Psychological, factors hindering BSOA students in public speaking anxiety at CSPC Buhi Campus / Michelle M. Boringot.

Undergraduate Thesis (BSOA)- Office Administration. Undergraduate Thesis (BSOA)- Office Administration. Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, 2021.

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The investigation about factors contributing public speaking anxiety (PSA) and strategies for reducing the level of public speaking anxiety among BSOA students is being investigated in the current study. The study was executed to find the degree of student's anxiety as well as the strategies for coping with public speaking anxiety. The 30 participant BSOA students were randomly selected using, the convenience sampling method. A questionnaire was adapted from PRPSA (McCrosky, 1970) as the research instrument in order to collect the data in this study. The result showed that the factors contributing to public speaking anxiety in psychological factors were significantly varied. Students get nervous and feeling tense, while preparing for a public speech. For strategies of coping with anxiety, BSOA students selected their interested topics when they are supposed to deliver public speech. Using the rhetorical devices was also important, when they deliver the public speech. Additionally, students regulate their gestures and project their voices by speaking clearly, confidently, and appropriately. The findings suggested that these can be applied to the instructional settings of the public speaking course, particularly ELT programs, in order to assist students with various difficulties in public speeches. Furthermore, the public speaking strategies should be practically used in the core instruction of public speaking in order to reduce the level of anxiety among BSOA students.