The Teaching of Oral English in High Schools
Abstract
As a man thinks so does he become. What the man is so does he think. As a man talks so does he appear. man's most common means of communication. Speech is And communication with the least obtrusiveness of mechanistic impedimenta should be the basic principle of all speech. There must be something to say, the ability to say it correctly, and someone to listen. The receiver is as important as the speaker. "All life," says William James, comes back to the question of our speech, the medium through which we communicate with each other; for all life comes back to the question of our relations with each other. These relations are possible, are registered, and are successful in proportion as our speech is worthy of its human and social function; is developed, delicate, flexible, rich an adequate accomplished fact. The more we live by it, the more it promotes and enhances life. Its quality its authenticity, its security are hence supremely important for the general multifold opportunity, for the dignity and integrity of our existence."
Subject Area
Communication|Higher education|Higher Education Administration
Recommended Citation
Owens, Ethel I, "The Teaching of Oral English in High Schools" (1928). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097146.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097146
