Communicate!

Become a successful communicator in all your personal and professional endeavors--whether they're face-to-face or virtual--with COMMUNICATE! 15th Edition. This book will engage you in active learning with theory, application and tools for practicing and assessing specific communication skills in interpersonal, intercultural, group, and public speaking settings. Skill-building exercises, including speech-plan action step activities, guide students through the speech preparation process. COMMUNICATE! provides lively contemporary examples and sample student speeches that ground theory, increase c.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Statement -- Copyright -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Unit One: Foundations of Communication -- Ch 1: Foundations of Communication -- Ch 1: Introduction -- The Nature of Communication -- The Communication Process -- Characteristics of Communication -- Communication Ethics -- Communication Competence -- Ch 1: Reflection and Assessment -- Ch 1: Communicate! -- Ch 2: Perception of Self and Others -- Ch 2: Introduction -- The Perception Process -- Perception of Self -- Communication and Self-Perception -- Perception of Others

Communication and Perceptions of Others -- Ch 2: Reflection and Assessment -- Ch 2: Communicate! -- Ch 3: Intercultural Communication -- Ch 3: Introduction -- Culture and Communication -- How Cultures Differ -- Potential Barriers to Intercultural Communication Competence -- Developing Competent Intercultural Communication Strategies -- Ch 3: Reflection and Assessment -- Ch 3: Communicate! -- Ch 4: Verbal Messages -- Ch 4: Introduction -- Language -- The Relationship Between Language and Meaning -- Ch 4: Reflection and Assessment -- Ch 4: Communicate! -- Ch 5: Nonverbal Messages

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