Speech Craft
Joshua Gunn
Second Edition | ©2021
Every powerful idea, meaningful connection, and life opportunity often begins with the ability to communicate clearly and confidently. With the right support and feedback, your students can find their unique voices, sharpen their thinking, and prepare to shape the future.
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From public speaking to interpersonal communication, mastery takes practice and feedback. Achieve’s formative and summative assessments guide students through key concepts at their own pace.
Students thrive when they understand their own communication styles and build self-awareness and confidence.
Achieve’s engaging videos and video activities demonstrate real-world communication scenarios, helping students see key concepts in action. Assignable assessments ensure they’re not just watching, but actively engaging and applying their knowledge.
Available in Achieve courses for Public Speaking and Human Communication, GoReact video assessments—the leading video recording and feedback program—give students the tools to record speeches, receive detailed feedback, and strengthen their delivery. With peer review, self-reflection, and instructor comments, students gain confidence in their speaking abilities in a low-pressure, high-impact environment.
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Create custom course materials that fit your course, teaching style, and students’ needs. Whether you need custom editable e-books, interactive assignments, multimedia content, or assessments, a team of experts is with you from start to finish. You'll have personalized guidance to ensure your materials are engaging, effective, and seamlessly integrated into your course.
Don’t have time to create resources from scratch? Mix and match prebuilt resources—images, videos, and interactive elements—or integrate your own materials to create fully customized course content that aligns perfectly with your teaching needs.
The world of communication is constantly evolving—your course should evolve with it. Easily update materials with current events, emerging trends, and the latest research, keeping lessons relevant, engaging, and real-world applicable.
Not sure where to start? The Macmillan Learning team works with you to bring your vision to life, whether it’s adapting a textbook, developing custom assessments, or integrating multimedia content. Whatever your course needs, customization puts you in control.
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Achieve gives you instant access to prebuilt and customizable test banks, lecture slides, assessments, and classroom activities designed to support your communication course. Whether you’re teaching public speaking, interpersonal communication, or media literacy, you’ll have the tools you need—right when you need them. Create or log in to your Achieve instructor account to access these resources!
Understanding student progress is key to guiding their success. Achieve’s gradebook and reporting tools give real-time insights into student performance, helping you adjust your teaching strategies as needed. With iClicker, you can engage students in real-time, gauge comprehension, and keep discussions interactive.
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