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Principles of Public Speaking
COMM 1200 – 04 Spring Semester 2004

Instructor: Brenden Kendall Class Time/Location: MWF, 2:00 – 2:50pm, OSH 237
Office: LNCO Rm. 2930, H Office Hours: W, 3:00-4:00pm; F, 12:30-2pm
It’s a cubicle, not an office! E-mail:

Required Text

O’Hair, Stewart, and Rubenstien. A Speaker’s Guidebook, Second Edition.

Required Supplies

Blank Videotape.
Please purchase
one 30-minute
(or longer)
blank videotape
to record several of your
presentations. You will retain the videotape when the class is over.



Course Description
So, you’ve decided to take a public speaking course. This choice should prove to be as valuable to
you as many of the significant achievements in your life: advancing your career, starting a family, buying
peanut butter without partially hydrogenated soybean oil. At the least, Principles of Public Speaking should
enable you to develop the essential knowledge and skills for any successful and responsible member of civic
society. It is my hope that you will develop an effective personal style and repertoire of communication
abilities that apply to the variety of public speaking situations that you anticipate participating in throughout
your life. Of course, that can only occur once you are knowledgeable of the course goals and policies…

Course Goals
• To Understand: This course presents basic communication concepts and principles of effective discursive
practices in several contexts.
• To Apply: In all activities we’ll relate communication processes to the real-world contexts in which they
occur to apply our understandings to events and situations in our own lives.
• To Practice: Experiencing the enactment and outcomes of utilizing concepts we are studying, and
exploring alternatives for communicating with others under a variety of conditions is a central goal of
this class.

University Policies
1. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommodation be provided for students
with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic, learning, and psychiatric disabilities. Students need to
contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to discuss any such accommodations.

2. The Drop/Withdrawal policy is available on the University’s website and from Student Services. Briefly,
you may drop a course during the first seven calendar days of the semester and withdraw (with a “W”)
during the next five days without tuition charges. After that, withdrawal is possible only “in cases of
compelling non-academic emergencies” through petition to the dean of your college.

3. The Student Code spells out specific rights of students in the classroom. The Code also specifies
proscribed conduct, including cheating on exams, collusion, and plagiarism. Plagiarism includes
submitting someone else’s work as your own. Students found guilty of plagiarism will receive an “E” for
the course.

Besides, academic dishonesty often takes more effort than doing an assignment yourself. My job is to
facilitate learning, not to impede academic progression. If you find yourself in a tough situation, it’s best
to speak with me as soon as possible.

Course Policies

1. Attendance is Imperative for Success
This course is based on a guiding understanding that your knowledge and ability in communicating with
others will naturally grow by actively engaging in communicative activities and exercises, by offering
and accepting thoughtful feedback, and through critical reflection to more fully understand your own
public speaking performances. It should come as no surprise—it might, however—that these will occur
during class time. In addition, public speaking requires a public available for address!


Consequently, just reading the book or getting notes from another student will not be sufficient for you to
succeed in this class. Grades are structured to give you points for attending and participating in various
types of classroom activities (e.g., participating in skill practice, providing useful feedback to speakers,
delivering speeches). I will take attendance and have structured point distribution in such a way as to
prioritize attendance. This part of your course grade is completely within your control. If you must be
absent, please contact me—preferably in advance.

Here’s how the attendance system works (see visual in the semester schedule, below):
• You will be required to provide the following on certain days: outlines or rough drafts for workshop on
the days prior to speeches, structured feedback for presenters during speech days on which you do not
present, speeches delivered on assigned dates. You will receive points for satisfactorily completing each
of the above tasks.
• On all remaining days, you must register your name on the attendance roster to receive the points for that
day. Each day is worth 5 points. 100% = 100 points. If you cannot be present due to a university-
sponsored event, work-related conflict, or family / medical emergency, please notify me as soon as
possible (preferably in advance). There are two days “extra,” that is, 18 days available for attendance
points and 20 possible. The final 10 points will be assigned according to the instructor’s assessment of
the student’s level of participation throughout the semester.
• Be sure to remember signing in each day. I recommend Post-It Notes®, reminders on your daily
calendar, and the buddy system to avoid lapses of memory that are all too common, but will not be
forgiven. Yes, you must be present for the entirety of class to earn attendance points.

