Magistra Iadertina, Vol. 11. No. 1., 2016.
Professional paper
The connection between the fear of public speaking and the student's engagement in the preparation of oral presentations
Marijana Ražnjević Zdrilić
; Odjel za turizam i komunikacijske znanosti, Sveučilište u Zadru
Iva Ivanac
; Sveučilište u Zadru
Abstract
The foundation of human relationships is communication, which is inevitable in
today's world. Overcoming communication skills forms the basis of successful
communication, moreover it is the recipient's ability to understand the message as
it was imagined by the sender. During the education students face with presentations
during which the fear of public speaking often occurs.
This paper examines the factors that characterize the fear of public speaking, and
their relation to communication skills. The study was conducted on a sample of 75
subjects, undergraduate and graduate students of the University, and it was realized
through anonymous survey, which was set up on the social network of Facebook in the
private group "University of Zadar". The results showed that the respondents during
the oral presentations have a fear of public speaking to a large extent due to poor
preparedness and lack of communication skills.
Keywords
public speaking; communication skills; fear; student; oral presentations
Hrčak ID:
177654
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Publication date:
13.3.2017.
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