Well Spoken - Softcover

Palmer, Erik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1571108815 ISBN 13: 9781571108814

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

All teachers at all grade levels in all subjects have speaking assignments for students, but many teachers believe they don’t know how to teach speaking, and many even fear public speaking themselves.
In his new book, Well Spoken, veteran teacher and education consultant Erik Palmer shares the art of teaching speaking in any classroom. Teachers will find thoughtful and engaging strategies for integrating speaking skills throughout the curriculum. Palmer stresses the essential elements of all effective oral communication, including:
· Building a Speech: Audience, Content, Organization, Visual Aids, and Appearance
· Performing a Speech: Poise, Voice, Life, Eye Contact, Gestures, and Speed
· Evaluating a Speech: Creating Effective Rubrics,  Guiding Students to Excellence

Well Spoken contains a framework for understanding the skills involved in all effective oral communication, offers practical steps and lesson ideas that any teacher needs to successfully teach speaking in a variety of situations—from classroom discussions to  formal presentations—and includes a set of tools for students—from how to grab the audience’s attention to how to use emphatic hand gestures and adjust speed for effect.

Discover why, year after year, students returned to Palmer’s classroom to thank him for teaching them how to be well spoken. You may find, after reading this book, that you have become a better speaker, too.

About this title

About the Author:

Erik Palmer is an educational consultant from Denver, Colorado.  He is a frequent presenter at national, regional, and state conferences.  He has given keynotes and led workshops for districts across the US and schools around the world.  Palmer focuses on two topics: improving oral communication (student and adult) and updating instruction.  

He is the author of five books: Well-Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students (Stenhouse Publishers, 2011); Digitally Speaking: How to Improve Student Presentations with Technology (Stenhouse Publishers, 2012); Teaching the Core Skills of Listening & Speaking (ASCD, 2014); Researching in a Digital World (ASCD, 2015); and Good Thinking:Teaching Argument, Persuasion, and Reasoning (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016).

Palmer is a program consultant with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt contributing to their Collections and Journeys language arts programs.

Review:

"This is the most comprehensive book, written with delightful style and humor and above all with details that are specific and instructive. Well Spoken has the answers." - The Gifted Education Communicator 


"A must for any educator who values public speaking and wants to impart that value on to their students." - Library Bookwatch


"Palmer's new book is perhaps the best resource for teachers of any content area. It is concise, clear, and organized, with practical ideas and suggestions that can easily be implemented into any classroom, not just English classrooms." - Seeking Serenity in Chaos blog


"The teaching strategies and curriculum laid out in Well Spoken are very clear and could easily be adapted to any age level." - EducationWorld.com


"I have already seen an improvement based on his ideas for building a speech that enhanced what I was already doing." - Snapshots of Mrs. V blog

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1571108815
• ISBN 13: 9781571108814
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160