DAILY JOURNALS

Speech Communications

Instructions for Daily Journals You will be given a prompt to write about. I expect at least three complete sentences for 15 points. You will also be given a word to define from the Words To Think About

in the chapter we are reading. This is worth 10 points. Each day you have the potential of 25 points to

gain or lose from this activity. If you miss a day this PowerPoint is available on my web site at School

Rack. I expect the make-up for the Daily Journals turned in by the Friday of

the week it was missed. If you miss Friday I expect it by the next Monday. Exceptions to this will be done on a case by case basis with no guarantees from

me that they will be granted. If you are a persistent truant I reserve the right to revoke you ability to make

this work up at all.

Speech 08/23/11

“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Do you agree with Dr.

King’s assessment of life? Explain

Word to Think About: Define: “interrelated”

Speech 08/24/11

According to the author of our test where did the field of communication begin and why?

Word to Think About: Define: “mutuality”

Speech 08/25/11

According to the author of our text what does the field of communication now encompass? Hint; 5 areas.

Word to Think About: Define: “inescapable”

Speech 08/26/11

What did the 2007 Census Bureau say was the racial breakdown in America? Essentially, list all the statistics.

Word to Think About: Define: “global village”

Speech 08/29/11

How is the Westerner’s attitude toward competition different than the traditional Japanese view? Explain

Word to Think About: Define: “interpersonal”

Speech 08/30/11

On page 5 of our text Yih-Tang Lin’s is amazed by something. What was it and why did her American friends think it was funny?

Word to Think About: Define: “communicator”

Speech 08/31/11

What do you think Isabelle de Courtivron means when she says today’s college and university students are “citizens of a time rather than a place”?

Word to Think About: Define: “bicultural”

Speech 09/01/11

What does the author mean when she says she has written the book in a “conversational tone”? Explain.

Word to Think About: Define: “bilingual”

Speech 09/02/11

“Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit”

Astronaut Frank Borman

What does he mean by this statement? Explain your thoughts.

Word to Think About: Define: “essence”

Speech 09/06/11

Describe a time when you have been the victim or perpetrator of the linear model of communication?

Word to Think About: Define: “interactions”

Speech 09/07/11

Do you have any relationships where the I-It scenario is going on? Once again you can either be the victim or perpetrator.

Word to Think About: Define: “dysfunctional”

Speech 09/08/11

What sort of I-You relationships are you in? Explain.

Word to Think About: Define: “commiserate”

Speech 09/09/11

Are you involved in the rarest kind of relationships the I-Thou? If not, why do you think that is the case?

Word to Think About: Define: “dialogue”

Speech 09/12/11

How can an individual’s personal history affect their ability to communicate?

Word to Think About: Define: “socioeconomic”

Speech 09/13/11

To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one’s self.

Soren Kierkegaard What do you

think he means by this statement? Explain

Word to Think About: Define: “venture”

Speech 09/14/11

How do you define yourself? Is it by labels such as tall or short, rich or poor? Or is the definition of who you are deeper than that? Explain.

Word to Think About: Define: “self”

Speech 09/15/11

Give me a few examples of “particular others” in your life.

Word to Think About: Define: “perspective”

Speech 09/16/11

Give me a few views you have gained from a “generalized other” in society?

Word to Think About: Define: “generalized other”