Speech Performance

Becoming a confident and compelling speaker is as important to interpersonal and social well-being as it is to professional success. The interactive ebook Speech Performance: Public Speaking for All Occasions delves into the complexities of speech, balancing theoretical rigor that encourages critical thinking with a practical and pragmatic approach that guides learners at all levels to craft engaging speech performances.

The interactive ebook format allows students to read the text of each chapter and engage with digital learning activities—including assignments, quizzes, skill-building activities, and videos—all within a single system.

Readers learn to build trust with their audiences in person and online, create structurally sound speeches, evoke appropriate and effective emotional responses, and tell stories that will have audiences thinking deeply about what they’ve heard. As students navigate the process of honing their skills, the engaging text and videos balance the serious and playful sides of speechcraft, helping learners craft meaningful and memorable acts of public address.

Speech Performance is ideal for undergraduate courses in communication studies, specifically those that emphasize performance and public address. It is suitable for students at both introductory and advanced levels, offering a multifaceted examination of speech performance in theory and in practice.