scholarly journals Glossophobia: The Fear of Public Speaking in ESL Students in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. p22
Author(s):  
Solomon Ali Dansieh ◽  
Edward Owusu ◽  
Gordon Abudu Seidu
Keyword(s):  
Public Speaking ◽  
Opinion Poll ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
Interactive Approach ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Fear Of Public Speaking ◽  
Speaking Skills

Glossophobia, an individual’s anxiety of public speaking, has been observed to be a common phenomenon among students. The present study explores factors associated with glossophobia among ESL students of a tertiary institution in Upper-West Ghana, the Dr. Hilla Limann Technical University, Wa and makes recommendations for improvement in their public speaking skills. The study combined both quantitative and qualitative research approaches in an opinion poll involving 46 participants from the Level 300 class of the Secretaryship and Management Studies of the Business School. Participants acknowledged the importance of public speaking, but conceded that at some point in their student lives, when they had to speak in public, glossophobia prevented them from making a good impression on the audience. Speaking English before a crowd was identified as the most dreaded experience. Low self-confidence in speaking in public; lack of constant speaking experience and lack of knowledge in public speaking; fear of making mistakes and being laughed at; inadequate preparation and timidity were also identified as challenges affecting participants’ ability to speak English in public. To help students overcome that phobia, the study recommends that lecturers should adopt an interactive approach combined with the appropriate communication strategies to promote positive attitudes and create the desirable atmosphere for boosting students’ confidence. Lecturers should also organise seminars on public speaking skills and encourage regular individual oral presentation in class so students can practise to develop positive attitudes towards public speaking.

scholarly journals Peningkatan Public Speaking bagi Siswa SMK Bina Nusa Slawi

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Syaefani Arif Romadhon ◽  
Iin Indrayanti ◽  
Mutiarawati Mutiarawati
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The World ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
General Community ◽  
At Home ◽  
Speaking Skills

The activity of speaking or known as public speaking is a scary thing for students. Although they are often asked to practice presentations in front of the class, the technique of delivering public speaking is often not paid attention to. There are several techniques that should be mastered in public speaking so that the delivery can be conveyed well to the audience. This time, the implementation of PKM aims to provide knowledge about public speaking skills, improve speaking skills, mentally prepare students to speak in front of crowds, and equip students to enter lectures or work.  The method presented in this activity is lecture and practice.with 20 students from SMK Bina Nusa Slawi. Students are also provided with modules to make it easier when delivering and students can also repeat the material at home. Students are also given directions regarding the correct way of presentation in Indonesian and English in accordance with the rules of public speaking. In addition to theory and practice in the classroom. Students are also directed to observe several public speaking figures through Youtube channel. In general, community service activity at SMK Bina Nusa Slawi are going well. Students' enthusiasm is extraordinary, as evidenced by the fact that 80 percent of students believe that having public speaking skills and increasing self-confidence are important. Students feel helped by this activity because they gain knowledge about public speaking and presentation techniques that can be used to support presentations in class or as a provision for later in the world of work.

scholarly journals Upaya Peningkatan Kemampuan Public Speaking Pemuda Sragi Ponorogo

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Tamrin Fathoni ◽  
Asfahani Asfahani ◽  
Erfa Munazatun ◽  
Lilis Setiani
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Development Method ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Asset Based Community Development ◽  
Speaking Skills

