The Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking

by John Seely

The Oxford Guide to Effective Writing & Speaking is the essential guide for everyone who needs to communicate in clear and effective English, both written and spoken. In the first section on communicating in everyday life, chapters cover everything from writing email and faxes to giving
presentations and preparing reports. John Seely also offers guidance on understanding the demands of particular audiences, subjects, and situations. With guidelines and exercises, this book will help you to tailor your message and language accordingly. A section on the English language gives
authoritative advice on grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and punctuation to ensure that communication is accurate as well as appropriate. A final section examines the process of writing itself, including planning and research, drafting, and using technology. New to this edition are advice on writing
email and help on writing for the Internet.

The Oxford Guide to Effective Writing & Speaking is designed to be practical and user-friendly, with boxed exercises, guidelines, and examples. A glossary and index make the volume easy to use and simple to navigate. This is the most comprehensive guide to using English for effective communication
available; it covers an unrivalled range of situations and requirements.

Genres: Writing, Language, Communication, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 1998

Reviews

[Castles · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've found it repetitive, oriented too much for the corporate world, and stating the obvious way too much.

[Adama · Rating 5 out of 5]

A step by step guide to writing and speaking

If you're looking for a book that guide you step by step about all aspects of writing and speaking, this book is all you need. It covers a variety of topics such as essays and dissertations, reports, emails, presentations etc.

The book is written in plain English, easy to read, easy-to-use, easy to understand and easy to apply. It's full of case studies that allow the reader to quickly grasp the core message. At the end of each section, you can apply your learning using practical cases.

This is one of the best business writing book I've ever read. I highly recommend it to everybody who wants to improve his communication skills.

[Janett Wawrzyniak · Rating 5 out of 5]

For communicating in everyday life, this book is the most up to date complete instruction I can rely on. Structure, presentation, research with all needed aspects, for thorough communications and more is given with examples. Topics covered are: Business letters, Email, Job applications, Organizing a meeting, Presentations, Reports, Essays, papers, dissertations and the media. This important book correctly directs working use of these topics. I highly recommend this book. I own a copy.

[Sumeet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful. This is a reference book i see myself using pretty often!
Very well written and explained!
Must read for non-writers and non-speakers too, its a book which teaches you everything you learnt in school, but what it does is, beautifully summarize it.

[Amir Shahzad]

Want to read but doesn't open this book please advise me

[Oxana Nekrassova · Rating 5 out of 5]

English is my second language and I found this book very helpful. It covers all the aspects of communication and I like that after the chapter there's 'You Try' tasks so I can test myself.