Book List

General Texts:

• The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth et al.
• The Business of Writing and Speaking: A Managerial Communication Manual, Larry Robbins
• Say it With Presentations, Gene Zelazny
• Designing & Delivering Scientific, Technical and Managerial Presentations, Peter J. Hager and H.J. Scheiber
• Effective Public Speaking, Joe Ayres and Janice Miller
• Audiences and Intentions, Nancy Mason Bradbury and Arthur Quinn

Listening:

• Perspectives on Listening, Andrew D. Wolvin and Carolyn Gwynn Coakley

Structure:

• The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth et al.
• The Uses of Argument, Stephen Toulmin
• Designing & Delivering Scientific, Technical and Managerial Presentations, Peter J. Hager and H.J. Scheiber

Visual Support:

• Absolute PowerPoint: Can a Software Package Edit our Thoughts?  Ian Parker, The New Yorker, March 28, 2001
• Words Go Right to the Brain, But Can They Stir the Heart?  Some Say Popular Software Debases Public Speaking, Laurence Zuckerman, The New York Times, April 17,1999
• Say it With Charts, Gene Zelazny
• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte
• Envisioning Information, Edward Tufte 
• Escaping Flatlands, Edward Tufte 
• Designing & Delivering Scientific, Technical and Managerial Presentations, Peter J. Hager and H.J. Scheiber

Voice and Breathing:

• Voice and Diction, A Program for Improvement, Jon Eisenson
• The Actor Speaks, Patsy Rodenburg

Nerves! Nerves! Nerves!

• Conquer Your Speechfright, Karen Kangas Dwyer
• Mastering the Art of Public Speaking, A Practical Approach to Overcoming Stagefright, Shyness, and Anxiety, Peter Desberg

***Neither of these books are in the library, but you are welcome to look at them in the Speaking Center.

Debate:

• Debate and Critical Analysis, The Harmony of Conflict by Robert James Branham

*Note: this is useful for practical questions, (how to set up a debate), but the argumentation theory applies to competition policy debate and will not be applicable in most classrooms

Discussion:

• Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, Benjamin Bloom et al.
• Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms, Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Preskill
• Education for Judgement: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership, C. Roland Christensen, David A. Garvin, and Ann Sweet
• Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers, Wilbert McKeachie, et al.

Thoughts on Reading Aloud:

• Cid Corman, Word for Word:  Essays on the Arts of Language 
• Robert Pinsky, The Sounds of Poetry

Check out the recommendations of the Wharton Communications Program as well: http://rider.wharton.upenn.edu/~commprog/html/resources.html