Confidence in Public Speaking Telecourse Version
by Nelson, Paul E.; Pearson, Judy C.Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-10-13
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
Balancing theory and research with plentiful real-world examples, Confidence in Public Speaking, Eighth Edition, offers a clear, straightforward guide to preparing, organizing, and delivering effective public speeches and also shows students how to reduce anxiety and analyze an audience. Thebook accompanies GPN Media's Speaking With Confidence series, available on videocassettes or as a telecourse. Features: * Employs an incremental "building-blocks" approach to developing communication skills * Integrates new examples from recent student speeches * Covers the ethics of communication in nearly every chapter * Includes speeches by a wide diversity of speakers, including African Americans, Native Americans, old and young men and women, the visually challenged, and others * Each chapter offers brief, boxed "Reality Checks" that are designed to show public speaking's relevance outside the classroom * Stimulating graphics demonstrate concepts through drawings and models * End-of-chapter narratives summarize or illustrate the content of the chapter * Vocabulary, Application Exercises, and Application Assignments have been updated and offer practical applications New to the Eighth Edition: * Two new themed boxes have been added to each chapter: "Celebrating Diversity" boxes feature examples from diverse cultural groups, while "On the Web" boxes provide lists of informative websites * Three chapters from the Sixth Edition, which were not included in the Seventh Edition, have been updated and restored in this new edition: "Speeches for Special Occasions," "Speech Criticism," and "Dynamics of Small Group Discussion" * Most chapters include one or more relevant principles from the NCA Credo on Ethics * The "Finding Information" chapter offers updated coverage on the use of Internet search engines * The "Presentational Aids" chapter features use of PowerPoint software * Additional questions have been added to the beginning of each chapter * A completely revamped and updated Student Study Guide and Instructor's Manual/Testing Program are also available
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Why Study Public Speaking? | |
| The Seven Basic Elements of the Public Speaking Process | |
| Confidence in Public Speaking | |
| Listening and Ethics | |
| The Importance of Listening | |
| Three Myths About Listening | |
| The Process of Listening | |
| Barriers to Effective Listening | |
| Informative Listening | |
| Evaluative Listening | |
| Ethics and the Listener | |
| Respect All Cultural Groups | |
| The Audience | |
| Audience Analysis | |
| Methods of Audience Analysis | |
| Situational Analysis | |
| The Uniqueness of the Classroom Audience | |
| Adapting to Your Audience | |
| Ethics and the Audience | |
| The Speaker | |
| The Speaker-Audience Relationship | |
| What Do Audiences Want? | |
| How Do You Introduce Another Speaker? | |
| How to Avoid Plagiarism | |
| Selecting a Topic and Purpose | |
| Purposes of Speeches | |
| Topic Selection | |
| Evaluating Topics | |
| Finding Information | |
| Researching Effectively | |
| Personal Experience as a Source of Information | |
| Interviewing for Information | |
| Using the Library for Information | |
| Searching the Internet for Information | |
| Creating the Bibliography | |
| Ethics in Research: Oral Footnotes | |
| Speech Organization and Outlining | |
| The Importance of Organization | |
| Organizing the Body of the Speech | |
| Consider the Connections | |
| Principles of Outlining | |
| Types of Outlines | |
| The Ethical and Effective Use of Evidence, Proof, and Argument | |
| How Can Evidence Be Used Ethically and Effectively in the Persuasive Speech? | |
| Using Proof Ethically and Effectively | |
| Components of an Argument | |
| Additional Ethical Concerns | |
| Introducing and Concluding Your Speech | |
| The Functions of an Introduction | |
| Demonstrating the Functions in a Speech | |
| The Functions of a Conclusion | |
| Methods of Concluding Your Speech | |
| Suggestions for Concluding Your Speech | |
| Language in Public Speaking | |
| How Do Words Provide Power? | |
| Does Spoken Language Differ From Written Language? | |
| Avoiding Problems With Your Words | |
| What Words Should You Use? | |
| Using Words Ethically | |
| Suggestions for Language in Public Speaking | |
| Delivering Your Speech | |
| What Is Effective Delivery? | |
| What Are Four Modes of Delivery? | |
| How Can You Use Your Voice Effectively? | |
| How Can You Use Your Body to Communicate Effectively? | |
| How Can You Improve Your Delivery? | |
| Presentational Aids | |
| Why Use Presentational Aids? | |
| Factors Affecting the Use of Presentational Aids | |
| What Are the Types of Presentational Aids? | |
| Informative Speaking | |
| Two Rhetorical Principles of Informative Speaking | |
| What Are Four Purposes of Informative Speaking? | |
| Learning Styles and Informative Speaking | |
| Five Principles of Learning | |
| Skills for the Informative Speaker | |
| Ethics and Informative Speaking | |
| Persuasive and Presentational Speaking | |
| What Is Persuasive Speaking? | |
| Why Is Persuasive Speaking an Important Topic? | |
| Three Purposes of Persuasive Speaking | |
| What Is Being Influenced? | |
| Principles of Persuasion | |
| Types of Persuasive Speeches | |
| Ethics and Persuasive Speaking | |
| Speeches for Special Occasions | |
| The Speech of Introduction | |
| Guidelines for Giving a Speech of Introduction | |
| Speech Criticism | |
| The Value of Criticism | |
| A Brief History of Criticism | |
| Biases in Evaluating Speeches | |
| Training Yourself to Be a Better Evaluator | |
| Dynamics of Small Group Discussion | |
| Understanding Small Group Communication | |
| Communication and the Development of Group Culture | |
| Development of Group Norms | |
| Development of Role Structure | |
| Networks of Communication | |
| Group Climate | |
| Being an Ethical Group Member | |
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