Communicate! - Softcover

Patrick Lahey; Rudolph F. Verderber; Mary Trant

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0176415904 ISBN 13: 9780176415907

Publisher: Nelson College Indigenous, 2004

Synopsis

Using a clear, concise writing style that is engaging and straightforward, Communicate! combines theory, skills, practice, and competency evaluation to guide students towards genuine communication competence. Communicate! features information and examples that are relevant and meaningful to readers in our modern, multicultural Canadian society. The text integrates four central themes especially pertinent to communication in professional and academic contexts in Canada communication and culture, communication and gender, communication ethics, and communication and technology. The First Canadian Edition of Communicate! continues to utilize a reliable six-step teaching model, successfully integrated through ten U.S. editions, by explanations of communication theories that provide the foundation for specific skills, examples which enable students to identify effective skill usage, analysis of the steps involved in the performance of skills, practice in following the steps to perform the skills, self-assessment through which students can work toward mastery of key skills, and a review.

About this title

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.

Kathleen S. Verderber (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati) is Associate Professor of Management Emeritus at Northern Kentucky University. She holds an M.A. in speech communication, as well as an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Verderber has consulted with various civic, professional, and business organizations. She has published numerous articles in several journals, and has presented papers at communication and management conferences.

Review

"The Verderber's have done it again. They have created an easy to understand, interesting, and engaging textbook that fits the bill for the interpersonal/public communication course. Tucked away in the chapter on relationships is a gem of a discussion about relationships that develop on the Internet. You can't go wrong with this one!"

"This text is probably the best in the field. It is thorough, complete and well written... It can be used in a variety of hybrid intro courses. The instructor can take from it that which he or she chooses."

"I have been using the Verderber text for four years and have come to love it!!! I find the examples to be up-to-date and well researched. The text is well organized with plenty of photos, diagrams and drawings. A lot of discussion points are great classroom exercises. I would recommend this text to my peers."

"The Verderber text is still the best introductory hybrid speech book on the market. One of the reasons we prefer the book for our speech sections is that it offers instructors a wide range of options for focus and assignments and provides students with a good introduction to the discipline."

Edition details

• Publisher: Nelson College Indigenous
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0176415904
• ISBN 13: 9780176415907
• Binding: Paperback