WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VOICE REINTEGRATING THE ORAL IN THE CURRENT WRITING CLASSROOM

• Published in: Traditions of Eloquence: The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies p. 379
• Main Author: Vincent Casaregola
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Fordham University Press 25.03.2016
• Subjects: Acoustics; Applied sciences; Arts; Christian philosophy; Christianity; Church groups; Communications; Discourse; Ecclesiology; Education; Emerging technology; Formal education; Humanities instruction; Language arts; Literary genres; Literature; Music; Music theory; Musical rhythm; Musical time; Oral literature; Pedagogy; Performing arts; Physical sciences; Physics; Religion; Religious organizations; Rhetoric; Social sciences; Society of Jesus; Sound; Speech; Spiritual belief systems; Spoken communication; Technological change; Technology; Writing; Writing instruction; Written communication
• ISBN: 0823264521; 9780823264520

Over thirty years ago, Stanley Fish wrote a book asking, “Is there a text in this class?” A different but parallel question echoes in my mind today: “Is there avoicein this class?” During any particular week in the semester, as I look out over a class about to begin, I witness students absorbed in a variety of texts and images appearing on the screens of their electronic notebooks, tablets, smartphones, and other devices. As I listen, I seem to I hear fewer words being spoken, the pre-class buzz of many voices increasingly replaced by what, to me, is