Public Speaking Anxiety and Its Effect on Students Introduction Public speaking anxiety is a problem for many people. Some say that it is the number one fear of Americans over death. There have been many studies done in the general field of public speaking anxiety. I am going to review five articles that touch on various issues surrounding public speaking anxiety. All five of these articles are from Communication journals and are at most five years old. Literature Review There
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN COUNSELING CENTER PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY By Louise Katz‚ Ph.D. • • • WHAT IS PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY? HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN ORAL PRESENTATION GIVING YOUR SPEECH What is Public Speaking Anxiety? Public speaking anxiety is very common among both college students and the general population. Some estimates are that as many as 20-85% of people experience more or less anxiety when they need to speak in public. Many people who speak for a living‚ including actors
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COPING WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the teaching of affective strategies helps students’ reduce their public speaking anxiety. We used the questionnaire Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) developed by McCroskey (1970; 1992) in order to determine the level of anxiety that a student experiences while holding a speech. At the beginning of the semester‚ the students were asked to fill out the questionnaire by approximating
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Student’s Name: Institution of Learning: Instructor’s Name: Course Name: Public Speaking Anxiety From a tender age‚ I was always nervous about speaking it public or rather being in situations where I had to address people or read in public‚ be they my peers‚ or those older or younger than me. Still‚ within me‚ I admired numerous eloquent speakers both on television and other areas of social life‚ though I could not muster enough courage to publicly address others. Consequently‚ throughout childhood
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INTRODUCTION Commonly‚ students refuse to do the task of speaking in public due to discomfort of being viewed upon by the classmates or the audience and does create inferiority in delivering a certain speech. Public speaking is a common source of stress for everyone especially to students who are not used to speak in front of public because of fear to be criticized by others. Many would like to avoid this situation completely‚ but that is difficult to accomplish. Oral communication anxiety or commonly known
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speech followed by death. Thus‚ in a funeral‚ 9 out of 10 are rather laying down in the coffin than speaking behind the podium! Unfortunately‚ I am also a one that fears to give speech more than death. Therefore‚ through this presentation‚ I hope I can conquer the speaking anxiety and improve my speech style as well. Speech nervousness includes physiological and psychological anxiety. Physiological anxiety is defined as bodily responses to a perceived threat to a perceived threat‚ including heart rate
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Biological Psychology 60 (2002) 37 – 49 www.elsevier.com/locate/biopsycho Anticipatory autonomic response to a public speaking task in women The role of trait anxiety Esperanza Gonzalez-Bono a‚ Luis Moya-Albiol a‚ Alicia Salvador a‚*‚ Eduvigis Carrillo b‚ Jorge Ricarte b‚ Jesus Gomez-Amor b a Departamento de Psicobiologıa y Psicologıa Social‚ Facultad de Psicologıa‚ Uni6ersidad de Valencia‚ ´ ´ ´ Area de Psicobiologıa‚ Apartado 22109‚ 46071 Valencia‚ Spain ´ b Departamento de
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* public speaking is American’s number one fear what is public speaking features communication between a speaker and an audience speaker does most of talking audience centered emphasizes the spoken word usually a prepared presentation Why study public speaking Use in Classroom Career Communication skills outrank all other qualities Community Least expect it Public Speaking: A great tradition The ancient Greeks were the first people to think formally about rhetoric –a systematic
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Public speaking - is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured‚ deliberate manner intended to inform‚ influence‚ or entertain the listeners. It is closely allied to "presenting"‚ although the latter has more of a commercial advertisement connotation. The Importance of Public speaking Public speaking is presenting your thoughts and feelings in a meaningful way. Often the wrong perception that only people involved in sales‚ marketing or mass media need to learn public speaking
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enjoy making a fool of myself‚ but it is in large part due to the fact that talking to people in a structured manner‚ such as a speech just doesn’t scare the bejusus out of me like it did before I enrolled in this class. Why is that? Why does public speaking scare people? I feel that many people just don’t understand the fundamentals. First off‚ things go much smoother if your audience finds you credible. Next‚ your delivery is just as important as your material. A nervous speaker with accurate facts
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