Speech

Participation in speech class allows you to gain valuable public and speaking skills and develop interpersonal communication skills that will make you successful in your personal and professional life. Students will: 

• Participate effectively in class discussion. 
• Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. 
• Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. 

• Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear concise and logical perspective. 
• Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly. 
• Evaluate personal communication weaknesses and strong suits 
• Understand interpersonal communication skills 

Speaking and listening will also play an important role, as these are skills we need, to improve daily interactions with people.