“Considering Culture” boxes in every chapter investigate the similarities and differences among public speaking within various U.S. co-cultures and other cultures around the world. These boxes will help students find connections that go beyond language and aid in their understanding of public speaking.
“Considering Language” boxes explore the connections between public speaking topics and other languages. By learning about the etymologies of speech topics and/or translating speech topics from other languages students will learn how to weave together their understanding of their native language with public speaking.
“What Others Say” offers anecdotes, stories, quotations and quips from former non-native English public speaking students, expressing the distinctive challenges and experiences that affect the non-English speaker and enabling students to see that they are a part of a unique community of speakers.
“Hint” boxes within every chapter reveal quick tips for planning, preparing, putting together, and practicing speeches, making some of the steps to good speech writing and delivery easier for students to accomplish by offering short cuts to make the speech process more fun.
“Click Here” sections in each chapter suggest Web based research links for further inquiry on public speaking, language and relevant cultural issues. Students will find the links useful for finding support and additional references to relevant topics, pronunciation guides, writing tips, etc.
“Try This” sections in each chapter provide quick exercises and activities to reinforce the new content and allow students to put what they learned into practice immediately.
Chapters 8, 13, 14 and the Appendices include sample student speeches taken from non-native public speaking students. The “Speeches for Analysis” give students a chance to analyze the effectiveness of the various tools taught throughout the chapter.

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