LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 20:2 February 2020
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Role of Anxiety in Speaking Skills: An Exploratory Study

Pradeep Kumar Sahoo, M.Phil. and Dr. Smita Sinha, PhD


Abstract

There is no doubt that the present-day professional students are expected to deliver presentations and enhance public speaking skills. Students in professional courses must be trained how to overcome anxiety in public speaking. Based on the concept of anxiety, the present study makes an attempt to find out whether anxiety plays a major role in classroom public speaking tasks in comparison with individual performance with their familiar friends. 30 engineering under-graduate students were asked to present on two different topics: one with their friends and the other with another batch of students whom they were not familiar with. It was observed that the familiar faces in the audience group helped to make the presentations better. Later, the students were asked about the strategies they used to overcome ‘anxiety’. The study highlights that ‘anxiety’ plays a major role in public speaking skills which can be overcome with a few simple strategies.

Keywords: speaking, anxiety, public speaking.

Introduction

Engineering graduate students are expected to deliver presentations during the course of their studies. Also, some of their courses are evaluated based on their presentation skills. Thus, public speaking skills are required to perform better during the programme. The study makes an attempt to find out whether anxiety plays a major role in public speaking skills of the graduate students.

Literature Review

Language learning is highly related to psychology. If one is highly motivated to learn a language, it would be easier for him/her to do so. Many studies have highlighted the significant link between language learning and affective factors. (Gardner & MacIntyre, 1993; Chastain, 1975; Schumann, 1999; Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope, 1986; Young, 1990; Ely, 1986; Samimy & Tabuse, 1992; Zhanibek, 2001). All of the studies associate language learning with the emotions and feelings of the learners. Further, Brown (1994) emphasises the link between language learning and personality traits like self-esteem, empathy and introversion.


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Pradeep Kumar Sahoo
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Berhampur University
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