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Leave us a comment 6 Comments. Finally, I agree with others when they discussed the potential for expanding the online information. After this pandemic we will have more experience with this aspect. Thank you! The text lacks information on interpersonal communication, and culture. Needs to include that the central idea is also referred to as the preview statement. Speech topics could be more relevant for example , Lord Byron.

The text lacks clarity when defining the difference between the specific purpose and the central idea. Also, in chapter 8 it refers to the central idea as "preview your main points".

The heading and topics are organized well, but the content is difficult to follow. For example, moving from a specific purpose to a central idea. Maybe add: Gibbs Supportive and Defensive behaviors in audience analysis chapter Add how to construct audience analysis using questionnaires Infuse culture throughout the book Introduce Monroe's Motivated Sequence in chapter 6.

This text is wonderfully comprehensive for an introductory public speaking course. While converting to OER two years ago, I chose this text because it was so close in content to the physical text I had been using. The content in the chapters even The content in the chapters even aligns, if not the chapters themselves! What I like best about this text is that it covers what a student needs to learn without the tome-like feel of some public speaking texts that are certainly more comprehensive but intimidating financially and psychologically.

Suggest elevating Appendix C - public speaking online - to chapter status given the increase in Zoom and Hangout meetings that we are experiencing now and certainly expect post-pandemic. The text is fairly standard and therefore timeless in its content. Some texts in the Communications field become obsolete quickly because the the authors face the near-impossible task of addressing technology i.

This text smartly avoids detailed tech talk on presentation aids. Suggest the authors elevate and revise Appendix C on online speaking into a full-fledged chapter. The language is easy to comprehend but sometimes rambles. Points could be made more succinctly without the loss of clarity or comprehension. Ideas appear to be grouped well generally. I have had to do some skipping around in assigning chapters: 3 before 2, 7 before 6.

The book is well organized, taking a student public speaker through the natural, chronological progression of steps in preparing to deliver a speech.

Starting with "why public speaking" and anxiety, the text then moves to audience analysis, topic development, research, speech organization, supporting materials, introductions and conclusions, presentation aids, language, and delivery. I would flip Chapters 2 and 3.

There are separate chapters for the mainstay informative, persuasive and special occasion speeches. Perhaps some of the material in the appendices could be woven better into the rest of the book Appendices A and D.

Appendix C - online speaking - needs its own chapter. An index at the end would have been helpful. The interface works as well as most OER texts.

Unfortunately, the bar for that is very low; i. There need to be more hyperlinks throughout, not just a "back to the TOC" and "next chapter" hyperlink on each page, but hyperlinks bringing students to more in-depth breakout material. Not everything needs to be on a main page. Students and professors! We need to think more like video game creators - not to distraction, but to enhance the learning environment in a way that entertains, informs, educates and engages our students so they stick with us and - heaven help us - actually do the reading.

Misspelling on title of Appendix A at the top of each appendix page - Diversity not "Diveristy". Appendix A is devoted to culture sensitivity; that is, the benefits and challenges of cultural diversity to public speakers. The text covers relational, verbal and nonverbal cultural differences that speakers should be aware of, and delivers advice and context intended to be helpful to students at community colleges with increasingly diverse backgrounds.

This is somewhat woven into the main text e. Audience Analysis. Unfortunately, the images in the text are mostly white, which is off-putting in a classroom such as mine where Caucasians are in the minority. This book was an excellent replacement for the physical public speaking guide that had been costing my students money they could have been applying to tuition or food. As mentioned, the OER is very closely aligned to what I had been using.

It is wordier and rambles in places but gets the job done nicely at a time when students would rather look something up online than spend their money on a book they often feel they will never use again. I applaud the authors for their hard work and hope they update with hyperlinks and a fully formed chapter on online speaking. This open access text is a more comprehensive collection of information about public speaking than any other public speaking textbook I have reviewed or used in my own public speaking courses.

