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SPEECH 100: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION PAPER & PRESENTATION INFORMATION

Throughout the semester, we’ve learned of a wide variety of aspects relating to the methodology and concepts of interpersonal communication. And that variety’s rather wide—items like how we communicate non-verbally on a daily basis to communicating effectively across multicultural bounds are just slivers of the massive breadth of study that encapsulates interpersonal communication. For your interpersonal communication paper and presentation in this class, I’ll be turning over the reins of the classroom to you. You’ll be responsible for researching and writing an interpersonal communication paper covering a specific aspect of interpersonal communication, in which we’ll be deputizing you as the class expert. You’ll also present your findings in a brief yet educational oral presentation to the class, so that others may learn or review from you—and hopefully will be better prepared for the final exam after hearing it from another source. THE SELECTION A sign-up sheet will be distributed to students to select the specific aspect of interpersonal communication that you will be covering for your paper. What you sign up for is what you’ll be studying for the paper and presentation. No changes will be allowed without prior approval. Also, there may not be an opportunity for changes if there is nothing available to change to. Most of the available aspects of interpersonal communication will be based off the major chapter subdivisions in the textbook (e.g. from the Language chapter, topics could be “The Nature of Language,” “The Impact of Language,” “Uses (and Abuses) of Language,” “Gender and Language”). THE PAPER The Interpersonal Communication Paper should be about 5 pages in length, excluding title and references pages. The Interpersonal Communication Paper will consist primarily of research sourced and derived from academic journal articles, which can be found via the Citrus College library’s website. (Note that most academic journal articles are NOT available via Google or other primary search engines.) Your textbook may NOT be used as a reference for the paper, only as a starting point for understanding your aspect of interpersonal communication. It is up to you to create an original report on your particular, selected aspect of interpersonal communication. The paper will consist of the following components listed in this order (please use these subheads in your paper):

- APA format title page - Introduction - Application (How does this aspect of interpersonal communication fit into the real world? Where is it used?)

[this section should be written in third-person, must have moderate in-text citations and references to academic sources you’ve researched]

- Research and History (What sorts of research has been done on this aspect of interpersonal communication?) [this section should be of considerable length, should be written in third-person, must have strong in-text citations and references to academic sources you’ve researched]

- Personal Affiliation (In what ways have YOU applied this aspect of interpersonal communication to your daily life?) [feel free to write in first person here]

- Conclusion - APA formatted References page (start on a new page separate from the rest of the paper)

FORMATTING APA conformity is crucial in maintaining a strong assignment grade. All references must be cited in APA format within the paper’s narrative and also listed on the References page. Wiki- and/or -pedia citations are not allowed. All references should be of valid, sound academic value. News reports must be culled from legitimate, reputable organizations. Online blogs and non-academically sourced websites are unacceptable. Several qualifying references must appear in the References page (a minimum of 5 are acceptable for a paper of this caliber). Formatting is a graded component of the paper. Therefore, papers lacking quality, academically-sound sources will also be subjected to point deductions. APA info available here: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ Note: Those “automatic” APA citation tools available online are not perfect and may miss components of proper style for your references list or in-text citations. Therefore, I strongly urge you to double-check the citations with an APA Style Publication Manual before submitting.

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Please submit your paper using 12 pt. Times New Roman font only throughout the entire document (including headers/footers). Papers must also be double-spaced, with 1" margins all around. Page numbers must be included per APA specifications (upper right hand corner with running head). Please note that because this is a Communication class and due to your instructor’s professional writing background, items like spelling, punctuation, word usage and overall grammatical quality will be factored in as a sizable portion of the paper’s overall grade, so please proofread and spell-check your document before submitting. Other very important writing-related items to know:

! Eliminate use of contractions, unless used within a direct quote ! Reduce usage of first-person in the paper whenever possible (“I” or “me”) and use second-person

references (“you”) only if totally necessary (this should be rare to never) ! Do not use exclamation points (!!!!) ! Time is written as a.m. or p.m., not as am or pm, nor as AM or PM ! Money: It’s $6 million, $23 billion, $240,000 or $104. Don’t write out the entire number (six million, two

hundred forty thousand dollars). Do not write the word “dollars” either, as that’s what the dollar sign automatically signifies.

! Round up/down when necessary. Do not tell me that exactly 23,918,189 people watched the TV show. Use “approximately 24 million people” instead. Please. "

! Please form actual paragraphs rather than solid pages of unbroken text ! Use proper capitalization and punctuation when necessary, especially with proper nouns and trademarked

products/services (e.g., iPod, not Ipod or i-pod) ! Don’t use “in today’s society” or “in this day and age” or any of their variations/derivatives — this gets super

boring after reading dozens of papers with the same statement (or sometimes the same statement in the same paper over and over)

! Italicize or use “quotation marks” for titles of songs, albums, books, publications and other artistic/creative works

! When discussing people, use first and last names only on first reference within the body of the paper; use last names only on all subsequent references (unless two people mentioned in the paper share the same last name, in which case use full names on all references)

! Try to avoid the overuse of direct quotes — paraphrase information when possible for brevity and clarity As you can surmise the above list of items (and I cannot emphasize this enough): I am really picky about writing quality. SUBMITTING THE PAPER The Interpersonal Communication Paper is to be received by the instructor via e-mail no later than Wed., July 22nd at 3:00 p.m. Files must be attached in MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT FORMAT ONLY. Papers received up to 24 hours after deadline will only receive half credit (35 points maximum). Papers received more than 24 hours after deadline will not receive ANY credit. There are NO exceptions to this deadline. Do not submit a hard copy in lieu of the e-mailed paper (electronic paper submissions only). PAPERS WILL BE SCANNED VIA PLAGIARISM DETECTION SOFTWARE. E-mail the paper to me at [email protected]. Also, cc: the e-mail to [email protected] and cc: it back to yourself to make sure it was sent out. One way to guarantee that the instructor receives your paper is to send it well before the deadline. The instructor sends out confirmation e-mails to all paper submissions. If you do not receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your paper from the instructor that same day, you must assume it was NOT RECEIVED. When you submit your e-mail, the subject line AND the attached Word document filename should look like this: YOUR LAST NAME_FIRST INITIAL_100_ICPAPER (for example, if I were submitting a paper: RASHIDI_W_100_ ICPAPER is my subject line; RASHIDI_W_100_ ICPAPER.docx is my filename). Do not delete the extension on the file name. GRADING The paper is worth 70 points and will be graded via a variety of categories including compositional quality, formatting, citations/references, depth and significance of information provided in each section, plus adherence to protocol and assignment instructions. I will do my best to have grades posted and papers returned within a week from submittal, but this is not guaranteed.

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CONTENT 30 POINTS FORMATTING 25 POINTS COMPOSITION 15 POINTS TOTAL 70 POINTS

THE PRESENTATION Each student will conduct 4-5 minute presentations of their findings in class on Wed., July 22nd. Presentation order will be selected at random on the presentation day. These presentations must be educational in value. Students do not need to dress formally for these presentations. Students must use a non-electronic visual that is relevant and tasteful to better enhance the presentation’s learning experience. Presentations will be timed and video recorded (for the instructor’s playback use only), so it is important that presentations are well rehearsed beforehand. One 4x6” index card is allowed, though students will be graded on audience connection and knowledge of information without the assistance of card/notes. QUESTIONS? Call me: 626-914-8587. E-mail me: [email protected]. See me: TC-126. Please note: I do not pre-read entire papers, however I will be happy to answer any specific questions you may have about your paper or review certain sections.