This document discusses why students dislike public speaking classes and provides tips to overcome anxiety about public speaking. It notes that students often choose classes they are familiar with and feel comfortable in. It also explains that anxiety plays a large role, as public speaking fear is one of the most common phobias. The document offers advice from experts on how to prepare, such as practicing, getting rest, and using deep breathing techniques to help students feel more at ease giving speeches.

1. And Reasons Students Don’t Like
Taking It.

2.  Nervous?
 Hard to gather your
thoughts?
 Does the Attention of
classmates cause you
to fidget or become
rigid?

3.  Mayo Clinic
 Psychology Today
 Stanford Univeristy

5.  How students take other classes first.
 How students often suffer from some
type of anxiety.
 Tips to help you overcome any issues
and prepare for the future.

6.  People like to choose
classes they’re
familiar with!
 Article by Dr. Glenn
Croston states, “Our
fear of standing up in
front of a group of
people and speaking
is greater than the fear
of death”.

7.  Anxiety plays a large
role.
 Most have some form
of anxiety when it
comes to speech.
 Dr. Daniel Hall-Flavin
from Mayo Clinic
states, “Fear is one of
the most common
fears”.

8.  Despite what you think,
you can beat it!
 A paper from Stanford
University gives
pointers like, “take deep
breaths”, “visualize
success”, and “get a
good nights sleep, and
eat a healthy breakfast”.
 And don’t forget to
practice!!

9. Students Procrastinate!

10. We’ve gone over
1. How students pick what they’re comfortable
with.
2. What role anxiety plays
3. And ways to overcome it

11.  “A good
speech should
be like a
woman’s skirt.
Long enough to
cover the
subject and
short enough to
create interest.

12.  Croston, Glenn. "The Thing We Fear More Than Death." .
Psychology Today, 28 Nov. 2012. Web. 16 June 2014.
<http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-real-story-
risk/201211/the-thing-we-fear-more-death>.
 Hall-Flavin, Daniel. "Phobias." Fear of public speaking: How
can I overcome it?. Mayo-Clinic, 25 Feb. 2014. Web. 16 June
2014. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-
conditions/phobias/expert-answers/fear-of-public-
speaking/faq-20058416>.
 "Overcoming Speech Anxiety." . Stanford, n.d. Web. 16 June
2014.
<http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Oralcomm/Micros
oft%20Word%20-%20OvercomingSpeechAnxiety.pdf>.