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COMMUNICATN PORTABLE 4-VOL SET&MYCOMMLAB PK
Steven A. Beebe, Texas State University - San Marcos
Susan J. Beebe, Texas State University - San Marcos
Diana K. Ivy, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

ISBN-10: 0205642144
ISBN-13: 9780205642144

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2009
Format: Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap
Published: 02/08/2008

Suggested retail price: $74.67
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This alternative version of Communication: Principles for a Lifetime is a four volume set (sold together or separately) with fully integrated practice tests and contextually placed icons connected to our interactive online MyCommunicationLab resources.  This Portable Edition offers unparalleled flexibility, choice, and support to today’s students and instructors.

 

Written by experienced and highly regarded textbook authors and teachers, Communication: Principles for a Lifetime, Portable Edition provides students with all the theory and skills necessary in the introductory course–in a manner that will help them to apply what they learn throughout their lives. Understanding that the challenge in any basic communication course is teaching students the myriad of skills, principles, and theories without overwhelming them, Beebe, Beebe, and Ivy anchor all discussion around five key principles of communication throughout their book:

  • Be aware of your communication with yourself and others.
  • Effectively use and interpret verbal messages.
  • Effectively use and interpret nonverbal messages.
  • Listen and respond thoughtfully to others.
  • Appropriately adapt messages to others.

Providing both comprehensive and cutting-edge content about communication organized around these five themes, Beebe, Beebe, and Ivy cover all of the topics expected in the basic course in a manner that will help both instructors and their students organize the extensive range of material.


  • Unique features of the Portable Edition:
      • The innovative design of four separate volumes—Principles of Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communicating in Groups and Teams, and Presentational Speaking—allows students on the move to take only the volume they need to read and study—the ultimate format for nontraditional students and settings.
      • The four brief volumes come packaged together; individual volumes can also be purchased separately.
      • Practice Tests at the end of chapter provide self-assessment opportunities for students. Answers appear at the back of each of the four volumes.
      • Contextually placed icons connect to our interactive online MyCommunicationLab resources featuring integrated video clips of selected speeches, activities, practice tests, and much more, so students can see examples of the communication principles in action and learn more about the theory and skills interactively.
      • An Introduction to each volume helps students maintain focus.
  • Pentagon model and icon, introduced in Chapter 1, visually illustrate and help students see how text material relates to the five communication principles.
  • “Principles for a Lifetime: Enhancing Your Skills” summaries highlight the connection between chapter topics and the five communication principles.
  • Boxed features in every chapter highlight the increasing importance of ethics, technology, and diversity and communication, respectively, in three different feature strands.
  • “On the Web” boxes in every chapter point to websites where students can find Internet information to enrich their study of communication.
  • Pedagogy includes:
      • Learning objectives and chapter outlines
      • Opening quotation and work of art
      • Key terms are highlighted and defined where they appear within the text.
      • “Recaps” (periodic internal summaries of key sections)
      • Photographs, diagrams, and cartoons
      • “Summary” (a quick review of the chapter)
      • “Discussion and Review” (chapter-end questions)
      • “Developing Your Skills: Putting Principles into Practice” (chapter-end activities)

    Volume 1: Principles of Communication

     

    1.1  Foundations of Human Communication

    ·        Communication Defined

    ·        Communication Competence

    ·        Why Study Communication

    ·        Communication Models

    ·        Communication Characteristics

    ·        Communicating with Others: Three Situations

     

    1.2  Self-Awareness and Communication

    ·        Self-Awareness: How Well Do You Know Yourself?

    ·        Self-Esteem: What Is Your Value?

    ·        The Perception Process

    ·        Communication and the Enhancement of Perceptual Accuracy

     

    1.3  Understanding Verbal Messages

    ·        Why Focus on Language?

    ·        The Nature of Language

    ·        The Power of Words

    ·        Confronting Bias in Language

     

    1.4  Understanding Nonverbal Messages

    ·        Why Focus on Nonverbal Communication

    ·        The Nature of Nonverbal Communication

    ·        Codes of Nonverbal Communication

    ·        How to Interpret Nonverbal Cues More Accurately

     

    1.5  Listening and Responding

    ·        How We Listen

    ·        Listening Styles

    ·        Adapting to Your Listening Style

    ·        Listening Barriers

    ·        Improving Your Listening Skills

    ·        Responding Skills

    ·        Responding with Empathy

     

    1.6  Adapting to Others: Bridging Culture and Gender Differences

    ·        Ethically Adapt Your Communication to Others

    ·        Gender and Communication

    ·        Barriers to Bridging Differences and Adapting to Others

    ·        Adapting to Others Who Are Different from You

     

    Volume 2: Interpersonal Communication

     

    2.1 Understanding Interpersonal Communication

    ·        What Is Interpersonal Communication

    ·        Initiating Relationships

    ·        Maintaining Relationships

               

    2.2 Enhancing Relationships

    ·    The Importance of Friendship

    ·    The Importance of Family

    ·    The Importance of Colleagues

    ·    Stages of Relationship Development

    ·    Managing Interpersonal Conflict

     

    Appendix A: Interviewing

    Appendix B: Technology and Interpersonal Communication

     

    Volume 3: Communicating in Groups and Teams

     

    3.1 Understanding Group and Team Performance

    ·    Groups and Teams Defined

    ·    Understanding Types of Groups and Teams

    ·    Understanding Group and Team Dynamics

    ·    Understanding Phases of Group and Team Development

     

    3.2 Enhancing Group and Team Performance

    ·   What Effective Group Members Do

    ·    When Not to Work in Groups and Teams

    ·    Structuring Group and Team Problem Solving

    ·    Enhancing Group and Team Leadership

    ·    Enhancing Group and Team Meetings

               

    Appendix C: Technology and Group Performance

     

    Volume 4: Presentational Speaking

     

    4.1 Developing Your Presentation

    ·    An Overview of the Presentational Speaking Process

    ·    Understanding Speaker Anxiety

    ·    Managing Speaker Anxiety

    ·    Selecting and Narrowing Your Topic

    ·    Identifying Your Purpose

    ·    Developing Your Central Idea

    ·    Generating Main Ideas

    ·    Gathering Supporting Material

    ·    Acknowledgement of Supporting Material

               

    4.2 Organizing and Outlining Your Presentation

    ·    Organizing Your Main Ideas

    ·    Organizing Your Supporting Material

    ·    Organizing Your Presentation for the Ears of Others

    ·    Introducing and Concluding Your Presentation

    ·    Outlining Your Presentation

     

    4.3 Delivering Your Presentation

    ·    Methods of Delivery

    ·    Effective Verbal Delivery

    ·    Effective Nonverbal Delivery

    ·    Effective Presentation Aids

    ·    Some Final Tips for Rehearsing and Delivering Your Presentation

     

    4.4 Speaking to Inform

    ·    Types of Informative Presentations

    ·    Strategies for Organizing Your Informative Presentation

    ·    Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Clear

    ·    Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Interesting

    ·    Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Memorable

     

    4.5 Speaking to Persuade

    ·    Persuasion Defined

    ·    Motivating Your Audience: The Psychology of Persuasion

    ·    Selecting and Narrowing Your Persuasive Topic

    ·    Identifying Your Persuasive Topic

    ·    Identifying Your Persuasive Purpose

    ·    Developing Your Central Idea as a Persuasive Proposition

    ·    Supporting Your Presentation with Credibility, Logic, and Emotion

    ·    Organizing Your Persuasive Message

    ·    How to Adapt Ideas to People and People to Ideas

     

    Appendix D: Technology and Presentational Communication

    Appendix E: Sample Speeches for Discussion and Evaluation

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