The book covers all the topics I cover in my class The book covers all the topics I cover in my class plus some! The glossary is thorough, including important vocabulary from throughout the text. Interactive links to the appropriate page from which the vocabulary comes or, at least, the page number would help students navigate to find additional information. The content within the book is accurate and error-free. I did not notice any inaccuracies in the information presented. The content is, overall, thorough.

Chapters include all expected basic, foundational information related to each topic. Each chapter provides enough content to create basic understanding in students. Some areas could benefit from more thorough and up-to-date content. For example, in the area of public speaking anxiety, there have been some more recent strides in effectively matching individual experience of communication apprehension with an appropriate intervention, which have been ignored by this and other public speaking texts.

While the text discusses interventions broadly mental preparation, physical preparation, etc. Other topics, however, were explained in much more depth than other public speaking textbooks, such as the types of sources of information.

The text is easy to read and provides clarification, definitions, and examples as necessary. Direct quotations from other sources are used sparingly, and when used, are often powerfully-worded, entertaining, or insightful. It not only provides samples for references page entries, but also answers some frequently asked questions students often have about how to appropriately cite sources.

I did not notice any inconsistencies in use of vocabulary throughout the text. Sometimes, photos are inconsistent with the surrounding text. Chapters are divided in a way that is consistent with other public speaking texts, and sections within chapters allow for further division of content into smaller sections. For example, in the chapter about organizing speeches, it is possible to cover organizational patterns appropriate for informative speeches during one class period and cover organizational patterns appropriate for persuasive speeches during another class period because each organizational pattern is divided using its own header.

The organization of chapters is similar to other public speaking textbooks I have seen, but like other public speaking textbooks, individual instructions would likely have to assign chapters out of order to meet the needs of course assignments.

For example, the informative speech chapter is placed toward the end of the book, but informative speeches are typically assigned earlier in the semester at least in my public speaking classes.

Some additional images might help in the explanation of some concepts. For example, when discussing the models of communication in Chapter 1, images of the models are linked, but might be helpful for students to see directly within the text. The text offers direct links to supplemental websites, which is definitely part of the appeal of e-texts. Navigating to the link an back to the text, however, is a little cumbersome because it brings the reader back to the beginning of the textbook, not to the page from which the reader navigated originally.

Questions and case studies provided at the end of each chapter seem like they would be effective in getting students to work with and apply the course content. Explanations for case studies are provided in the appendix. Vocabulary words with definitions are called out using colored boxes in the margins, making them easy to find and reference.

On page a YouTube video is linked, but the link does not correspond to the video referenced in the text. No major concerns about grammatical errors throughout. The textbook is inclusive of multiple perspectives. For example, when discussing gender as a demographic, the text includes many examples of communication tendencies of men and women, but then also includes the possibility of non-binary or gender non-conforming perspectives.

Appendix A provides a thorough explanation of major cultural differences and how those differences play a role in public speaking. It addition of Appendix A is great content for the goal of creating a safe, inviting classroom environment for students of differing backgrounds. Will definitely be using in my public speaking courses! What a great resource made so readily available to students! This is a very comprehensive text with many important elements into the exploration of public speaking.

While I appreciate the broad range, there will need to be some reorganization of the chapters for me before utilizing this content for an While I appreciate the broad range, there will need to be some reorganization of the chapters for me before utilizing this content for an introductory class.

Again, there is a lot of solid material and with some retooling and utilizing some supplemental articles, I definitely feel there is more than enough meaningful content to guide an introductory course in public speaking. I take comfort in the large number of contributors and consultants who added to the latest edition. I find the areas covered in line with a text that I am currently using in my public speaking courses, and feel the information is accurate and covers the basics quite well.

I did not see any noticeable inaccuracies upon review of this book. The material covered here has a staying power that make it relevant to any student who will be working toward a degree and subsequent career that involves public speaking. With that said, it would be easy to incorporate relevant examples into the content that could be tailored for future teachers, business leaders, social workers, etc.

The fact that this is an updated edition makes it clear that this is a living document that will continue to hold true to the tenants of public speaking, but also adapt to the changes in communication as they arise. I really like how this book is organized. I would definitely feel comfortable using this in an introductory public speaking class. Important terminology is highlighted in colored boxes outside of the main text, a feature I feel my students will appreciate. As stated above, I feel this textbook is organized well and easy to follow.

