Oral Communication

The Passport Learning Outcomes, based on the LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes, describe the learning required to satisfy lower division general education requirements in oral communication. Additional academic work in this or other content areas may be needed to fulfill upper division general education, academic minor and/or academic major requirements.No single student is expected to demonstrate ALL of these Proficiency Criteria nor is this intended to be a list of all possible Proficiency Criteria.

ORAL COMMUNICATION
Passport Learning Outcome Feature: Preparation for Performance
Passport Learning Outcome (what the student has learned):

• Develop a central message and supporting details by applying ethics, critical thinking and information literacy skills.

• Organize content for a particular audience, occasion and purpose.

Transfer Level Proficiency Criteria (evidence of proficiency of the learning outcome appropriate at the transfer level)
Student speakers will be able to:

• Select topics that are relevant to and important for a public audience and occasion.

• Find, retrieve, and critically examine information from personal experience and published sources for credibility, accuracy, relevance, and usefulness.

• Select and critically evaluate appropriate support materials.

• Represent sources accurately and ethically.

• Become fully informed about the subject matter.

• Defend motive of the presentation.

• Apply organizational skills in speech writing that use the claim-warrant-data method of argument construction.

PLO Feature: Delivery
Passport Learning Outcome: Demonstrate performance skills that include organizing and delivering content for a particular audience, occasion and purpose, and using technology as appropriate.

Transfer Level Proficiency Criteria (evidence of proficiency)
Student speakers will be able to:

• Prepare the audience by verbally outlining the speech at the start.

• Present an accurate, relevant and fair message.

• Support main points with specific reference to a variety of materials, including statistics, personal examples, testimony, and other techniques appropriate for the speaking occasion and audience.

• Make clear distinctions between speaker’s ideas and ideas of others.

• Use verbal footnotes while delivering the speech.

• Present without reading from notes or visual aids.
• Use presentation aids or technology to enhance delivery of a presentation.

• Use delivery techniques (posture, gesture, eye contact, pauses, and vocal expressiveness) and language choices that make the presentation understandable, and speaker appears comfortable.

• Treat audience with respect.

PLO Feature: Monitor and Adjust
Passport Learning Outcome (what the student has learned): Monitor and adjust for audience feedback.

Transfer Level Proficiency Criteria (evidence of proficiency)
Student speakers will be able to:

• Present in the time allotted.

• Recognize that the audience is engaged (e.g., audience members are looking at the speaker, orienting body toward speaker, displaying appropriate facial expressions) and adjust if needed (e.g., the speaker initiates eye contact, rephrases points, changes delivery pace, increases volume, steps toward audience, provides additional examples).

PLO Feature: Critical Receiver
Passport Learning Outcome (what the student has learned): Listen and critically evaluate the speaker's central message and use of supporting materials.

Transfer Level Proficiency Criteria (evidence of proficiency):
Audience member will be able to:

• Give speaker full attention (e.g., refrain from using cell phone, laptop, iPads, etc.; engaging in other work or side conversations; or sleeping).

• Ask and answer questions as appropriate.

• Restate the purpose of the speech.

• Summarize the main points of the speech.

• Complete appropriate, constructive peer evaluations.

Oral Communication Course List, Pilot States