Title
Instructor's Corner #1: Teaching Students to Face Their Fears Eases Public Speaking Anxiety
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
June 2014
Abstract
Public speaking anxiety (PSA) can hinder career aspirations, personal relationships, and self-image, but communication educators can provide students opportunities to learn and practice new skills and face their fears. A well-designed public speaking course serves apprehensive students through instructional strategies that target and treat the fears associated with public speaking while enhancing student development and future employability. Thus, reducing students’ public speaking anxiety can become a central component of the public speaking course design.
Publication Title
Communication Currents
Recommended Citation
Hunter, Karla; Westwick, Joshua; and Haleta, Laurie, "Instructor's Corner #1: Teaching Students to Face Their Fears Eases Public Speaking Anxiety" (2014). Communication Studies Publications. 45.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/comm-theatre_pubs/45