I would definitely reorder the chapters when covering this material in my introduction to public speaking courses. With that said, each chapter is clearly set up, organized, and concluded in a way that would allow for some flexibility to do so. I currently have students give 3 presentations throughout the semester, so I would definitely move the units on informative and persuasive speeches up a bit, possibly move presentation aids back as an example.

I appreciate how much material is covered in this textbook. I would order it a bit differently, but feel that it is presented in a way that would make it easy for me to do so. I will say that I think more time and tangible solutions should be spent on public speaking anxiety.

It is a subsection of chapter 1, but one of the greatest obstacles to student success in a public speaking class. Much more depth into relaxation techniques, meditation, warm-up exercises is necessary. The learning objectives are set up at the beginning so that the audience knows what to expect, the main points are backed up and fully explained, and the conclusion of the chapter leaves you with questions to think about for future discussions.

Perhaps a little more could be added by way of excitement with regards to attention getters and anecdotes, but the writing is definitely not dull. Upon my review of this text, I did not recognize any glaring grammatical errors. It appears to be a well-edited, and written in a way that introductory public speaking students will comprehend.

As alluded to in an earlier comment, I think the photos and graphics in this text leave a bit to be desired. Caucasian students and professors are the most prevalent images. Teaching at a very diverse university in an urban-setting, I think this is something that my students will notice and possibly bring up in class discussions. There is an appendix that touches upon cultural diversity in public speaking, which is good, but feels a bit disparate and should be integrated throughout the text.

Overall, I feel that this is a text that I would be comfortable using in my Introduction to Public Speaking class and very happy to have found it here! I think students will appreciate the content and the way it is organized, and with a few supplemental materials, I am confident that this would provide a satisfactory guide to introducing students to the basics of public speaking. I definitely plan on spending more time to read through the text and possibly use in an upcoming semester, very glad that students will have greater accessibility to a solid, free, textbook.

This text does a commendable job covering a vast literature in a reasonable number of pages. We tend to forget that public speaking is a huge subject area and, therefore, comprehensive texts are going to be quite lengthy. Conversely, most public Finding a balance that will satisfy every instructor at every institution is an impossible task.

Thankfully, the authors created a text that easily allows for customization. That said, I could not give it the highest rating because I feel leaving out a discussion of the primacy and recency effects when discussing topical organization patterns is a significant oversight. The fact that we tend to remember your first and final points more than those in the middle is an important point to consider when organizing a speech that does not follow a natural chronological or spatial pattern.

The text continues to perpetuate the myth that audiences can remember seven main points, plus or minus two. None-the-less, more recent research by one of the authors cited Nelson Cowan suggests that our ability to retain information received aurally is far more limited than Miller estimated i. Continued teaching of the Magic Number Seven rule is further at odds with the research suggesting that presentations with fewer main points are more effective than those with more.

I consider this a strength of this text. There are many ways to teach this subject matter, each requiring a slightly different scaffolding of information. Unlike some of the commercial texts available, the information in this text is presented in discrete packages, allowing faculty to either assign readings in the desired order or customize the text to fit their pedagogy.

As stated previously, no one organizational pattern will satisfy all instructors. This text makes modifying the organization simple. As a cisgendered, heteronormative, Caucasian male, I do not feel I am the best to speak to the cultural sensitivity of the text. However, nothing jumped off the page as being inappropriate. I reviewed the fourth edition Spring of this textbook.

Given the challenges of writing a general studies textbook, it seems wrong to criticize a book as well put together as this one. However, for its intended purpose, this text would be hard to beat. Overall, this textbook is very comprehensive and will be useful in an introductory study of public speaking.

Key areas and ideas are included throughout, along with many good examples and ideas for students. The Glossary will be very useful to The Glossary will be very useful to students and enables students to quickly learn or reinforce key concepts from class.

