Public speaking : challenges and choices / Dan O'Hair, Rob Stewart with Hannah Rubenstein.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's Press, c1999Description: xxx, 443 p. ; col. ill., appendix, index ; 26 cmISBN: 0312137222 (pbk.)Subject(s): Public speakingDDC classification: 808.5/1 LOC classification: PN4121.O46Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY General Stacks | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY | PN4121.O46 (Browse shelf) | Available | K/2939/0037/23 |
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
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