Now, you might do this test and check it!!
ANXIETY TEST
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70
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LOW
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98
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114
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HIGH
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131
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SCORE=
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70
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LOW
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98
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AVERAGE
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114
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HIGH
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131
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RANGO
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(34-170)
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It is a common problem in college and professional. It would be interesting to find efficient techniques to reduce this anxiety.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Juan Manuel Chacón Jiménez.
Giving speeches is very important, and being nervous is a problem of many people.
DeleteIn my home university in Germany I visited lots of workshops in the last two years. Everytime I had to do a presentation in front of all about a special topic. And, i have to say, i got used to it. At the beginning I was really nervous but with every single presentation is was getting better. Also in this case: Exercise is everything. Besides I noticed that the others are also nervous when they have to present and that we are all more or less in the same situation.
One strategy that I use is to practice at home. Practicing the speech makes you more self confident.
My advice: use every opportunity to speek in front of many people. It will help you. And when you have to give a speech in class, remember, all the students are like you and nobody will bite you. You are a part of this class, so keep cool ;)Moreover, if you are well prepared you don't have to worry!
Greetings
Anna
(Psychology of Groups, Class 2013)
I agree with Anna, practicing and exercising is essential to get used to present project and talk in public. Almost everyone can affirm that the first project presentation is always a mess. However, people whose occupation is related with talking in public, do it very naturally. Practicing plays a crucial role. In addition some communication techniques may help with the issue, such as comical visualization, so popular in TV series and films (try to imagine your public wearing underwear clothes).
ReplyDeleteFinally, I would recommend to practice before the presentation and be sure of our potentials and communication skills.
In my opinion, practising the presentation is one of the most useful strategies for making a great presentation and also for reducing nervousness. Moreover, a week before the presentation I wrote in my agenda each day a motivational sentence in order to improve myself confident.
ReplyDeleteSoledad Fernández Cuenca (1º A,2013)
we should be used to speak in public since primary school, it must be teached as a subject. During all our life we have to communicate and express ourselves properly, anxiety doesn´t have to be an obstacle
ReplyDeletePilar Díaz-Pavón 1ºA 2013
The Technical name for speech anxiety is "Glossophobia". Aparently, 3/4 people suffer some degree of anxiousness when speaking, which is obviously a problem, especially, as Pilar said, if in our life we have to speak in public as much as we do. I think practice is a good way to reduce this symptom. A thing that helped me in particular is to be in drama classes.
ReplyDeleteHere you can see more info on glossophobia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossophobia
Lucas Castillo, 1º A
My personal experience said that when I really know about the topic I have to give the speech of, my confidence grow up such as the motivation that I have. Of course, an influencing factor is the audience to which I have to give the speech. Although, I agree with Pilar when she said that: "we should be used to speak in public since primary school, it must be teached as a subject" because it is proved that the more we new about how to do it, the best we will do.
ReplyDeleteI am one of these person who gets very nervous when have to talk in public. For me is impossible to keep calm while I am giving a speech and I know that I have to control my nervous because I will have to give a lot of speech in the future and the nervous only are a problem.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Pilar, I think that children have to learn how control their nervous when they are young. Last year one of my teachers tried to help me and if someone had helped when I was young, now I would not have this problem.
Elena Herrera Molino (1ºA, 2013)
I am like elena, i get very nervous when i have to talk in the presence of lot of people, but I try to calm my self and do the better i can.
ReplyDeleteJose Enrique Garcia (1º A, 2013)
I am usually worried about not throw while I am giving a speech, I think that I suffer from anxiety just because of the situation (someone is evaluating me).
ReplyDeleteIn USA high schools being part of a debate group is quite important, and those who manage to express themselves in a proper way in public are truly respected.
Nicolás Castillón 1ºA 2013
How do you feel when you give a speech? I really like this topic, mostly because I feel quite related with it. My personal experience permits me to say that it´s quite typical to experience anxiety while giving a speech. I think it happens more frequently to shy people, but also very sociable people could have this feeling.
ReplyDeleteWhat I can provide as a solution is to focus on the topic and not thinking about possible internal feelings that block our ability to speak such as:
- Am I speaking so quickly?
- Am I being so boring?
- Am I getting along?
It is very useful to think about these questions a after the speech in order to improve our talking skills. Nevertheless, during the performance, they only produce anxiety and dissatisfaction.
(Elena Gómez de Agüero Ortiz 1ºA)
I completely agree with all of you, but especially with Elena: anxiety comes from insecurity or fear of evaluation, and it is, of course, useless.
DeleteI'm afraid I don't know much about the issue, I imagine that, as my formation progresses, I will learn about it. This is because there is almost like a whole field about it and coaching is indeed a recurrent resource, not only used by businessmen/women, but also by academics and people to whom this issue bothers in their personal lives.
The USA is a country where they have a specific coach for every skill (I've seen from manners coaches to joking coaches and spontaneity coaches. If you're interested in knowing their work a little better, there's a lot of reality shows about it, and if you're interested in seeing them fail obstreperously, watch the movie "Borat"), but I don't think that a little speech anxiety should be considerred as a problem -glossophobia should, of course-, in fact I think that having in your head that you have speech anxiety provides an additional worry and limits performance, and it's, of course, useless (as said before).
What always works for me is, in fact, this: not making a drama out of it and having a clear conscience. I can get this by preparing the conference previously to know about the topic I'll talk about (very important) and rehearseing it, this means, doing all what's possible to succeed. Only if I have done "all what's possible" before the speech, I'm able to do it during it.