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    take on a daily basis. An example of this, using a common fear with an estimation of 75% of people has, would be the glossophobia, also known as the fear of public speaking. If a person believed that public speaking is frightening and could ruin their reputation, then most likely he or she will avoid public speaking; conversely, if that same person believed that public speaking is fun and easy, they may be more inclined to giving a public speech without hesitation. (Glossophobia)

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    Public speaking is a subject most struggle with throughout their entire lives. Many think that after you learn how to public speak through presentations in middle school or high school you just get over how frightening it can be and learn to cope with the struggles of it. In many instances that is true. Depending on where, in schools students usually start public speaking while doing presentations every other week in a middle school class. Then gradually over the years you get more assignments slowly

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    you are dealing with. There are many ways to cope with phobias, including stage fright, however, each situation is different as there are varies forms of common phobias. Performance Anxiety, also referred as a fear of public speaking is one of the most common phobias. People who fears and other interests that require them to take the “stage”, such as actors, athletes, etc. will experience stage freight as an impairment of their own particular activity. This week is the Masters tournament for

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    Most people tend to fear public speaking whether it be the feeling like what you want to say won’t come out when speaking or just the fact that you have to stand in front of an audience and speak its self may be frightful to most people. Although that may be so with practice, public speaking shouldn’t be feared but be seen as a useful skill that may be applied to everyday life weather you’re in school or in your job. I believe learning how to publicly speak is something that will most diffidently

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    Casey Green 1 09/13/11 SPC 100 Section 14 The Great Debaters This film focuses on being a confident and decisive person in life, through passionate and informed topics. 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.¹ After watching this film it does strike a cord of wanting to be able to reach out to others and share my own opinions in a strong, confident

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    A. (n.d.). What is Social Anxiety? | The Social Anxiety Institute. Retrieved October 22, 2016, from https://socialanxietyinstitute.org/what-is-social-anxiety This article tells all about what social anxiety is. It explains how social anxiety is the fear of going out and being social because of the thought of being judged by everyone around them. Social anxiety is one of the third largest mental health care problems. It has become an even bigger problem than ever before. Our society puts so much pressure

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    King George’s struggled with his stutter for most of his lifetime. It started around the young age of 4 or 5, which is when stuttering usually begins to show up in a person. The young prince had a lifetime of disliking having to speak in public in fear of public

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    Struggles can come from everywhere, but the hardest ones are from within. Our weaknesses, our flaws are the things we have to struggle with every day. I have grown up with quite a few struggles like everyone else. My anger, fear of public speaking and trust issues set me apart of other people and these are the struggles I cope with every day. I just have to learn how to live with those flaws and sooner or later I will overcome them. Anger the one thing that runs in my family. I wouldn't say I'm

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    most important skills that we can have is the skill of public speaking. Throughout life, no matter what profession, we have to use the skill of public speaking at some point. As a Christians, this skill becomes even more important. We must find ways to master and skillfully practice the art of public speaking in our society. Therefore it is important to understand what rationale can be offered for the significance of the art of public speaking in a free society and why it is especially important for

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    It is widely known that in EFL learning situations, many students “exhibit fear of foreign language speaking” (Yaikhong & Usaha, 2012, p. 23). In Asian countries, EFL learners suffer even more in language classroom anxiety because of insufficient language environment. According to Scovel (1978), anxiety in language learning is “a state of apprehension, a vague fear” (p. 134). Such anxiety may exist in many aspects of language learning process. Language classroom anxiety is one of the most common

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