Topic Why Should Students Study Public

Topic: Why should students study public speaking? Nowadays, public speaking is one of most significant skills that everyone, especially students, should master. Public speaking, as its name implies, means making one’s thoughts or ideas public. Without a doubt, speaking in public is so challenging and even difficult that students have to spend a lot of time as well as make enormous efforts to be able to become an expert in it. In spite of this, public speaking is worth their time and endeavor for three main persuasive reasons: communication skill improvement, leadership skill enhancement and getting a better job assurance. First of all, students should learn how to do public speaking and use it as a vital means of communication. As Lucas (2007) finds that public speaking has been considered as a crucial means communication for a long time (p.4). It can be said that public speaking has a gigantic impact on enhance communication skill. Through learning public speaking, students can improve their confidence dramatically. The more confident they are, the better their communication skill will be. “Surveys about our fears commonly show fear of public speaking at the top of the list. Our fear of standing in front of a group and talking is so great that we fear it more than death, in surveys at least” (Croston, 2012). This is all because they lack of confidence and speaking experience. By enrolling in a public speaking course, students can be gradually familiar with raising their voice in front of many people. After the course, they will be more likely to overcome their fear and have the courage to talk to others smoothly and assertively. As a result, their communication skill will be considerably enhanced. Moreover, public speaking is one of the best ways for one to get his or her message across to a large number of people. According to Lucas’s report, most of the today’s people all over the world have used public speaking to share their thoughts and effects (2007,

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