Completely integrated with NEW online tools that actively prepare students to create effective speeches and NEW brief in-text speech elements that address the way today's students learn, the 15th edition of THE CHALLENGE OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING, International Edition is a valuable teaching partner for your course. Pioneers in skills-based public speaking instruction, Verderber and Verderber have perfected their book's "Speech Planning Action Steps," which resourcefully guide students through speech creation as they progress through six Action Steps--topic selection, audience analysis and adaptation, effective research, organization, visual aids, and language and delivery. The Verderbers, together with new coauthor Deanna D. Sellnow, have enhanced this nationwide best seller in many ways. The authors give your students an exceptional foundation for creating and delivering their speeches, including the latest research, numerous in-text activities, more techniques to help them address anxiety and ethical issues that speakers face, new critical-thinking and reflection prompts that help students think logically about the speech-making process, and much more.
Do you want to ace your public speaking course? All you need to know, including all of the skills that will help you become a confident speaker and conquer speaking...
Wadsworth's best selling Public Speaking text, the Verderbers' CHALLENGE OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING, features a skills-oriented, mainstream approach that has effectively led hundreds of thousands of students through the challenges they...
Authors Rudy and Kathie Verderber, together with new coauthor Deanna D. Sellnow, have grounded this new edition with the latest research to give you an exceptional resource for creating and delivering your speeches.
A favorite with students, this best seller guides you through six key "Speech Planning Action Steps." The result? You'll learn how to prepare and deliver strong speeches that get you good grades in your public speaking course!
The Challenge of Effective Speaking
Challenge of Effective Speaking in a Digital Age
Grounded in the latest research, this new edition is an exceptional resource for creating and delivering speeches.
This invaluable guide helps students master the concepts presented in the text.
Challenge Effective Speaking
Prepared by Constance M. Ruzich (Robert Morris College). New for this edition. Complements and expands students' understanding of the book.