Speak for Yourself (Essentials of Speaking and Reading Aloud No 193-96)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (985 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0961486406 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 237 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Best self-help book I know on reading and speaking aloud." according to joyce29. Speak for Yourself is one of the very best self-help books on reading and speaking in public.This fact alone speaks for it: "An idea includes all that is necessary for its expression" (p. 9) Together with, "An idea is impersonal." (also p. 9). "Good but needs uptated presentation" according to carol prismon-reed. This book is better than some, but poor binding and paper make it less desirable as an ongoing reference.I am familiar with its contents, as I purchased it when it originally came out. Since then I have completed my Masters in English (linguistics), and while Driver is still intuitively correct (based on observation and experience) in representing the conversational forms of English as we should use them in reading alou
This book has something to offer the woman in the business world, as a homemaker and mother, and in church and committee work." --President of a publishing company"Speak for Yourself supplies the timid speaker with courage, the inexperienced speaker with confidence, and the experienced speaker with polish. It includes not only practical and valuable insights into speaking and reading, but listening skills as well. Speaking before groups, large or small, became a welcome opportunity. It shows the practical per
. Jessica Driver began teaching her laws of conversational reading in the early 1940's. She was a pupil of Emma Dunna, a noted actress and speech teacher. She wrote Speak for Yourself in 1948 and taught classes for over 50 years. Her science of expression has been used in college speech classes and the book is still in demand
Learn the Science of Expression in order to sound conversational and competent for reading in public. Essentails of Speaking and Reading Aloud. Free expression is a science. It can be learned.