2. Our Learning Environment
We will maintain our classroom as a safe and productive place to learn. We are all responsible for fostering
an environment open to observing, discussing, and reflecting upon our own and others’ communicative
behaviors in order to learn. Thus, each one of us will need to be conscious of our role in providing a
place where every class member, given all our differences, will feel and function as part of the class.
These concerns include evaluation of peers, selection and delivery of topics and materials for
presentation, and all other responsibilities entailed in participation in our class. If, at any time or for any
reason, you are at unease about or feel uncomfortable with the classroom environment please contact me
immediately in order to resolve/improve the situation.

3. Your Current E-mail Address
You are asked to update and maintain a current email address on the University website. This will allow me
to send an email to everyone in the class.
• To update or add your current email address, go to the University’s website as you do to register for
classes (
www.acs.utah.edu/prod/bin/student
). Hit “Secured Student Access” (with student ID and PIN) then
“Your Profile” and click on “Email Address.” You can update or add your address there.
• If you do not have an email address, or do not have internet access, please let me know and I’ll help you
make this happen.
• My email address is

. Save speaking with me in person, email is the best possible
way to reach me. Nevertheless, I ask that you realize that I do have a life and am unable and unwilling to
be constantly online and immediately responsive last-minute messages. Please plan ahead for a
reasonable turn-around time to your emails.


4.
Due Dates and Presentation Dates Are Firm

All work is to be completed by the dates given in the syllabus or on the dates we have agreed to as a class.
Papers are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Assignments submitted after the beginning of
class on the due date will be assigned reduced credit, the amount figured at the discretion of the
instructor. Failure to complete all graded assignments (below) will result in a substantially lower course
grade and may result in a failing grade for the course.


Prior arrangement to take an exam early or to modify our presentation schedules is possible in cases of a
documented University-related or medical scheduling conflict.

Course Assignments
• Attendance, 5 points / day (100 points): See policy above.
• Weekly Journal, 5 points / week (75 points): Each week you will email me a journal entry around one
to three full paragraphs long. (A full paragraph ought to be easily more than three sentences long; at the
same time, a weekly novella will be a bit much for both you and me!) While the specific topic will be up
to you, you should use this venue to critique forms of public address that you see in the world, reflect
upon your own performances and developments, and so forth. Journal entries are due every Friday, time-
stamped no later than the beginning of class.
• Workshop Materials, 5 points / workshop (15 points): Days prior to speeches, excepting the speech of
introduction, will be reserved for workshop time, during which students will work together and with me
to fine-tune and prepare rough drafts or outlines. You must present a complete rough draft or outline of
your presentation on workshop days to receive credit.
• Peer Feedback Forms, 5 points / day (60 points): On speech days when you do not present, you will be
required to provide structured feedback to your peers to assist them and yourself in learning.
• Speech of Introduction, 25 points: This speech, your first public presentation of the semester, serves to
familiarize you with your classmates, set the foundations of our public speaking environment, and
introduce you to fundamental elements of speech preparation and delivery.
• Informative Speech, 100 points: For this presentation you will teach and inform the audience about a
topic on which you are an authority. In this 4-6 minute speech you will be required to provide useful,
illuminating supporting material to demonstrate and explain the subject of your speech.

