Investigating public speaking anxiety in students
20 February 2017
We are looking to put together a model that predict students' anxiety about giving presentations (formally and informally assessed), and the things that help buffer such anxiety. We are doing this to be able to then put into practice the outcomes of this research. We will work with professionals to help us implement changes in the system to help ensure anxious students get the support they need to feel confident and succeed in their oral assessments throughout their degree.
Keywords
About the researcher
Psychologists at Nottingham Trent University are devising ways to improve social anxiety. One type of social anxiety is fear of public speaking. A lot of students feel nervous to give talks in front of an audience. Public speaking is a common way to assess students' academic ability. Thus, we want to know how to improve students' confidence of public speaking.
