COMMUNICATION ANXIETY
MEETING TWO
LET’S GO AROUND CLASSROOM
Which company went bankrupt or halted their production during Covid-19?
Anybody you know whose business/income affected by Covid-19?
My brother’s business
My wife’s job
Please share with us!
LIST TO LISTEN
List as many words as possible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uhSKDpKt8o
Why are these speeches good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZf63bALmHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTlh-W7Zes8
Tell us!
NOTICE FEW THINGS
1. Attention getting materials
2. Preview what you are going to talk about
3. Transitions between main points
4. Citations of credible sources
5. Recap what you talked about
6. Proper closing
DEVELOPING CRITICAL LISTENING
SKILLS
Examine evidence
Assess the credibility of sources
Analyse rhetorical strategies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToX4lHyEMwk&t=1s
What can you gather from this clip?
What would be your decision if you were them?
Discuss with your group
GUIDELINES FOR CRITICAL
LISTENING
Evaluate the credentials of sources
Evaluate the evidence offered
Distinguish facts from inferences or opinions
Be wary of vague or incomprehensible language
Look for a balance between rational and emotional appeals
Question claims that promise too much
Check what you hear against what you know
FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
For many people, speaking in front
of public is a scary experience.
It could be embarrassing.
You could be lost of words.
Sometimes you’d rather see a ghost
than to have to speak
in front of public.
Agree?
EVERYBODY IS AFRAID!
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld once said people were more afraid of speaking in front of
public than facing death
“The best speakers know enough to be scared…
The difference between professional
and amateurs is that professionals
Know how to train the butterflies
in the stomach to fly in formation”
UNDERSTANDING
COMMUNICATION ANXIETY
Your name is called… You walk to the podium…
Luckily, none of that will happen. Because you are taking the EBC course online.
What are some physiological changes that you feel?
Sweating hands? Dry mouth? Needing to go to the bathroom?
This happens because you care about your audience
You do not want to make mistakes and you do not want to disappoint them
ANXIETIES
Pre-speech and during speech
We want to be perfect, we do
not want to make mistakes that
people would find out later
The thing is …
Even Presidents make blunders
or gaffes during their speech!
WHY PUBLIC SPEAKING CAN BE
FRIGHTENING
1. Unfamiliar vocabularies – Indonesia to English
2. Realizing the importance of your speech
3. Labeling the symptoms as “fear” or “scary”
4. Expecting perfection
5. Facing a predatory audience
6. Trembling or embarrassing yourself – see you have less excuse for this as nobody
could see your hands or feet!
7. Forgetting or not continuing
How to tackle these issues?
TECHNIQUE FOR HANDLING
A COMMUNICATION ANXIETY
1. Use selective relaxation before
and during your presentation
2. Use cognitive restructuring to
change negative messages
3. Use visualization to implant an
image of success in your minds
SELECTIVE RELAXATION
1. Choose a one syllable word, such as “win” or “go”
2. Let your mind drift freely
3. Imagine good things, such as a sunrise in the mountain, a walk in the forest, etc.
4. Tense certain muscles, curl your toes, tighten your calves, lock your knees
5. Breath deeply, breathe in, breathe out
6. Repeat
COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING &
VISUALIZATION
1. Find reasons on why you would
be successful
2. List those reasons, such as “I
prepare well”
3. Visualize what will happen
before it is actually happening
AS A GROUP
I want you to lead a selective relaxation technique to your classmates:
1. Pick a song
2. Tell your audience to say one syllable word
3. Tell your audience to tense their muscles and release them
4. Breathe in and breathe out
5. Pick something for your classmates to imagine
FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT GET TO
SPEAK LAST CLASS
Pick a proverb or a movie quote
Tell us the proverb and the meaning
Tell us why you picked that particular
proverb or movie quote
GETTING READY FOR YOUR SPEECH
1. Start with an attention getting material
2. Write down three main points
3. Have supporting points
4. Have citations
5. Include a preview, transitions, and a recap
6. Create a closing