Reports on the internship program in speech communication (telecommunications) at Youngstown State University since 1976. Covers length of internship, student hours in workplace, academic credit, remuneration, selection and student requirements. (PD)

Categorizes and synthesizes 186 empirical studies published from 1974-1982 in the areas of teacher characteristics, student characteristics, teaching strategies, speech criticism, student evaluation, speech communication content and programs. (PD)

Describes an exercise in which students report on rhetorical choices they make when preparing speeches, based on analyzing their public speaking class as an audience. (PD)

Describes DIE (description-interpretation-evaluation), a method for dealing effectively in interpersonal relations, conflict resolution, and intercultural communication. (PD)

Describes an exercise designed to make students aware of the inferential process and its relevance in persuasion. (PD)

Describes a method of using audiotape recorded lessons in place of lectures, known as Audio-Assisted Independent Study. (PD)

Describes an assignment that provides a field experience related to the career interests of students and also strengthens business-academic relationships. (PD)

Provides brief descriptions of 13 ERIC documents on youth and the elderly, educational programs for the elderly, and communication themes. (PD)

Reviews six corporate histories more as documents of organizational culture than as objective histories to ascertain their value in organizational communication studies. (PD)

Examines the role inner speech (as defined by Vygotsky and Sokolov) plays in the thought-word process in order to understand how and why communication skills are interrelated. Presents three intrapersonal/extrapersonal speech models and outlines four procedural rules necessary for effective communication. (PD)

Reviews research that analyzes the functional and structural characteristics of inner speech. Discusses the implications of this research for the teaching of an integrated language arts curriculum. (PD)

Shows that speech is the primary means by which humans become linked to society and is thus a significant factor in the development of self-concept and decentration. (PD)

Explores the use of introspective writing by others as a means of understanding two characteristics of intrapersonal communication: the process of selective memory which defines and redefines personal history and the pattern of habitual thinking which confirms self-identity. Recommends the classroom use of memoirs and journals. (PD)

Examines a multicontextual aspect of language proficiency that sociolinguists refer to as "communicative competence." Offers a procedure for its application. (PD)

Provides the rationale for and describes an interpersonal communication course designed for an individual returning to his or her native culture after completing an extended stay in a foreign culture. (PD)