Course Overview:
Speech Communication is a semester course meeting the 9-10 grade speech graduation requirements. Speech is a performance-based course designed to help students improve their oral communication and develop the following basic communication skills: the ability to organize material appropriately for oral presentation, to communicate with clarity and confidence, and to listen effectively and politely. The course is general in nature and gives the student practical experience through participation. Speaking experiences include informal speaking tasks. An understanding of the communication process is stressed to help students appreciate the mutual responsibilities of speaker and listener in successful communication.