Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank to accompany

A First Look at
Communication Theory
Sixth Edition
Em Griffin
Wheaton College prepared by

Glen McClish
San Diego State University and Emily J. Langan
Wheaton College

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PREFACE
Rationale
We agreed to produce the instructor’s manual for the sixth edition of A First Look at
Communication Theory because it’s a first-rate book and because we enjoy talking and writing about pedagogy. Yet when we recall the discussions we’ve had with colleagues about instructor’s manuals over the years, two unnerving comments stick with us: “I don’t find them much help”; and (even worse) “I never look at them.” And, if the truth be told, we were often the people making such points! With these statements in mind, we have done some serious soul-searching about the texts that so many teachers—ourselves included—frequently malign or ignore.
As we have considered our quandary, we have come face-to-face with the central paradox that characterizes the genre: Teaching manuals tend to be distant, mechanical, impersonal, and lifeless, when in fact good teaching is immediate, flexible, personal, and lively. In this manual, therefore, we have attempted to communicate to fellow teachers