Oral Communication Toolkit

This toolkit draws on various print and web resources, which are acknowledged in text. Other useful resources are included in the following list.

Print resources

Bostrom, R. N. (1988). Communicating in Public: Speaking and Listening. Santa Rosa: Burgess Pub.
Glass, L. (1991). Say it Right : How to Talk in Any Social or Business Situation. New York: Putnam’s Sons.
Gross Davis, B. (1993). Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Rogers, W. (1984). Communication in Action: Building Speech Competencies. New York.: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
Stanton W. (1989). Making Things Clear: A Guide to Effective Written and Oral Communication. Carnforth, England: Parthenon Publishing Group.
Van Ments, M. (1990). Active Talk: The Use of Discussion in Learning. London: Kogan Page.
Vasile, A. J., and Mintz, H.K. (1983). Speak with Confidence: A Practical Guide. Boston: Little, Brown

Web resources

Could oral communication skills become a casualty of online learning?: A future scenario that could prevent this: Retrieved from the World Wide Web on 24 October, 2006:
http://www.ecu.edu.au/conferences/herdsa/main/papers/ref/pdf/Tanian.pdf

Flexible delivery of communication skills to science students: A faculty wide project (University of Tasmania): Retrieved from the World Wide Web on 24 October, 2006:
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/wshop8/jones.pdf

Giving an Oral Presentation: Retrieved from the World Wide Web on 24 October, 2006:
http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/learning/oral/

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