Kehoe, Dalton
Summary: This course provides a theoretical and practical survey of the ideas behind and the practices of effective communication. It helps you become aware of the automatic processes involved that influence every day talk, of how face-to-face talk really works in the most common three recognized modes: connect talk, control talk, and dialogue talk. Effectiveness is measured by three things: getting...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2 EFFCall number: DVD 302.2 EFF
Summary: "In American Sign Language for Everyone, Dr. Julia Silvestri--a native user of American Sign Language (ASL) and member of the Deaf community--will show you how to use this unique language to meet people, share information about the world around you, express your opinion, and enjoy ASL literary forms. In 24 engaging lessons, Dr. Silvestri will teach you the manual alphabet, and many dozen signs...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 AMEFridland, Valerie
Summary: In Language and Society: What Your Speech Says About You, sociolinguist Valerie Fridland of the University of Nevada, Reno guides you in a wide-ranging voyage into the extraordinary world of our language, with a penetrating focus on the multiple ways in which societies and language intersect. In these 24 highly engaging lectures, you'll look closely at the different facets of language and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 FriCall number: DVD 809 Fri