| Description |
viii, 280 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1 Prologue -- The untaught skills -- The solitary and the social -- pt. 2 Uninterrupted speech -- "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 -- pt. 3 Silent listening -- With the mind's ear -- Writing while and after listening -- pt. 4 Two-way talk -- 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 -- pt. 5 Epilogue -- Conversation in human life. |
| Subject |
Oral communication -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
0025005707 |
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