Everyone is indeed able to speak, but only some are able to mix words into pretty rhetoric and attract the audiences. In communication studies, public speaking skills are part of effective communication, namely conveying messages to the audience in an appropriate way and attracting attention. From the reality in Sragi village of Ponorogo, there are still many youths who are less competent or not confident in speaking in public. Some of these reasons encourage the team to carry out training for public speaking skills. The purpose of this program is to assist the speaking skills of Sragi youth so that they can increase their self-confidence when presenting themselves in public. The ABCD (Asset-Based Community Development) method was employed to conduct the activity, consecutively it was found that innovative and creative training can provide new insights and knowledge about public speaking techniques among each Sragi youth. The result can be derived from this program: first, Sragi youth can do public speaking well and fluently; second, Sragi youth can arrange a certain program properly and correctly according to their needs; and third, Sragi youth have sufficient master of ceremony and public speaking skills.   Setiap orang memang dapat berbicara, tetapi hanya beberapa yang mampu mencampurkan kata-kata menjadi retorika yang indah dan menarik perhatian pendengarnya. Dalam ilmu komunikasi, keterampilan berbicara di depan umum merupakan bagian dari komunikasi yang efektif, yaitu menyampaikan pesan kepadak halayak dengan cara yang tepat dan menarik perhatian. Dari kenyataan di Desa Sragi Ponorogo, masih banyak anak muda yang kurang kompeten atau kurang percaya diri dalam berbicara di depan umum. Beberapa alasan tersebut mendorong tim untuk melakukan pelatihan keterampilan berbicara di depan umum. Tujuan dari program ini adalah untuk membantu para remaja Sragi sehingga dapat meningkatkan rasa percaya diri saat tampil di depan umum. Metode ABCD (Asset-Based Community Development) digunakan untuk melaksanakan kegiatan tersebut, sehingga ditemukan bahwa pelatihan yang inovatif dan kreatif dapat memberikan wawasan dan pengetahuan baru tentang teknik public speaking di antara pemuda Sragi. Hasil yang didapat dari program ini adalah: pertama, pemuda Sragi dapat berbicara di depan umum dengan baik dan lancar; kedua, pemuda Sragi dapat menyusun agenda program tertentu dengan baik dan benar sesuai dengan kebutuhannya; dan ketiga, pemuda Sragi memiliki kemampuan MC dan public speaking yang memadai.

scholarly journals PENDAMPINGAN PENINGKATAN KEPEMIMPINAN DAN PUBLIC SPEAKING ORANG MUDA AMC PU’URERE ENDE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 654
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Gadi Djou ◽  
Yosephina Payu Wao ◽  
Konstantinus Denny Pareira Meke ◽  
Josina Irene Brigetha Hutubessy
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
The Core ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Preparation Stage ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Youth Community ◽  
Speaking Skills

ABSTRAKSetiap Individu, khususnya orang muda dituntut untuk mampu berkomunikasi dengan baik dan mampu memiliki jiwa leadership guna membangun kehidupannya baik secara pribadi, maupun dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat. Jiwa kepemimpinan dan kemampuan seseorang dalam berbicara merupakan bagian dari komunikasi yang efektif, yaitu mampu merangkul dan merumuskan keputusan untuk mencapai musyawarah yang baik, serta menyampaikan pesan kepada khalayak dengan cara yang tepat dan menarik perhatian. Namun pada kenyataannya, pada Orang Muda yang tergabung dalam komunitas AMC Pu’urere Ende masih belum maksimal dalam memimpin suatu kegiatan serta berbicara didepan umum. Hal ini mendorong tim untuk melakukan pelatihan dan pendampingan kepemimpinan dan public speaking pada Komunitas orang muda di AMC Pu’urere Ende. Tujuan dari program ini adalah untuk membantu orang muda sehingga dapat meningkatkan jiwa kepemimpinan dan rasa percaya diri saat berbicara. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah ceramah, dialog aktif, diskusi dan rencana tindak lanjut yang digunakan sebagai kegaiatn inti yang ingin dicapai dalam pengabdian ini. Hasil yang didapat dari program ini adalah mampunya Orang Muda AMC Pu’urere dalam mempimpin kegiatan, dari tahap persiapan hingga pelaksanaan, dapat menyusun agenda program tertentu dengan baik dan benar sesuai dengan kebutuhannya, serta memiliki kemampuan public speaking yang memadai. Kata kunci: orang muda; kepemimpinan; public speaking. ABSTRACTEvery individual, especially youth people, are required to be able to communicate well and be able to have a leadership spirit, to build his life both personally and in social life. Leadership spirit and one's ability to speak are part of effective communication, namely being able to embrace and formulate decisions to achieve good deliberation, as well as convey messages to audiences in an appropriate and attention-grabbing manner. But in reality, youth who are members of the AMC Pu’urere Ende community are still not optimal in leading activity and speaking in public. This encourages the team to conduct training and mentoring in leadership and public speaking for the youth community at AMC Pu’urere Ende. This program aims to help youth people to improve their leadership spirit and self-confidence when speaking. The methods used in this service activity are lectures, active dialogue, discussions and follow-up plans which are used as the core activities to be achieved in this service. The results obtained from this program are the ability of AMC Pu’urere Youth People in leading activities, from the preparation stage to implementation, being able to arrange certain program agendas properly and correctly according to their needs and having adequate public speaking skills. Keywords: youth people; leadership; public speaking. 

