Painless Speaking (Barron's Painless)
by Mary Elizabeth
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Author: Mary ElizabethEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02
ISBN: 0764121472
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Book Review: Intructive Tool for Would-be Actors/Actresses & Public Speakers
Summary: 4 Stars
Painless Speaking is written for public speeches or dramas rather than improving communication skill, if you ask me. So the content itself is pretty advanced, but too advanced for non-native speakers. Certainly, you need to change the way you talk according to the person you are talking to or the situation you are in. That's a fundamental art of conversation. I must admit this book shows us that clearly. However, I'm afraid it's going to be painFUL for non-native speakers if they deal with this first. Of course, again, it is quite useful for theater plays, musicals, and speech contests to get your message across to the audience.
Therefore, for beginners it may be literally better to start with Painless English for Speakers of Other Languages. In other words, you shouldn't deal with Painless Speaking as a textbook for English conversation classes.
Summary of Painless Speaking (Barron's Painless)
Designed for use in middle school and high school classrooms, as well as at home, books in this series transform subjects that are normally dreaded by many students. Painless books take light-hearted approaches to their subjects, while addressing topics that classroom texts never get to. Painless Speaking explores the uniquely human act of oral communication, including elements in our culture that shape the way we speak. It explores finding one's voice, understanding the basic unit of speech communication (an utterance), learning the art of conversation, reading aloud from fiction and nonfiction texts, and instruction in public speaking, which entails composing, practicing, and delivering a speech. Students will find guidelines for self-evaluation of a public speech.Language Arts Books
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