Do Now: 1.Do NOT write your name on the Index Card. 2.See #1. 3.Write down your favorite: 1.Color 2.Cuisine 3.Country to Visit 4.Closet Dream 4.Hand in your index card when finished.

Aim: How do you deal with speech anxiety? Greatest FearPercent Naming A party with strangers 74 Giving a speech 70 Asked personal questions in public 65 Meeting a date’s parents 59 First day on a new job 59 Victim of a practical joke 56 Talking with an authority figure 53 Job interview 46 Formal dinner party 44 Blind date 42

Aim: How do you deal with speech anxiety?

Voice quivering Too soft/too fast Fluency Awkward pauses Halting Mouth Clearing Throat Breathing Heavily Facial No eye contact Grimaces Arms and Hands RigidFidgety Body SwayingPacing Unseen Cotton mouth Butterflies

Aim: How do you deal with speech anxiety? Causes of speech anxiety Causes of speech anxiety – Fear of physical unattractiveness – Fear of social inadequacy – Fear of criticism – Fear of the unknown – Fear of speech anxiety – Conflicting emotions – Excitement from anticipation

Aim: How do you deal with speech anxiety? Adrenaline Adrenaline How can you control your nervousness and make it work for you rather than against you? How can you control your nervousness and make it work for you rather than against you? “Positive nervousness” “Positive nervousness”

Aim: How do you deal with speech anxiety? 1.Acquire experience 2.Prepare, prepare, prepare 3.Think positively 4.Use visualization 5.Know that most nervousness is not visible 6.Don’t expect perfection