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
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COM 1010 The goal of public speaking is to gain a desired response from the listener without inflicting any form of harm on the individual listeners. Public speaking is a powerful tool and as a result carries serious ethical responsibilities. Ethics “involves systematizing‚ defending‚ and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior”.1 What makes us trust a speaker or believe that he or she is a reliable source? Who can we trust to have our best interests at heart? According to Stephan Lucas
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1‚Similarities and Difference between public speaking and conversation: 1‚Organizing your thoughts logically.2‚Tailoring your message to your audience.3‚Telling a story for maximum impact.4‚Adapting to listener feedback.1‚public speaking is more highly structured.2‚ public speaking requires more formal language.3‚public speaking requires a different method of delivery.2.Strategies to Help Reduce Stage Fright:require speaking experience‚ prepare prepare prepare‚Think positively‚use the power of visualization
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What is public speaking? I used to define public speaking as a simple‚ casual conversation with my audiences. However‚ I realize that I was wrong after completing Comm. 20. Through a series of learning objectives for this course‚ I have come to an understanding that public speaking is actually a life skill. As I progress through this course‚ these learning objectives have become guidelines for my speeches and helped me improve in my public speaking skills. The first learning objective is about
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great time. The presentation ends with a standing ovation and you feel on top of the world‚ inconquerable. To think you were once worried about public speaking‚ but no more. Thanks to your improved speaking you are much more confident person. Unfortunately this is just a dream‚ and you must face reality. Do you have problems with public speaking ? If you fear the spotlight‚ you are not alone. 3 out of 4 people have some form of stage fright‚ ranging from small worries to physically
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December 2nd‚ 2001 Introduction to Public Speaking Class When I signed up to take this class‚ I was very excited but I did not know that we would have to stand before an audience and do live speeches. When I did find this out‚ I became very nervous but looked forward to the upcoming challenge. In this class I have learned how to put a speech together to include the outline. I have also learned that when giving a speech‚ there are rules for giving clear instructions
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The most challenging part of preparing my speech was converting my preparation outline into a speaking outline. Creating a speaking outline for our personal speech was easy because it was all experience‚ so that gave us the ability to form sentences in the moment. Regarding my speaking outline for the informative speech‚ I wanted to keep it true to the preparation outline since I had practiced it plenty of times. The problem was that I was not sure how long or how short it should be for this kind
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How to Chair a Meeting Effectively Many of you will chair meetings as part of your role and those that don’t may in the future or will in someone’s absence. Here are some points to remember: What Makes a Good Chair Below are some general pointers about what makes a good Chair of a meeting. Some of you will have these skills‚ possibly without realising them‚ other will have some but not all. They are things to think about and focus on as you develop your role of a Chair to optimise your abilities
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Fluency and Coherence Ability to produce long responses How easily the candidate can produce the long responses The amount of hesitation The speed of speech Use of discourse markers/ linking phrases/ connectives The amount of self-correction Be able and willing to produce long responses to most questions. Produce a range of different linking words/ phrases. Linking phrases are sometimes used incorrectly. Use some ―marker‖ language (eg‚ redundant language). There
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Public Speaking There are natural oral speech disorders such as sluttering‚ cluttering‚ articulation disorders‚ and aplaxia. Sluttering is a problem that interferes with fluent speech. When someone repeats the first part of a word or stays a long time on a single sound it is because they are slutter. A person who stutters has trouble getting out what they want to say‚ and a person who clutters says what they are thinking‚ but it becomes disorganized while actually speaking. Apraxia is thought
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