Essential Communication

by Ronald B. Adler, George Rodman, Athena du Pré

Concise, compact, and visually exciting, Essential Communication is a fresh approach to human communication. Written by renowned author team Ron Adler, George Rodman, and Athena du Pré, the text more accurately reflects the way that today's students communicate yet still includes more
substantive content than other brief books on the market. Filled with skills-oriented concepts and learning objectives, Essential Communication is salient, practical, and engaging.

KEY FEATURES
* A perfect balance of scholarship and practicality in a format that is comprehensive yet concise
* The most comprehensive and practical coverage of issues affecting communication in contemporary life-like social media, ethics, culture, and professionalism-in multiple contexts
* Early, integrated, and effective coverage of public speaking that encourages students to be more confident and effective communicators earlier in the course
* Superior ancillary materials, including an Annotated Instructor's Edition for professors and Dashboard, a reliable and easy-to-use online homework system for students, make it easy for anyone to use this text
* Three concise chapters devoted to interpersonal communication (Chapters 7-9) reflect the increased emphasis in this course on communication in relationships with friends, family members, and romantic partners
* An entire chapter devoted to the practical essentials of communicating for success in the workplace (Chapter 10) takes students step-by-step through the process of finding, getting, and keeping a job and communicating successfully with bosses, employees, and coworkers
* Contemporary photos and captions highlight popular movies, television shows, and pop culture, prompting students to think critically about their own communication
* Questions in the margins prompt students to think critically about the essential concepts in each major section

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2015

About the author

Ronald Brian Adler

Reviews

[Jessica Gleason · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a decent overview for a 1st year comm. class.

[Caley Khovananth · Rating 2 out of 5]

It made me cry at least once and therefore it counts on my yearly reading goal. Anyone who says a textbook doesn’t count can fuck off. I worked hard and suffered through a summer communications class for this shit.

[Trixy Lemell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this book. Everything is easy to read and follow along. A lot of white space and images so you don't feel as though you are drowning in text and information. Things are put in bold and italics that are important. There are a ton of examples in writing and in image form. There are reflection questions that are not pointless, bullet points, and if you look online you can find a learning guide that is free.

On top of all this, not only is this book informative and easy to understand, it is also up to date with examples and topics that are current to our times.

Highly recommend this book.

[Haley · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's time to put this textbook to rest. It's a bit bittersweet because I cannot get over how much I love this textbook. It was a breeze to read and was so interesting to the point where I never even fell asleep!! I had my last lecture for my speech class using this book last week and have my exams this week. Thank you, Essential Communication, for opening my eyes to so much!

[David Song · Rating 5 out of 5]

Testing..

[Cidney Ko · Rating 4 out of 5]

While some of this is common sense, I actually found a lot of this to be really useful information. I read it during a college course.

[Stefan Lotz · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent text for an ESL B2+ Business Communication course. The language is accessible and the coverage extensive. It also provides a good background to American cultural communication trends.

[Kaylin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mean it's a school book. Not particularly fantastic.

[nick]

a decent and easy to read textbook