scholarly journals Pelatihan public speaking bagi siswa SMA Negeri 5 Barru

DEDIKASI ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Usman Usman ◽  
Hajrah Hajrah
Keyword(s):  
Public Speaking ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
Limited Knowledge ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
School And Community ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Partnership Program ◽  
Low Motivation ◽  
Speaking Skills

The Community Partnership Program (PKM) partner is OSIS SMA 5 Barru. The problem is: (1) low motivation in speaking activities, especially in public. The lack of confidence is always experienced by students, so there is no courage to speak in public and (2) limited knowledge, techniques, experience, and public speaking skills. The method used is three stages, namely (1) providing material, (2) practice or simulation, and (3) mentoring. The results achieved are (1) partners have motivation, enthusiasm, and self-confidence can speak in public and (2) partners have knowledge, techniques, experience, and skills when speaking in public, including in supporting activities in carrying out activities in school and community.

scholarly journals Public speaking as a part of police directorates head's activities

Vojno delo ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Goran Popović
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Clear Speech ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Performance Visualization ◽  
Fear Of Public Speaking ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function

The fact is that a manager who is characterized by a confident attitude and clear speech will more easily gain the trust of both subordinates and superiors, because in such a way he will convince them of his knowledge and expertise. In this paper, special emphasis has been placed on the complexity of public speaking of the police directorates heads and the importance of preparation for high-quality public speaking. The paper starts from the fact that overcoming the fear of public speaking can contribute to its improvement. It is evident that the police directorates heads have the fear of public speaking, which has strong manifestations that prevent them from achieving the purpose of their speech. On the basis of content analysis, it can be concluded that the police directorates heads can overcome the fear of public speaking by strengthening their self-confidence; by setting realistic expectations; controlling their thoughts and focusing on the topic, meaning and function of performance; visualization; preparation and practice; maintaining contact with the audience; knowing and checking the equipment used during public speaking. It can be concluded that mastering the skills of public speaking will enable a manager to get rid of the fear of public speaking and thus improve his performance. At the same time, it will enable him to be more confident in other fields of management, while constantly enhancing his organizational and managerial qualities.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KEPERCAYAAN DIRI TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN PUBLIC SPEAKING PADA MAHASISWA PENDIDIKAN SEJARAH UNIVERSITAS JAMBI

JURNAL RANDAI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Dwi Nur Rahmadani ◽  
Anny Wahyuni ◽  
Ekawarna
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
History Education ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Speaking Skills

  The aim of this study investigated is to describe the influence of self confidence on public speaking skills at History Education Students of Jambi University. Data obtained by distributing questionnaires and then analyzed quantitatively with a correlational research design. The results showed: there was an influence of self confidence on public speaking skills at History Education student of Jambi University because the value of thitung (16,960) > ttabel (1,65) and the significance probability value is 0,000 < 0,05. It means that the higher self confidence of history education students also makes the higher public speaking skills. The magnitude of the influence of self confidence on public speaking skills at History Education Students of Jambi University is 66,5% and the remaining 33,5% is influenced by other variables outside of this study. From the results of this study, it's recommended that lecturers no longer only focus on models, media, or learning methods but also have to pay attention to the psychology and mentality of students who can influence their attitude during class, so there’s no assumption that students who are less active when appearing in front of the class are students who are not good at learning

scholarly journals Der Umgang mit streitenden Schülern im Edubba’a nach den sumerischen Schulstreitgesprächen Enkiḫeĝal und Enkitalu und Ĝirinisa und Enkimanšum