The book is easy to navigate and is thorough but manageable when trying to find information. I especially appreciate the Logical Reasoning chapter and find that material to be very useful for students in developing Persuasive speeches, and engaging in critical thinking activities generally.

There are also several well detailed Appendices. At times discussions and sections of text can be very long and may be difficult for some readers to get through or to find information they need efficiently. I find the content of the textbook to generally be accurate, error-free and unbiased. The authors provide great deal of content and examples help to extend the otherwise accurate ideas presented.

This book was most recently updated in The examples and other content including reference material included in example outlines are generally up to date and relevant. I think that the broader structure of chapters is manageable and necessary updates would be relatively easy and straightforward to implement.

One concern I have is the sometimes very lengthy blocks of text which can be cumbersome to a reader and could also present challenges to updating the text since examples etc. There are also sometimes examples used e. If more contemporary examples in these instances could be employed in a future update that may help readers.

Generally the text is written in a clear manner and offers a very detailed treatment of topics, plenty of examples and a Glossary to quickly access definitions of important terms. The variety of examples in the text and also in example speeches and outlines should help any reader find value in the text. The text is a bit too lengthy, is excessively wordy at times and could be streamlined which would help promote clarity of ideas for readers.

Overall it is easy to find material, quickly locate content and navigate through the text. The content is generally fairly modular and would be easy to reorder to suit needs of a particular course, or for the authors to reorder sections in future editions. Chapters are long with extended explanations followed by examples. I think for some readers the depth of content and explanations could seem cumbersome. The longer blocks of test limit modularity as well. While some readers may find the depth of explanation useful to help modularity and readers, reducing wordiness of text and increasing the modular structure would be beneficial.

Overall the ideas and content in the text are presented in a logical and clear fashion. I would have liked to see a detailed Index included at the end of the book as I often see students utilizing this feature of a book and it would be useful for instructors too.

Images can be highly valuable to readers when purposeful. Many images in this text don't seem to serve a real purpose to help promote reader comprehension of material and are generally not well reflective of the breadth and depth of diversity on today's campuses or are ill placed. Images also tend to be somewhat blurred and occasionally unclear as to the point of the image given placement relative to nearby text.

Space on the page could be more effectively used. There are a variety of examples used which do reflect a variety of backgrounds. However, the images in this text tend to not reflect much diversity which could be off-putting to readers. Future editions of the text should pay special attention to improving cultural and all other forms of diversity throughout the text in prose and image, particularly since there is such a trend toward using OER.

This text provides a very detailed and thorough treatment of topics fundamental to an introductory study of public speaking. This work covers all of the major aspects needed in an introduction to public speaking. Significant explanations are given on topics ranging from dealing with speech anxiety to need for organization in speech. Further, the glossary at the back of Further, the glossary at the back of the work is exhaustive and is likely to provide students with a quick and easy reverence for any terms introduced.

Related to that, the book does a good job of highlighting terms in the text itself that are directly tied to the glossary which would be very useful from the instructors perceptive when preparing for a quiz or exam.

The content lines up very well with my experiences teaching public speaking for the past several years as well as my career in communication studies. I did not note significant inaccuracies, and they appear to overall have an unbiased approach.

It is good writing that can discuss a divisive figure in a balanced way. The information needed for a textbook on this topic is all present, and it is written in a clear way that is readily applicable.

Indeed, their use of examples to make the information actionable is extremely well done. However, it could be argued that some topics might be less relevant to contemporary students. Particularly, I am not sure the final chapter on special occasion speeches is needed. I think that comprehensive coverage of other aspects of speaking would equip students with the needed skills without having a dedicated chapter to speaking at funerals and awards shows. Granted, there may well be individual students who need those skills, but I think that our culture is shifting in a direction away from that level of formality.

That said, I also note that these topics have been pushed to the final chapter of the work and could thus be omitted by the instructor with ease. In this respect, this work does an excellent job. It is also written in plain English, and when jargon is introduced, it is explained clearly. Overall, the text does a good job of remaining consistent. Terms that are introduced in the text remain in bold text for the remainder of the work and even provide students with references to where that material is covered.

