Practically Speaking
- ISBN-10
- 0195337662
- ISBN-13
- 9780195337662
- Series
- Practically Speaking
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- J. Dan Rothwell
Description
Fresh and Practical Advice You Will Need Sound Scholarship You Can Trust All at a Price You Won't Believe Practically Speaking is a brief text that covers the essentials of public speaking without sacrificing student interest or sound scholarship. Using a conversational and edgy style, author Dan Rothwell gives practical advice and a fresh perspective on classic and contemporary theories and research. This essential guide provides students with a solid foundation in public speaking and then teaches them how to add their own voices to the conversation. Features * Each chapter follows the rules of good organizational logic presented in Chapter 7 * Unique and humorous examples, stories, quotations, photos, and cartoons; intense, dramatic, and poignant illustrations; vivid language and metaphors; and startling statistics and historical facts * Numerous pop-culture references and newsworthy events * More than 500 sources, both classic and contemporary * The "Communication Competence Model", carefully developed in Chapter 1, serves as the theoretical basis for all advice offered * A unique Chapter (9), "Skepticism: Becoming Critical Thinking Speakers and Listeners" * A separate chapter on speech anxiety * A full chapter on gaining and maintaining attention * Two full chapters on persuasive speaking that provide theoretical explanations for general and specific persuasive strategies
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