Speech Exercises for the Classroom: A Guide for Professors, Teachers and Speech Instructors

When I began teaching public speaking courses I considered myself lucky. My fellow Teaching Assistants and later professorial colleagues would often state they were at a loss in coming up with classroom exercises for their students. In my graduate days, other TAs would come into our shared office space, flustered, and would say they had to teach in 30 minutes and had no idea what they were going to do. I would always have an answer. I seemed to have a ‘knack’ for coming up with different ex...