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Monaghan, Therese A. – 1986
Many students in public speaking classes have trouble finding topics and material that will support their ideas effectively. Too often students have a conceptual emphasis, substituting lengthy explanations about their ideas, in place of images, metaphors, and specific details of carefully observed events that make ideas vivid and meaningful. A…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Speaking, Reference Materials, Relaxation Training
Download full textClowers, Marsha; And Others – 1995
This paper introduces the subject of communication apprehension and presents five group-based exercises for the basic public speaking course. The paper notes that communication apprehension can affect people's personal and occupational lives, and that visualization, skills training, and systematic desensitization are methods that can help control…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Class Activities, Communication Apprehension, Cultural Differences