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-155
Author(s):  
Manuel Ceccarelli
Keyword(s):  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
School Discipline ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Cultural Community ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
Didactic Material ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Speaking Skills

Abstract The Old Babylonian schoolmasters used the literary form of the dialogue to compose texts that were conceived as didactic material to improve the Sumerian speaking skills of their pupils and to teach them specific moral values. Some of these compositions can be labeled as school-disputes based on to their content and were probably performed at school. The ends of the school-disputes Enkiḫeĝal and Enkitalu and Ĝirinisa and Enkimanšum are particularly interesting because they provide some insight into how the schoolmasters dealt with quarreling students. In this respect Enkiḫeĝal und Enkitalu stands out for its challenge of corporal punishment. In Ĝirinisa and Enkimanšum one can note that school discipline implies a fraternal attitude between students. This fraternal attitude presupposed and reinforced the scribe’s self-confidence to form a cohesive cultural community.

scholarly journals Saudi EFL University Instructors’ Barriers to Teaching the Speaking Skills: Causes and Solutions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noura Abdulaziz Abdulmohsen Al HAssan
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Study Results ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Barriers To Teaching ◽  
Preparatory Year ◽  
Speaking Skills

The aim of this study was to investigate the causes and the solutions of Saudi EFL university instructors’ barriers to teaching the speaking skill. The sample of the study consisted of 132 randomly-selected EFL preparatory year instructors at Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, and King Saud University in Riyadh city. Three instruments were utilized to collect data for the study: the first one was a questionnaire, the second was semi-structured interviews, and the third one was lectures observations. The researcher designed a five-point Likert scale questionnaire to collect the data of the study which was validated by a panel of raters consisting of ten university professors and instructors. To ensure reliability, Cronbach Alpha formula was calculated. Besides, The findings of the study revealed that the causes of Saudi EFL university instructors’ barriers to teaching the speaking skill in the preparatory year were as follows: students’ use of L1 during group work or pair work, lack of vocabulary, fear of making mistakes, lack of self-confidence, and lack of motivation. Furthermore, the study results advocated the following solutions to Saudi EFL university instructors’ barriers to teaching the speaking skill: enhancing students’ self-confidence to speak without fear, correcting students’ mistakes kindly, meeting students’ needs in speaking textbooks, and adopting recent motivating techniques, increasing the motivating speaking activities in textbooks, and testing the speaking skill. Finally, the study concluded that teacher training and preparation programs should help EFL instructors overcome and avoid such teaching barriers in teaching the speaking skills

scholarly journals Confronting Cultural Barriers in Public Speaking through Multiple Learning Strategies: A Case of Indonesian EFL Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Concilianus Laos Mbato
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Public Speakers ◽  
Speaking Skills

Cultural barriers, anxiety and lack of English competence may lead to EFL students’ failures in public peaking. Conducive learning environments, right coaching and learning strategies are likely to increase the possibility of students’ success. This research aimed to investigate whether the implementation of multiple learning strategies empowered Indonesian EFL students’ public speaking skills. 56 students enrolled in three public speaking classes of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta in the academic year 2017-2018 participated in the research. One overriding research question was postulated, i.e., to what extent does the implementation of multiple learning strategies empower students’ public speaking skills? To answer the question, classroom mixed-methods research was employed where students filled out four different questionnaires and submitted focus group discussion (FGD) results at the end of the semester. Quantitative and qualitative data analyses indicated that students had very high perceptions about the use of and the combinations of reflections, peer-, teacher-, and self-assessments, independent learning plans and activities. They believed that multiple learning strategies implemented in the Public Speaking Class enabled them to be independent, responsible, and better learners. They also acknowledged becoming more confident and better public speakers. This study contributes to the body of knowledge in public speaking in two important ways. First, learning to speak in public for non-native speakers of English should begin with raising their awareness about cultural barriers that might inhibit the development of the necessary skills in public speaking. Second, teaching public speaking to EFL students requires the adoption of multiple learning strategies including strategies to confront imminent cultural barriers. This research, therefore, urges public speaking trainers and teachers in EFL settings to include intercultural understanding and multiple learning strategies in their public speaking classes in order to empower students’ public speaking skills

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