Communicate! (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)
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About the Author Rudolph F. Verderber, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Communication Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati and former National Speaker's Association Professor of the Year is one of the all-time best-selling communication studies authors. The strength of his basic texts lies in his ability to explain and exemplify concepts, theories, and skills to introductory level students. His Cengage texts-COMMUNICATE, THE CHALLENGE OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING, COMM, and SPEAK-have a reputation for being student favorites due to their accessible presentation of theory and skills. Read more
Reviews
A nice overview of the different types of communication and some of the basic mechanical elements that people fail to consider in their attempts to improve their communication. People approach communication in much the way they do pool. They just start shooting balls and wonder why they never get any better at it. Then somebody actually takes the time to show them the principles of English on the ball, and maybe some geometry of equivalent angles, etc. and all of a sudden their game improves. You need to study communication, it helps, really.What I felt was lacking in this volume were some interactive exercises. I feel that the classroom is the time to milk that opportunity to make it into a communication gymnasium because very few other contexts will ever be as ripe for this as the college classroom.