The Art of Public Speaking by Stephen E. Lucas (2011, Paperback)

Synopsis
‘The Art of Public Speaking’ by Stephen E. Lucas is a practical guide to public speaking, useful for students and professionals to speak confidently before an audience. This public speaking book covers all major aspects of speech preparation and presentation, to make you a better public speaker. This book by Stephen E. Lucas has creative activities, vivid examples, and annotated speech samples, and provides a strong understanding of public speaking. ‘The Art of Public Speaking’ guides students to learn important concepts. ‘The Art of Public Speaking’ by Stephen E. Lucas is also useful for instructors for teaching public speaking. With the new Enhanced Speech Capture in this public speaking book, the instructors can evaluate live speeches using a customizable rubric in the classroom. This book by Stephen E. Lucas has an innovative Create system that automatically repaginates and re-numbers chapters, sections, graphs, and illustrations based on the instructor’s needs.

Key Details
Author:	Stephen E. Lucas
Language:	English
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill College
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0073406732
ISBN-13:	9780073406732

Additional Details
Edition Number:	11

Size
Length:	480 pages
Thickness:	0.8 in
Weight:	27.2 oz

Publisher's Note
The Art of Public Speaking 11e continues to define the art of being the best by helping today’s students become capable, responsible speakers and thinkers. With a strong focus on the practical skills of public speaking and grounded in classical and contemporary theories of rhetoric, The Art of Public Speaking offers full coverage of all major aspects of speech preparation and presentation. Utilizing the full suite of resources, students learn to internalize the principles of public speaking, build confidence through speech practice, and prepare for success in the classroom and beyond. With the new Enhanced Speech Capture in Connect Lucas, instructors now have the ability to evaluate live speeches using a customizable rubric in the classroom. Instructors may also upload speech videos on students’ behalf to create and manage true peer review assignments. With its ground-breaking adaptive learning system, Connect Lucas™ also helps students “know what they know,” while guiding them to experience and learn important concepts that they need to know to succeed.

With McGraw-Hill Create™ Reflow, instructors can now customize their Lucas 11e textbook to the section level, selecting and arranging only the sections covered in the course. The new Reflow system will automatically repaginate and re-number chapters, sections, graphs, and illustrations, based on how the instructor chooses to arrange them. This deep level of customization guarantees that students pay only for the content covered in the course.

The Art of Public Speaking 11e continues to define the art of being the best by helping today’s students become capable, responsible speakers and thinkers. With a strong focus on the practical skills of public speaking and grounded in classical and contemporary theories of rhetoric, The Art of Public Speaking offers full coverage of all major aspects of speech preparation and presentation. Utilizing the full suite of resources, students learn to internalize the principles of public speaking, build confidence through speech practice, and prepare for success in the classroom and beyond. With the new Enhanced Speech Capture in Connect Lucas, instructors now have the ability to evaluate live speeches using a customizable rubric in the classroom. Instructors may also upload speech videos on students’ behalf to create and manage true peer review assignments. With its ground-breaking adaptive learning system, Connect Lucas™ also helps students “know what they know,” while guiding them to experience and learn important concepts that they need to know to succeed.

With McGraw-Hill Create™, instructors can now customize their Lucas 11e textbook to the section level, selecting and arranging only the sections covered in the course. The new Create system will automatically repaginate and re-number chapters, sections, graphs, and illustrations, based on how the instructor chooses to arrange them. This deep level of customization guarantees that students pay only for the content covered in the course.