2. Presented To:
Abdul Wahid
Adjunct Faculty, Notre Dame University Bangladesh
Presented By:
Bushra Morshed
Id: 0000000; Batch: ELL
Lin4202: Psycholinguistics
Department of English Language & Literature
Notre Dame University Bangladesh
3. Innerspeech
● Self-directed dialogue, internalized,
verbal thinking
● Lev Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive
development, inner speech is the outcome
of a developmental process.
● “Africa is the only continent that lies in
all four hemispheres”.
HI, I’M JOHN JAMESON!
4. Fear of public speaking is a common form of
speech anxiety
Range from slight nervousness to paralyzing
fear and panic
Attend primarily to the audience and speaking
environment, to self, or to some combination
of the two
SpeechAnxiety
5. 25%
Of adults, 25% report “much” fear when speaking before a group
(Borkovec & O’Brien, 1976)
7. 3kindsofinnerspeech
The inner voice that
judges us as inadequate
Inner Critic
The inner voice that seeks
to make the best of any
situation
Inner Guide
The inner voice that
judges, blames, and
criticizes others.
Inner Defender