Communicate!

by VERDERBER

• ISBN13: 9780534179281
• ISBN10: 0534179282
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This market-leading text is continually praised by reviewers for its clear, practical, and successful method of training students to master the skills of human communication. This introductory human communication text covers interpersonal communication, small group communication, and public speaking. With a consistent model of theoretical explanation followed by numerous practical examples, activities, sample visual scenarios and speeches, self-assessment, and review, students cannot help but to become ethical, competent communicators in our mediated world.

Table of Contents

PART I Introduction	1	(28)
Communication Perspective	3	(26)
PART II Establishing a Communication Foundation	29	(90)
Perception of Self & Others	31	(30)
Verbal Communication	61	(28)
Nonverbal Communication	89	(30)
PART III Interpersonal Communication	119	(126)
Communicating Ideas & Feelings	121	(34)
Listening Skills	155	(28)
Response Skills	183	(30)
Communication in Relationships	213	(32)
PART IV Group Communication	245	(52)
Participating in Work Groups	247	(30)
Leadership in Groups	277	(20)
PART V Public Speaking	297	(174)
Selecting Your Topic & Formulating Your Goal	299	(24)
Finding, Using & Recording Information	323	(24)
Organizing Speech Material	347	(26)
Presenting Your Speech	373	(32)
Informative Speaking	405	(32)
Persuasive Speaking	437	(34)
Module A Interviewing for Information	471	(8)
Module B Job Interviewing	479	(10)
Appendix Samples & Analyses	489	(10)
Index	499