Should Public Speaking Be Taught In Schools: Article Analysis

Public speaking is a must needed skill in today’s business environment that, much like any skill, requires discipline to master. Public speaking classes have many benefits, including gaining confidence through practice to advance professional goals (O'Hair, Stewart, & Rubenstein, 2015). Additionally, oral and written communication skills are the most highly sought after skills from organizations seeking to hire college graduates (O’Hair et al., 2015). The Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) is a self-assessment consisting of 34 questions regarding communicating with others (CSU-Global, 2016). This paper will explore the results of my PRPSA self-assessment, analyze the results, and opine on how the results of the assessment may

Being a socialize person, I have always believed that public speaking is not a problem for me at all. However, I realize I was completely wrong as I had to deliver a lot of speeches in front of class, which was a quite a struggle for me. Even though my English accent has gotten a lot better throughout the year, yet it would always get terrible during my speech as I was mispronouncing words constantly. Fortunately, I have came to realize that my accent would not be so bad if I memorize the speech instead of reading it out loud like how I usually would.

Public speaking is the number one fear in the world, which shows that the number one fear is really a deep fear of rejection from the connection of others. The narrator in “Typical First Year Professor”, who had a fantastic education and experience, has public speaking issues. She explains how her fear physically affects her in, “Ten minutes before my first class, I run to the bathroom and vomit. I’m afraid of public speaking, which

There is no question that after giving about four speeches, I have become a much better overall public speaker. In the beginning of the semester, I would tend to get nervous during some of my speeches and consequently the delivery of my speech would be greatly affected. If I had made a mistake, my level of nervousness would drastically increase and I wouldn’t know how to correct it. Although today I have improved on these aspects. Normally in order to control my nerves I try to think as positively as possible. This is critical because when I start to think even a little bit negatively then I severely hurt my chances of giving a good speech. Instead today, my main priority is to stay very confident and tell myself that I’m going to perform fine.

Public speaking is the spark that leads to the realization of the need for change. When the world becomes so conditioned to not talk about the uncomfortable issues, it becomes easy to forget how harmful they truly are. However, public speaking is that opportunity to hold up that mirror to society, and command a change to be made. All of the great social shifts were fueled by the speeches of those who cared. The famous of all being the famous “I Have a Dream” speech, which still is quoted today. In order for change to take place, an individual must speak up in some sort of public forum to identify the problem.

Claudia Stepanovich gave me a message through power point that I completely agree with and that is that public speaking is not a skill you are born with; it is something that you have to learn and get better at. This message spoke to me, because I am extremely nervous about public speaking and I always avoid it when I can; when I can’t avoid it I always get nervous and start to stutter and forget information.

The third chapter of a Pocket Guide to Public Speaking is about anxiety in relations to

The Study Anxiety Inventory (SAI), consisting of the factors of Anxiety and Public speaking, was developed to measure college students’ self-reported levels of anxiety while studying to speak in front of class mate. Data from 2015 undergraduate students from four colleges (Nursing and Sciences, Business) at a private university, Keiser University were used to evaluate the validity of the scores from the 16-item Study Anxiety Inventory. The preliminary PSCAS yielded an internal consistency of .85 using Cronbach's alpha coefficient when administered to 30 participants and was factor-analyzed to establish the construct and the final version.

A worst fear to hit above all aside from death: public speaking. Having to talk in front of an audience otherwise in my words, the talking itself. I don’t recall on how I became “that one quiet kid” in school, but it’s a personality that I sometimes, irritate myself also. It’s like having an invisible barrier, it shields on what might seem dangerous ahead. After a while, the curiosity grows yet, the barrier blocks leaving the interest unsatisfied. Although, it’s not always like that, it’s very different at home. It’s more like I’m the one who needs to be hushed from the talking. From my perspective, talkative at home while, at school the silent treatment. So, what is the problem here? Freshman to Junior, I stayed the same. Some students even

Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech the audience should have a grasp understanding of what anxiety is and how it affects a large percent of the population. Central Idea: Anxiety is something many people have dealt with at least some point in their lives. Many people have fears of speaking in public and this is a major contribution to anxiety. Introduction: One time my friend cassidy was giving a presentation to her government class and she was so nervous and scared to present, that her anxiety level peaked and she passed out in the middle of her presentation.

Throughout life we express ourselves through words. The way we present ourselves through speech says a lot about our character. The way one speaks to others can jeopardize the amount of respect and trust others have for them. From the way one pronounces a word to their posture can affect the way an audience interprets what is being said. Personally, I am not confident with my speaking skills at this point. I would like my audience to fully comprehend the concepts or facts that I would present to them. In order to do so I must improve my speaking skills I believe that a problem most people, including myself, have when giving speeches is facing an audience. Just looking out to an audience of a mere ten

Although this article is relevant to my current situation of my fear of public speaking, overall I think my case have both some similarities. My biggest symptom is that when I go to speak publically my mind rushes. Instead of thinking clearly about what I am going to say next, I get into my own head and start thinking about everything down the line as well as my audience and the fact that I might mess up or get even more nervous. The article points out that the fear of public speaking usually come from a “Traumatic experience” with your first time public speaking. Although it was not my first time and traumatic might be a bit of an overstatement, I think this statement rings true. Pinpointing my fear comes after an early presentation senior

In is article, the authors researched that a fundamental speech course can decrease a student’s public speaking anxiety. Reducing student’s public speaking anxiety is appropriate in a college speech class because it will improve personal development and help with the student’s employment chances later. By implementing public speaking anxiety treatments into speech courses such as positive reinforcement and constructive criticism from other classmates can reduce anxiety. Also, by starting out with simple speeches and progressing into more difficult ones anxiety can be decreased. In using this simple treatments public speaking anxiety can be greatly reduced resulting in ease in communication in a public

Throughout my life, I've always been afraid whenever I had to speak in front of a large group of people. Whether it'd be a participating in classroom or talking to a group of acquaintances, whenever the thought of speaking in front of that many people came in I immediately get anxious as if I'd embarrass myself by saying something wrong and getting laughed at sometimes. But all of that changed when I decided to overcome my anxiety by joining the debate society. Initially I embarrassed myself many times, sometimes by forgetting to say all the content I came up when anxiety stroke me at the moment my time to give a speech came, or by making embarrassing mistakes in my speech. But my willing to never give up and learning from my mistakes to make

I used the search engine Google with the search term “public speaking fear” and it brought up a great deal of interesting websites pertaining to public speaking. The first one I decided to peruse was 5 Tips to Reduce the Fear of Public Speaking on Psychology Today’s website. I learned that public speaking is the number one fear in America, while the fear of death is second in line. This means that we’re more afraid of speaking in public than we are of dying. I also learned five tips on how to reduce public speaking nervousness.