Mastering Public Speaking

by George L. Grice, John F. Skinner

"Offering an ideal balance of theory and skills, this book provides a solid grounding in the how's and why's of public speaking, placing particular emphasis on critiquing, ethics, and critical thinking." Written in a casual, lively style and clearly organized, this edition of Mastering Public Speaking builds on its previous success. The fourth edition retains its popular and distinctive emphasis on the ethical contract between speaker and listener and on the value of critiquing speeches to improve your own skills. Learn how to think critically as you choose speech topics, conduct research, organize content, select language, manage nervousness, and deliver speeches." For anyone interested in Public Speaking.

Genres: Nonfiction, Textbooks

446 pages, Paperback

Published July 21, 1997

Reviews

[Andrea Hintz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this years ago and still use what I learned.

[Nat · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read most of it for a speech class so no review

[Reader2007 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for my speech class. It's well written. Everything you would ever want to know about speech. Unfortunately, it's incredibly boring.

[John Dow]

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[Samra · Rating 3 out of 5]

FINALLY finished the class. informative book but not something I would go out of way to read

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think everyone should take a public speaking class. This is a great book.

[Maddy Willow · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very informative, with understandable examples.

[Kristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

honestly there's not much to say except most of this feels like easy knowledge to come by and it was a boring textbook I just skimmed through most of it