Suggests that the increasingly globalized United States society is composed of numerous speech communities. Discusses how instructors of international and intercultural communication can use the sociolinguistic concept of speech community and its concomitant six aspects to organize their curricula and classroom activities efficiently and…

Presents several exercises to be used with student actors. Notes that the exercises show how actors reach emotions through the senses and help student actors eliminate self-consciousness. (RS)

Describes a communication exercise to be done with a class or a group, which shows how information changes as it passes from person to person. (SR)

Discusses a class activity designed to demythologize Shakespeare, to show that he aimed his craft at drawing a crowd to the theater. Discusses an eight-step process by which students draw the Globe Theater. Addresses how design elements reflect Shakespeare's time. (RS)

Discusses ways of designing a review for a test, or a test itself, as a treasure hunt. Offers suggestions for how to set up the game. Presents 10 sample clues for a grammar test and 10 sample clues for a literature test. (RS)

Presents seven ethical situations faced by school newspaper advisors and editors, including printing quotes incorporating vulgar language, which advertisements to run, and use of press releases. (RS)

Describes a class activity to help students gain insights into the collaborative process and to launch them into a collaborative report. (SR)

Describe use of the galvanic skin response meter, in conjunction with class discussion, as an effective method for explaining the elusive concepts of "connotation" and "connotative value." (SR)

Details how a fifth-grade teacher implemented Roger Farr's "Think-Along" strategy for developing metacognitive reading strategies for use with the novel "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr. (SR)

Describes one teacher's difficulty in getting his eighth-grade students to revise their writing. Discusses his successful use of writing "skeletons" to help define what revision is and to teach a structure for one type of revision. (SR)

Describes the use of Spike Lee's film "Jungle Fever" in an introductory communication theory class. Demonstrates how the film can be used to help students understand four metatheoretical perspectives: laws, rules, systems, and critical approaches. Discusses when and how to use the film in class. (SR)

Describes how the film "The Dream Team" can be used in a small group communication course as a visual case study, presenting clearly and in detail many of the most central group development processes, including cohesiveness, norms, roles, leadership, and group development. (SR)

Provides an overview of the issues involved in providing listening instruction to those who work or are preparing to work in organizations. Poses questions regarding the nature of listening and listening instruction. Suggests a behavioral approach and examines its benefits and concerns. Appends three sample activities to facilitate listening…

Describes SimBiz, a computer-mediated simulation of business communication using e-mail. (SR)

Describes two lessons in communication skills that help students overcome shyness and develop friendships by learning to keep a conversation going and by drawing others into the conversation through self-disclosure. (MM)