COMM12033 - Speech and Script

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Speech writing and writing for the ear are critical skills in the professional writer's toolkit. This unit considers aspects of speech as it is applied in corporate and media settings. Topics covered include historical and rhetorical perspectives on speech, speech as ‘institutional talk’, broadcast talk, corporate speech, and writing for speech, including script-writing. You will complete theory-based practical assessment and speech-writing tasks as part of this unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: Minimum of 36 Units of Credit

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

Term 1 - 2024 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Self assessment 10%
2. Portfolio 45%
3. Practical and Written Assessment 45%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 0.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student Evaluation Survey
Feedback
Students suggested re-ordering of learning materials (order of topics) to better accommodate timing of assessments.
Recommendation
Shift content from latter weeks of the term earlier, as students have identified this content interesting and valuable, but have less time to engage with these topics at the end of the term.
Action Taken
Unit content was not shifted, but students were directed towards this later content and encourage to view it earlier in the term.
Source: Student Evaluation Survey
Feedback
Teaching staff were highly engaged and provided safe environments for students to be collaborative and critically explore learning material.
Recommendation
Continue to support learning environments in which students feel well supported and strive for excellence according to their personal goals.
Action Taken
Learning environments where students felt well supported to strive for excellence were maintained.
Source: Teaching Staff Evaluation
Feedback
The practical elements of assessment are useful for student mastery of spoken communication skills
Recommendation
Although the unit is terminating from 2024, these practical assessment approaches should be applied to other units.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Reflect on the manner and use of speech and verbal communication in the modern media environment
  2. Discuss effective speech making from a range of historical and cultural perspectives
  3. Explain social practices behind institutional talk
  4. Demonstrate differences in writing styles between genres of speech
  5. Write and deliver speech effectively over a range of genres.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Self assessment •
2 - Portfolio • •
3 - Practical and Written Assessment • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • •
8 - Ethical practice • • • • •
9 - Social Innovation • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Self assessment • • • •
2 - Portfolio • • • • • • •
3 - Practical and Written Assessment • • • • • • •