Communicate! | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rudolph F. Verderber, Kathleen S. Verderber
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $111.95
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 215223
Media: Paperback
Edition: 12
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0495095834
Dewey Decimal Number: 302
EAN: 9780495095835
ASIN: 0495095834
Publication Date: February 23, 2007
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Product Description
Continually praised by reviewers for its clear and concise writing style, this ground breaking and market-leading textbook is theory-based with a skill building and competency orientation. The authors provide lively, contemporary examples to ground theory, to increase comprehension, and to help you become skillful communicators. COMMUNICATE! encourages active learning through well-designed analytical and skill-building activities, video scenarios, ethics cases, speech action-step exercises, and sample speeches. This book will help you understand theory, and help you improve your communication skills. The twelfth edition of COMMUNICATE! reflects important changes in the field and has been updated to reflect the issues and interests of today's college students.
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 review October 13, 2008
Sara (wahiawa, HI)
the book was in good condition, even though it took a month to get here. luckily it came the day my class started.
 It was a requirement! November 12, 2007
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The book is good but was a requirement for speech class but I don't believe I would run out and buy the book unless I really needed it for class or other reasons. Then again speech is not a great topic for me. I do not like public speaking.
 Book review February 19, 2007
Debbie Gardner (Harrisburg, PA)
This book was brand new and I purchased for over half the cost that they wanted at my sons school. Fast shipment
An Excellent And Thorough Text July 9, 2006
Jason Liu (Toronto, Ontario Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The previous reviewer who has mentioned that this particular text is rather demeaning perhaps needs to re-examine his statement. He laments about the text being too simplistic and emphasizing too much on the basic values of communication. However this type of erroneous approach is the reason why these reviewers fail to communicate their ideas clearly- it is obvious that they themselves need to learn the art of communication better. br / br /The book is extremely detailed in explaining the necessity of communication and many basic concepts. This is extremely important because too often we forget about the reasons behind communication. The book provides a comprehensive sketch on every form of communication- examples are provided and sections are clearly dilineated. Is there anything wrong with explaining the basic functions of communication? The author provides six of them: to meet needs, to enhance and maintain our sense of self, to fulfil social obligations, to develop relationships, to exchange information, and to influence others. It is often important for many of us to be reminded of the reason behind why we communicate. It may sound boring and uninteresting, but such knowledge provides us with a solid foundation on the principles of communication and why we shouldn't take the art of communicating for granted. br / br /This is not a book for those who intend to take a crash course on how communicating can earn you more money in 30 days. Rather, it is the type of book that clearly explains all the various elements that are a part of communication in our day to day lives. This is a perfect text for both students who wish to improve their communication skills, and for teachers who plan to use it as a classroom text or reference on the subject. br / br / br / br /
Accompanying Website February 18, 2006
L. Azanow (MA)
I had to buy this book for a class I am taking. The accompanying CD-ROM and website are extremely helpful and make reviewing the information in the book more interesting. The crossword puzzles of the important terms are a fun twist on studying. The glossaries that can be printed out from the website to accompany the chapters make studying for a test a breeze.
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