A Proven Public Speaking Course Design to Help Reduce Speakers' Anxiety

Karla Hunter, South Dakota State University
Joshua Westwick, South Dakota State University

Abstract

This pedagogical idea shares our course design as a model for a publicspeaking course crafted to help students reduce their public speaking anxiety (PSA).This design and the quantitative measurement of its outcomes have been effective inboth online and face-to-face course delivery modes, providing our department withassessment data to help communicate the course's success to our administration.