Personal and Public Speaking provides a theoretical foundation that allows students to attain the practical skills needed to survive in life�s endeavors and succeed as oral communicators in the working world. It provides students with information in conversing, interviewing, discussing, and public speaking. Further, the text presents an overview of the communication process and the factors that influence the art of communicating orally. Sections on mass communication broaden the scope of the book�s coverage, providing information about the component of American life brought to us by the media. Lists of communicative competencies that are expected of college graduates are included.

PART ONE : OVERVIEW: THE NATURE OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION

Chapter 1 Communicating Competently
Chapter 2 Communicating Orally
Chapter 3 Personal and Public Types of Communication

PART TWO : FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ACT OF COMMUNICATING

Chapter 4 The Communicators
Chapter 5 Perceiving the World
Chapter 6 The Self in Communication
Chapter 7 Anxious Communicators
Chapter 8 Language and Meaning
Chapter 9 Verbalizing Orally
Chapter 10 Communicating Nonverbally
Chapter 11 Listening
Chapter 12 Relating Interpersonally
Chapter 13 Conflict and Communication
Chapter 14 Communicating Interculturally

PART THREE : ORAL COMMUNICATIVE ACTS

Chapter 15 Mass Communication
Chapter 16 Conversation: Social Intercourse
Chapter 17 The Interview
Chapter 18 Group Discussion
Chapter 19 Methods of Group Discussion
Chapter 20 Public Speaking: Preliminary Steps
Chapter 21 Investigating the Speech Subject
Chapter 22 Organizing the Speech
Chapter 23 Informing and Persuading
Chapter 24 Delivering the Speech

Notes
Bibliography
Answer Key
Index