Developing instruction in oral history: A new avenue for speech communication

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This article suggests that the field of speech communication should consider developing course work in oral history and indicates how oral history can be developed into a systematic program of study wherein students of speech communication can discover unique educational opportunities and benefits. An instructional program in oral history should be explored because: (1) oral history shapes the historical record in ways that cannot be achieved by written sources; (2) oral history is shaped by the memory of lived‐through experience; and (3) oral history is shaped by the process of dyadic communication.

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