Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition

About the Book

Finally, a public speaking textbook that is written by a trained counselor and experienced teacher. As a concise learning and teaching tool, it speaks to students from all walks of life addressing the critical aspects of learning how to speak in public - perfect for new and experienced primary, middle and high school Language Arts, Gifted Education, Communication, Public Speaking and Debate, and ESL teachers and students, Home Schooling, and even for business professional training!

Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition - The Roadmap to Confident Communications!  presents twenty-one developmentally sequenced speech activities, each presenting appropriate learning skills with topics including:

-Invaluable, first-hand tips on Public Speaking

-Hands-on creation of your speech using webbing techniques

-Making nervousness work for you

-How to actively listen to a speech

-Performance Assessment tools for the presentation and text of the speech

-Brainstorming and group tactics

-How and when to use audio visuals including computer technologies

-Communication and language skills

-Speech psychology and body language

-Logic, persuasion, memory, and sales skills

-Language Arts Standards and Benchmarks Strategies for schools and districts

Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition - The Roadmap to Confident Communications!  is the only text available that:

-takes a skills-based humanistic and sometimes humorous approach to the psychology and strategies that must be in place before a person can develop as a speaker;

-improves students’ confidence by slowly and sequentially accentuating their essential speaking skills;

-serves as a primary resource for schools and districts satisfying their Language Arts learning standards for creating their writing, listening and speaking benchmarks;

-employs unique hands-on webbing techniques for creating speeches;

-is an updated version of a best-selling resource that was sold to schools, libraries, students, businesses and individuals interested in gaining the confidence to become better communicators.

Reflections on Basic Public Speaking

Basic Public Speaking is recommended reading for all students.

Written in a 2nd person voice, it is an informative, easy-to-follow text, which is liberally sprinkled with refreshing and appropriate humor.  This new title offers even more firsthand tips and group tactics for the novice speech student as well as the seasoned elocutionist.  I highly recommend it for every student’s backpack!

My school, along with countless others uses Basic Public Speaking as our main textbook for teaching speaking skills in our Language Arts Department.  I have seen hundreds of students over the years benefit from using Mr. Parker´s work.  It is sound, helpful, and amusing.  It doesn´t talk down to students, nor over their heads.  Instead, it chats informally with them and invites them to come along for a ride that will be fun.  Beyond that, it is full of practical, graduated-in-difficulty experiences and evaluative tools.  Here is a book that is crying out to be expanded and marketed so that it reaches a wider audience.  Without reservation, I highly recommend it for your school or program.

There is no better book on the market for everyone who wants to learn how to speak with confidence.  This book works as brilliantly in the classroom as a primary textbook as it does in the business community as a professional development tool.  I highly recommend it!

About the Author

As a trained child counselor and veteran Speech and English teacher, Douglas Parker successfully coached his Debate and Speech teams winning numerous local, state, national, and four international titles representing America at the English Speaking Union's Final Competitions in London, England where Mr. Parker coached the American Team twice. In Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition - The Roadmap to Confident Communications!, Mr. Parker shares his experiences and classroom gifts with everyone who wants to discover Public Speaking from the thinking and feeling learner's point of view, earning his title the coveted status of “Recommended for all readers” by the New York State Library Association. Diana Stanley, President of Assist Systems for Education, notes, “This book works as brilliantly in the classroom as a primary textbook as it does in the business community as a professional development tool. I highly recommend it!”