He defines the nature of conversation and communication and delineates the social aspects of each category. By associating speaking and listening as constant social activities, Adler presents the idea that these skills are not taught, but instead he insists that these qualities are picked up the more a person is involved in any social activity. In Part One Adler covers the social aspects of speaking and listening. These sections encompass the process used in speaking and listening that Adler feels should be incorporated in every “heart-to-hear talk,†personal conversation, and public speeches. In this book he reviews keys to public speaking and to intentional listening in three sections framed by a prologue and epilogue. In How to Speak and How to Listen (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983) American philosopher Mortimer Adler offers the same service to oral communication as he did to the printed word. Students who take up my challenge that despite being in graduate school they need to learn to read and so should study Adler’s helpful guide tend to do much better in their studies. One of the books I recommend most often to my students is Mortimer J.
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