Abstract
Addressing interdisciplinary cooperation in communication education, this article discusses obstacles and practical possibilities for linking speech communication instruction with English composition. It situates the issue within departmental traditions, curricular authority, faculty appointments, enrollment pressures, and earlier efforts to connect communication with other fields. The discussion then describes a local arrangement in which fundamentals of speech communication and English composition were scheduled in consecutive hours, required simultaneous registration, and coordinated assignments without changing course listings, faculty loads, or formal departmental structures. Shared themes included outlining, message organization, audience analysis, research, language, speaking, and writing. The article presents the arrangement as an administratively simple experiment that allowed disciplinary autonomy while helping students recognize connections between oral and written communication. It concludes that similar uses of existing structures may support practical interdisciplinary cooperation in communication curricula.
Recommended Citation
Wenger, Paul E. and Fischbach, Robert M.
(1983)
"Speech Communication Instruction: An Interdisciplinary Assessment,"
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin: Vol. 45, Article 10.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/aca/vol45/iss1/10
