Cleopatra Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Mortimer J. Adler's How To Read a Book is recommended often on these forums but I am wondering if anyone has seen or used the companion book, How To Speak, How To Listen? http://www.amazon.com/How-Speak-Listen-Mortimer-Adler/dp/0684846470 It intrigues me, as we seem to need speaking and listening skills as much, or more than we need reading skills. Any input or information would be appreciated! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chubbyhugs Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 This may not help you a lot. Dd and I read portions of How to Speak, How to Listen last summer before dd joined an online Great Books Discussion class. We read Parts 2 and 3: the former, from what I remember, focused on persuasive speech in front of a group and how to gear your speech toward a particular audience; the latter was about annotating while listening to a speaker. We didn't get any further than that. We'll probably look at the book again this summer, especially Chapter 13 of Part 4 since dd will continue with socratic discussion. Here's the Table of Contents Part 1 - Prologue Chapter 1 - The Untaught Skills Chapter 2 - The Solitary and the Social Part 2 - Uninterrupted Speech Chapter 3 - "That's Just Rhetoric!" Chapter 4 - The "Sales Talk" and Other Forms of Persuasive Speech Chapter 5 - Lectures and Other Forms of Instructive Speech Chapter 6 - Preparing and Delivering a Speech Part 3 - Silent Listening Chapter 7 - With the Mind's Ear Chapter 8 - Writing While and After Listening Part 4 - Two-Way Talk Chapter 9 - Question and Answer Sessions: Forums Chapter 10 - The Variety of Conversations Chapter 11 - How to Make Conversation Profitable and Pleasurable Chapter 12 - The Meeting of Minds Chapter 13 - Seminars: Teaching and Learning by Discussion Part 5 - Epilogue Chapter 14 - Conversation in Human Life Appendices 1 - The Harvey Cushing Memorial Oration 2 - The Twelve Days of the Aspen Executive Seminar 3 - Seminars for Young People Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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