Touro College (http://www.profgreen.tv/surveyoutline.html)
Department of Speech and Communications
GCA 100/103:_____ Survey of Human Communication
Instructor: John Richard Green
Text: Adler and Rodman,"Understanding Human Communication,"
Ninth Edition, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009
Site: 23rd Street Site/Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Fall 2009
Class times: Monday/Thursday: 9:00 - 12:20 p.m.
Office Hours: By appointment and one hour after every class
Course Syllabus: http://www.profgreen.tv/surveysyllabus.doc
Email: videoprof@gmail.com

  • Click here to watch Michelle Obama's Speech in Delaware 1/31/2008.
  • Click here to watch Michelle Obama Speak.
  •  Become A Motivational Speaker
  • The Informative Speech Outline (Click Here.)
  • For Persuasive Speeches, Use The Monroe Motivated Sequence
  • Sample Videos of Informative and Persuasive Speeches will be posted at the bottom of this page.
    In the meantime, critique Michelle Obama's speech above using the Speech Rubric (Download Here).

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    Lecture Topics:
    Textbook Chapters:
    Communications/Research Activities
         
    #1. Introducing the Course and Ourselves; Explain the Syllabus and Text Factors in Communication
    Success; Value of Speech in
    the Marketplace.    		 Interview each other and present a colleague to the class:
    1. http://profgreen.tv/J3.htm (Interview Questions)
    2. http://profgreen.tvSelfIntro.html (Self-Intro.)
    Complete the Chapter One WORKBOOK vocabulary and Review Questions..
         
    #2. Overcoming Nervousness and Building Self-Confidence CH 1 - pp. 1-29: "Understanding Human Communication" 1. Impromptu Speech Topics (One per week.)
    Practice Conversational Techniques,
    Practice Questioning and Critiquing,
    Library Visit And Internet Research Tips; Take "The Virtual Tutorial On Evaluating Websites" By Clicking Here .
         

    #3. Choose a Topic and
    Outline the Speech
    1. Creating a Speech;
    2. Organizing the Outline
    (Click Here.)
    		 CH 10 - pp. 287-307: "Choosing a Topic"
    Links to Topic Ideas/ Find An Informative Speech Topic: www.profgreen.tv/topiclinks.html    		 Practice brainstorming, choose a speech topic, analyze sample informative speech outlines distributed and begin work on your own informative speech. Do the Weekly Impromptu Speech.
         
    #4. Organizational Strategies, Research and Support CH 11 - pp 309-333: "Organization and Support" The first draft for an Informative Speech Outline is due; Informative vs. Persuasive Speaking; Weekly Impromptu Speech.
         
    #5. Critique Speeches Using
          the Speech Rubric     
    "Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony"
    Television broadcast on Global Climate Change
    Why Climate Change Activists Love the Number 350     		Which speech on "Tornadoes" is better, A or B. Why?
        A. On Tornadoes, Speech Video #1
        B. On Tornadoes, Speech Video #2    		   #1. "Origins and Development of Hip-Hop
      #2. An Informative Speech on Tennis
      #3. How Not to Deliver An Informative Speech
      #4. "The Fighting Rooster"
      #5. Choose one to critique: "King Midas Golden Touch," "A Flock of Birds," "Ten Jugs of Wine," "The Skull, "The Stolen Purse," "A Big Quiet House," "The Talkative Turtle."