Description |
viii, 280 pages ; 21 cm |
Note |
Originally published: New York : Macmillan, c1983. |
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Companion volume to: How to read a book. |
Contents |
The untaught skills -- The solitary and the social -- "That's just rhetoric!" -- The "sales talk" and other forms of persuasive speech -- Lectures and other forms of instructive speech -- Preparing and delivering a speech -- With the mind's ear -- Writing while and after listening -- Question and answer sessions : forums -- The variety of conversations -- How to make conversation profitable and pleasurable -- The meeting of minds -- Seminars : teaching and learning by discussion -- Conversation in human life. |
Summary |
Explains the fundamental principles of communicating through speech, with sections on such specialized presentations as the sales talk, the lecture, and question-and-answer sessions and advice on effective listening and learning by discussion. |
Subject |
Oral communication -- Popular works.
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Listening.
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Public speaking.
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ISBN |
9780684846477 |
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0684846470 |
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