Public Speaking Student Workbook

A public speaking class is designed to help students develop lifetime skills for communicating with others in a public or large group setting. These important skills improve personal confidence and competence and ultimately help every student in their academic, social, and professional life. This Public Speaking Student Workbook is designed to help students enrolled in a basic public speaking class learn these practical and important skills of public speaking.



The nine chapters and appendix provide guidelines, assignments, exercises, activities, checklists, worksheets, sample speech outlines, instructor feedback forms and self-evaluation forms. All of this information will assist public speaking students select speech topics, research ideas and supporting material, organize and outline speeches, overcome speech anxiety, prepare presentational slides, and deliver informative, persuasive, and ceremonial speeches. This workbook to especially created to accompany a public speaking textbook.