Speech Communication Made Simple

I use this book in my IEP classes for intermediate ESL students. The organization and structure is as complete as it gets. It starts by addressing common fears of public speaking, replacing those fears with more positive outlooks, and then helps the teacher to build students' confidence by introducing and explaining each step that is needed to deliver an organized, well-researched, interesting, and powerful speech, while leaving plenty of flexibility for students to choose topics that are special and interesting to them. (Each chapter also includes a pronunciation exercise, though I supplement these with exercises from English Pronunciation Made Simple [Dale & Poms, Longman, 2005] that more directly target the needs of the current class.) Highly recommend this book!

The book is a good book for the beginner in speech. It covers the basic materials a speaker should know, and it has some great exercises for the beginning speaker.

Perfect conditions

This book is being so useful and helpful in my english speech classes, I love it. It helps you understand better the speech art.

I have requested this book as part of my study plan to improve my academic speaking skills. This book contains a lot of information and techniques which is old and not applicable in these days.

It is a good book, but I did not realise it is intended to advanced English

It is a good book as far as it goes. I had a specific need that it did not meet, but that was my fault for choosing it. The description of the book was clear and truthful.

Got it in a perfect condition!