The Essential Elements Of Public Speaking

This public speaking text is a concise, yet comprehensive exploration of the basic principles of public speaking, focusing on the essentials that a beginning student needs to know to prepare and deliver a speech. Research methods, critical thinking, and ethics are all emphasized and presented in unique ways. Briefer than many mainstream public speaking texts, this book helps students master key skills as quickly and efficiently as possible.

The Elements of Public Speaking, Seventh Edition provides a comprehensive survey of public speaking and uses integrated coverage of new technology, ethics, culture and gender, and critical thinking. The new edition also includes explanation of the use of presentation software programs to create complete slide shows.

Elements of Public Speaking, 7e, provides a highly engaging and comprehensive survey of public speaking in a flexible format adaptable to a variety of classrooms. The major themes of the new edition are its integrated coverage of new technology, inclusion of ethics, emphasis on listening, expanded coverage of culture and gender, and continued coverage of critical thinking.

"This text and this course will help you master the skills you'll need to give effective informative, persuasive, and special occasion speeches and to speak more effectively in and for a group. It will also teach you the skills of listening, especially the skills of critical listening. It will help you increase your personal and professional communication abilities and will enhance a wide variety of academic and career skills such as organization, research, and language usage"--

"This text and this course will help you master the skills you'll need to give effective informative, persuasive, and special occasion speeches and to speak more effectively in and for a group. It will also teach you the skills of listening, especially the skills of critical listening. It will help you increase your personal and professional communication abilities and will enhance a wide variety of academic and career skills such as organization, research, and language usage"--