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Thank you. I placed an order for the Public Speaking An Audience Centered Approach 6th edition on July 11 and was told the book would arrive around July 17 or August 3 and it is now August 13 and I still don't have my book. Can you please refund my money back.
This was a great buy, with a great price and fast delivery. I will never buy a book at my school bookstore again.
I agree with the audience-centered focus to public speaking. I like Beebe's perspective on the field of communication studies, and I value his work. I worked in developing instructional materials to support this book and used the book in my teaching.
This book contains so much information, but it is set out in a way you can easily read and retain it.
As another reviewer points out, Audience Centered public speaking dates back at least as far back as Aristotle.In keeping with the new-fangled approaches towards learning, 'Pubic Speaking: An Audience Centered Approach' offers the student a full multi-media experience, that is reflected in the price. What is more, you can actually see the speeches being delivered through examples provided by online video clips.
You might fid it worth it, or you might not. Without a doubt the price for this package is a little steep.
'Audience Centered' seems to be an obvious off-shoot of the teaching styles, that have become hyper-popular over the last decade or two, that claim to be 'Student Centered'. This renewed package though, is a veritable collection of expert advice on all aspects of public speaking, from preparing to completion.
Value is so subjective after all, but 'Public Speaking: An Audience Centered Approach' certainly takes advantage of the many more learning channels available today, than a book alone can, or even an audio/book course. Is it just a buzz word, or is there something in it.
However I love such an approoach as it allows the student to learn in his or her preferred learning style.While I don't need to go into the contents of the course because the product description by the publisher is more than adequate.
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