For instance, on p. The work does a very good job of breaking down the content in the table of contents, with major chapter headings and subheadings. In the text itself, there are further subheadings that continue to break down the information. For example, 6.

This really helps students to be able to follow the material. My only slight critique on that point is that perhaps the further subheadings should be included in a longer version of the table of contents as well in case a student needs to know at a glance what categorizations fall under a particular heading.

I will also mention that the text can be somewhat self-referential, but not to a detrimental degree. Breaking this issue down into two aspects, in regards to clarity, this work does an excellent job. One topic leads to the next in a way that is easy to understand and follow. Where there are issues that could be problematic for some instructors are in the organization of the text.

Notably, chapters on informational and persuasive speeches are near the end of the text rather than the beginning.

The issue arises in that students need content i. Generally speaking, no major problems with the PDF version. The links in the table of contents worked well, and it was easy to interact with. I also did not note any major issues with image distortion, though there are a few places where a higher resolution image may look a bit more professional.

Page , for example, has a screenshot of a dictionary definition that has a fairly low pixel count. I will also mention, and not that it is a major issue, but most of the photos in the work appear to be students in classrooms. This, in turn, could be a distraction to some. I think the text does a good job of this in taking a real-world and inclusive approach.

In particular, chapter 10 addresses issues such as ethnic identity and appropriateness in the context of public speaking and giving presentations. Depending on the student's background, this is something that is certainly needed in some cases. My final thoughts are that though there are a few very minor issues, this text seems as good as if not superior to the text I am using this semester.

That being the case, I am planning on utilizing it next semester for my Fundamentals of Speech course. The book covers A LOT which is wonderful for someone picking and choosing the content they want to develop in their Public Speaking courses. My only critique would be that you have to get through a lot of content before you can start working on a My only critique would be that you have to get through a lot of content before you can start working on a speech, so I would be interested on what chapters are covered before the informative and then the persuasive otherwise I would worry you wouldn't be able to get through enough content to get both presentations done in the semester.

However, I do love the open access. The textbook is very detailed and accurate and I appreciate all of the time that went into creating each of the chapters. They seemed to draw from others who were experts in their fields. The book is straightforward and up-to-date, I appreciate that there has been a stead stream of updated editions.

They are adding to content and clarifying aspects and although I hate that in the textbook world it makes it nice since it is open access and you can come and grab new examples making it really relevant for our students.

It is a great place to go to find varying examples. I find that the book is easy to read and that the students to not complain, too much.

Sometimes they complain about the chapter length, but when talking about clarity it is accessible to instructors and students alike without the jargon that can sometimes cloud a chapter. The students draw on the examples to help their clarity and all around it is clear and concise. What I appreciate most about the consistency of the textbook is the structure and look. Each chapter starts out with learning objectives, a chapter preview, and then jumps into the chapter.

With bolded headings and sidebars with additional information and terms defined for students. I also love at the end of the chapter they have a section called "Something to Thin About" which gives you some talking points for class to get discussion going on the content you just covered.

Those can be used for journal entries as well. This may be a little harder if you are trying to divide up chapters. While the headings make it easy to differentiate sections they practically all work together to form the chapter. With that said, I do think the textbook could be reorganized and honestly should be reorganized so you could actually not have to jump around so much to get a couple presentations done in the semester. I mean Informative Speaking is Chapter 11, how are you supposed to get a speech done and not cover it until Chapter You almost have to reorganize this textbook in order to be an effective college teacher.

This speaks to what I just said about modularity, but the topics are presented in a logical fashion related to skills, but not in a organizational fashion with the way a course could be taught. I understand that you will want to cover presentational aids and delivery before a presentation, but you also cannot just build for presentations at the end of the semester.

I wish they would adjust the textbook some so that it worked with a typical semester schedule. With this said, you can always pull out chapters and re-arrange them which is what I have been thinking about. It is pretty easy to navigate they have many sections in which you can click and be directed to the resources you need else-where in the textbook.

For example, in the table of contents they make it easy to access other areas.