• Persuasive Speech, 100 points: The ability to research and construct a cogent argument is necessary for
most public speaking engagements. In 6-8 minutes, you will employ the skills learned to this point to
persuade your audience toward some position on a contentious topic or debate. You are encouraged to
be both practical (is this a useful exercise in practice for your “real life”?) and creative (try stay away
from the “standard” topics on which people have entrenched opinions—e.g., gun rights, abortion) in
selecting your topic.
• Group Presentation, 100 points: The group presentation will incorporate each of the previous speaking
purposes, with the additional task of cooperating in a team of approximately 4 to craft an extended
presentation (no more than 45 minutes) on a topic of your choice.
• Impromptu Speech, 25 points: Life often demands that we deliver speeches—though we may not
recognize them as such—often with little preparation. These 2-4 minute speeches have you speak on a
topic you receive only minutes before delivery. The idea here is not torture, I promise, but to give you a
chance to demonstrate you’ve developed throughout the semester in formal speaking situations, during
in-class activities, and while practicing in front of your mirror at home!
• Public Speech / Lecture / Presentation Evaluation Paper, 50 points: Sometime before the midpoint in
the semester, you are to attend a public speaking event outside of our class and write a thoughtful critique
of the speaker. In 2-3 pages, you should discuss topics such as the strengths and limitations of the
speaker’s style, organization of content, audience assessment, and the like.
• Final Exam, 50 points: The final exam for this course will require you to write in-class essays that
reflect upon your growth as a public speaker and demonstrate knowledge of skills and principles
practiced throughout the semester.

Course Grades
Totals from above = 700 possible points. 350 points for speeches, 350 points for non-speech activities.

Final Grades: A = 100-94% A- = 93-90%
B+ = 89-87% B = 86-84% B- = 83-80%
C+ = 79-77% C = 76-74% C- = 73-70%
D+ = 69-67% D = 66-64% D- = 63-60% E = 59% ↓

Tentative Course Schedule
ÆSchedule Legend, AKA, “Say What?!”
• Date = Whoa, man, what day is it?
• Topic / Activity = The undeniably relevant subject area covered, and unbelievably
useful activity planned.
• Chapter = You mean I have to read in college?
• Points! = You’ll earn points and a place on Santa’s “good list” for being present and completing the
following on the days indicated.
Æ A = attendance J = weekly journal
W = workshop S = speech
F = peer feedback P = paper
E = exam


Date Topic / Activity Chapters Points!
12-Jan Introductions, syllabus, registration
14-Jan Three Truths and a Lie
16-Jan What is public speaking? …and speech anxiety 1, 5 J, A
19-Jan MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY – NO CLASS
21-Jan Speaking, listening, and other fun activities 2, 3 A
23-Jan Ethics aren't just for Enron anymore! 4, 16 J, A
26-Jan Exquisite Corpse, topic selection [SOI schedule] 7 A
28-Jan Thesis statements, audience analysis 7, 6 A
30-Jan Interviews, a preparation for Speech of Introduction A, J
2-Feb SPEECH OF INTRODUCTION S, F
4-Feb SPEECH OF INTRODUCTION S, F
6-Feb SPEECH OF INTRODUCTION S, F, J
9-Feb Organizing the speech and your messy, messy life 11 A
11-Feb Speech Mad-Libs, organization arrangements 12 A
13-Feb Informative speeches, outlines [IS Schedule] 23, 13 A, J

16-Feb PRESIDENT’S DAY – NO CLASS A
18-Feb Research and support, Intro and conclusion 8-10, 14-15 A
20-Feb Informative speeches WORKSHOP W, J
23-Feb INFORMATIVE SPEECH S, F
25-Feb INFORMATIVE SPEECH S, F
27-Feb INFORMATIVE SPEECH S, F, J
1-Mar US Postal, UPS, and FedEx (3 deliveries) 17-19 A
3-Mar Visual aids, presentation props 20-21 A
5-Mar PAPERS DUE, video speech analysis, form groups A, J, P
8-Mar The Persuasive Speech [PS & GP schedule] 24, 25 A
10-Mar Developing and organizing arguments 25, 26 A
12-Mar Research Day, attendance not required J
15-Mar SPRING BREAK -- NO CLASS
17-Mar SPRING BREAK -- NO CLASS
19-Mar SPRING BREAK -- NO CLASS