Speak Up

OTHER RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS

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Resources for Students

For more information on student resources or to learn about package options, please visit the online catalog at bedfordstmartins.com/speakup/catalog.

Integrated Media for Speak Up at bedfordstmartins.com/speakup

Every new copy of Speak Up comes with access to online materials that engage students and help instructors teach the course. Students can access Speak Up’s video activities and key term videos, along with a wide range of student and professional speeches (including those by the Dalai Lama, Margaret Thatcher, and Elie Wiesel). All in all, more than two hundred video clips comprise the digital component of Speak Up. This site is also the gateway to a number of free and open resources and study tools, including sample speeches, the Bedford Speech Outliner 2.0, and help with speech topic selection.

Outlining and Organizing Your Speech

Merry Buchanan, University of Central Oklahoma

This student workbook provides step-by-step guidance for all types of speeches and gives students the chance to practice all steps of the process, from conducting audience analysis to enhancing language and delivery.

The Essential Guide Series

This series gives instructors flexibility and support in designing courses by providing brief booklets that begin with a useful overview and then address the essential concepts and skills students need.

The Essential Guide to Presentation Software

Allison J. Ainsworth, Gainesville State College, and Rob Patterson, McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia

The Essential Guide to Rhetoric

William M. Keith, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and Christian O. Lundberg, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

The Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication

Dan O’Hair, University of Kentucky, and Mary O. Wiemann, Emeritus, Santa Barbara City College

The Essential Guide to Group Communication

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Dan O’Hair, University of Kentucky, and Mary O. Wiemann, Emeritus, Santa Barbara City College

The Essential Guide to Intercultural Communication

Jennifer Willis-Rivera, University of Wisconsin–River Falls

Media Career Guide: Preparing for Jobs in the 21st Century, Ninth Edition

Sherri Hope Culver, Temple University, and James Seguin, Robert Morris University

Practical and student friendly, this revised guide includes a comprehensive directory of media jobs, practical tips, and career guidance for students considering a major in communication studies and mass media. The ninth edition includes the latest information on using social media and the Internet during a job search, as well as tips for navigating a rapidly changing digital media landscape.

Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fifth Edition

Diana Hacker, Prince George’s Community College, and Barbara Fister, Gustavus Adolphus College

This handy booklet covers everything students need for college research assignments at the library and on the Internet, including advice for finding and evaluating Internet sources.

Resources for Instructors

For more information or to order or download the instructor resources, please visit the online catalog at bedfordstmartins.com/speakup/catalog.

Instructor’s Resource Manual

Nancy Fraleigh, Fresno City College, Steve Vrooman, Texas Lutheran University, and Chrys Egan, Salisbury University

This comprehensive, downloadable manual offers extensive advice on such topics as setting and achieving student learning goals, managing the classroom, working with ESL students, crafting strong

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syllabi and effective speech assignments, and evaluating speeches. Each chapter of the main text is broken down into detailed outlines, lecture suggestions, student discussion items, and activities that can be used in class or assigned as take-home projects.

Electronic Test Bank

Nancy Fraleigh, Fresno City College, and Douglas M. Fraleigh, California State University–Fresno

Speak Up offers a complete testing program, available for Windows and Macintosh environments. Each chapter includes multiple-choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, as well as essay questions.

Microsoft PowerPoint Slides

PowerPoint overviews—one for each of the twenty chapters in the text—provide support for the key concepts in each chapter. Instructors can customize these slides to fit their own needs.

SpeechClass at yourspeechclass.com

SpeechClass is designed to support students in all aspects of their public speaking course. It’s fully loaded with hundreds of video clips and full sample speeches from VideoCentral: Public Speaking, outlining and relaxation tools, and multiple opportunities for students to assess their learning. Even better, new functionality makes it easy to upload and annotate video, embed YouTube clips, and create video assignments for the individual student, for groups, and for the whole class. Speech-Class is a fully customizable course space that lets you mix and match our premium content and tools with your own to create the best experience for your students.

ESL Students in the Public Speaking Classroom: A Guide for Teachers

Robbin Crabtree and Robert Weissberg, New Mexico State University

As the United States increasingly becomes a nation of non–native speakers, instructors must find new pedagogical tools to aid students for whom English is a second language. This guide specifically addresses the needs of ESL students in the public speaking course and offers instructors valuable advice for helping students deal successfully with the challenges they face.

Content for Course Management Systems

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Instructors can access Speak Up content specifically designed for course management systems. Visit bedfordstmartins.com/coursepacks for more information.

Custom Solutions

Qualified adopters can customize Speak Up and make it their own by adding their own content or mixing it with ours. To learn more, visit bedfordstmartins.com/custom.

Professional Speeches

Available in DVD and VHS format, the esteemed Great Speeches series offers dynamic contemporary speeches for today’s classroom. Volume 19 features compelling speeches, including President Clinton’s 1998 State of the Union address, Madeline’s Albright’s first speech as secretary of state, Christopher Reeve’s address to the 1996 Democratic National Convention, and a speech on spirituality by the Dalai Lama. Additional videos are available from the Bedford/St. Martin’s Video Library.