO 1. Value communication as a crucial and pervasive aspect of life.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
1.1. Recognize the communication bond between his or herself Group discussion,
and others and respond with greater awareness to other’s
critical written response
attempts to communicate.
(both scored with rubric)
1.2 Recognize that speech is an interaction rather than a
Exam, group discussion,
one-way process.
critical written response,
(both scored with rubric)
1.3 Distinguish between emphatic behavior and sensitive
Group discussion ,
awareness of one’s own and other’s speech, and develop
critical written response
sensitivity in speech activities.
(both scored with rubric)
ENCO205 SPEECH COMMUNICATION
RECOMMENDED BY CAC: 12/13/11
APPROVED BY VPIA: 12/19/11
1.4 Recognize that anyone who speaks to another speaks in
their own perception of that person.
1.5 Recognize that our meanings depend on our perceptions
and our ability to perceive and partly upon our social and
cultural conditioning.
Exam, group discussion,
critical written response
(both scored with rubric)
Exam, group discussion,
critical written response
(both scored with rubric)
General SLO 2. Deliver an effective public address.
Student Learning Outcomes
2.1 Demonstrate a usable awareness of the effect of pitch,
quality, volume, rate, timing and rhythm upon tonal code.
Assessment Strategies
Speech presentations
(scored with rubric)
2.2 Use bodily movements to enhance the effectiveness of
communication.
2.3 Prepare speeches on various topics, organize subject
matter/research material and demonstrate progressively more
difficult public addresses.
2.4 Present him or herself and ideas in an effective and
convincing manner.
Speech presentations
(scored with rubric)
Speech presentations,
speech writing
(scored with rubric)
Speech presentations
(scored with rubric)
General SLO 3. Analyze the speeches of others through critical listening.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
3.1 Distinguish what he or she hears from the way he or she
Critical response to
feels about it.
peer’s speeches
(scored with rubric)
3.2 Apply the skill of critical listening and note taking to
Critical response to
evaluate the speeches of peers.
peer’s speeches
(scored with rubric)
General SLO4. Distinguish between the verbal and non-verbal components of human
dialogue.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
4.1 Differentiate between nonverbal messages that are part
Exam
of verbal messages and those that are part of culture.
4.2 Demonstrate ability to make non-verbal feedback
Speech presentations
consistent with verbal response.
(scored with rubric)
General SLO 5 Demonstrate an understanding of interpersonal communication differences,
language choice and the roles that members of the communication process play.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
ENCO205 SPEECH COMMUNICATION
RECOMMENDED BY CAC: 12/13/11
APPROVED BY VPIA: 12/19/11
5.1 Develop an awareness of the barriers and breakdowns
that can interfere with speech messages and acquire practical
means to surmount them as they arise.
5.2 Demonstrate the various roles of the communication
process.
5.3 Explain the effect of culture and gender on
communication
5.4 Recognize the various types of interpersonal
communication and identify appropriate methods or strategies
of communicating within them.
Exam, critical written
response
(scored with rubric)
Group discussion
(scored with rubric)
Exam
Exam
D. COURSE CONTENT
Discussion as a way of learning
The nature of human communication
Self concept and it’s relation to communication
Emotions and their effect on communication
The nature of interpersonal perception
Listening vs. hearing
Role of language in communication
Non-verbal communication
Public communication
E. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lecture
Simulation
Demonstration
Speeches to large and small groups
F. REQURIED TEXT(S) AND COURSE MATERIALS
Verderber, Rudolph and Kathleen Verderber. Communicate! 12th Edition. Belmont, CA:
Thomson-Wadsworth, 2008. (or most recent edition).
G. REFERENCE MATERIALS
Current Newspapers and periodicals
Library materials
H. INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS
Video taping and DVD creation by IT department
I. EVALUATION
None
J. CREDIT BY EXAMINATION
ENCO205 SPEECH COMMUNICATION
RECOMMENDED BY CAC: 12/13/11
APPROVED BY VPIA: 12/19/11
None
ENCO205 SPEECH COMMUNICATION
RECOMMENDED BY CAC: 12/13/11
APPROVED BY VPIA: 12/19/11