O'Hair, Dan.
Public speaking : challenges and choices / Dan O'Hair, Rob Stewart with Hannah Rubenstein. - Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's Press, c1999. - xxx, 443 p. ; col. ill., appendix, index ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Part 1: Challenges and choices in public speaking - Why public speaking -- Benefits of public speaking -- Public speaking and the communication process -- Public speech and pluralistic voices -- Challenges and choices of public speaking -- Speaking in public: a real world perspective -- Part 2: Getting started with confidence: The roots of public speaking anxiety --Public speaking anxiety: forms and consequences -- Strategies for getting started with confidence -- Giving it a try: doing a first speech in class -- Public speaking in cultural perspective -- Part 3: Listeners and speakers -- Listening: a complex human behavior Active listening: overcoming obstacles -- Active listening and critical thinking -- Evaluating speeches -- Focus on ethics
0312137222 (pbk.)
97065197
Public speaking.
PN4121.O46
808.5/1
Public speaking : challenges and choices / Dan O'Hair, Rob Stewart with Hannah Rubenstein. - Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's Press, c1999. - xxx, 443 p. ; col. ill., appendix, index ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Part 1: Challenges and choices in public speaking - Why public speaking -- Benefits of public speaking -- Public speaking and the communication process -- Public speech and pluralistic voices -- Challenges and choices of public speaking -- Speaking in public: a real world perspective -- Part 2: Getting started with confidence: The roots of public speaking anxiety --Public speaking anxiety: forms and consequences -- Strategies for getting started with confidence -- Giving it a try: doing a first speech in class -- Public speaking in cultural perspective -- Part 3: Listeners and speakers -- Listening: a complex human behavior Active listening: overcoming obstacles -- Active listening and critical thinking -- Evaluating speeches -- Focus on ethics
0312137222 (pbk.)
97065197
Public speaking.
PN4121.O46
808.5/1