Given a choice, how many of our undergraduates will voluntarily enrol for a "speech course" or "public speaking class" and earn credits for the semester?
Despite promotion posters and attractive rewards for a public speaking competition or elocution contest, how can we guarantee that new faces will participate and compete for the trophy?
The current demands of evaluation in education as well as employability imposes on our undergraduates to possess adequate skills and courage to speak up, present ideas, argue and negotiate. The onus is on them to develop this skill.
Swain (1985) wrote, "We learn to speak by speaking".
But it's not as easy to speak up and talk to others about our ideas. Common problems like nervousness, lack of confidence, and low self-esteem may create barriers to beginners. Given a bit of exposure on theories and practice, some will still refuse to speak up.
In our daily lives, we speak more than we write. But some of us still find public speaking, or even speaking in a group discussion, an ordeal, a nightmare, and a tough challenge indeed.
Despite promotion posters and attractive rewards for a public speaking competition or elocution contest, how can we guarantee that new faces will participate and compete for the trophy?
The current demands of evaluation in education as well as employability imposes on our undergraduates to possess adequate skills and courage to speak up, present ideas, argue and negotiate. The onus is on them to develop this skill.
Swain (1985) wrote, "We learn to speak by speaking".
But it's not as easy to speak up and talk to others about our ideas. Common problems like nervousness, lack of confidence, and low self-esteem may create barriers to beginners. Given a bit of exposure on theories and practice, some will still refuse to speak up.
In our daily lives, we speak more than we write. But some of us still find public speaking, or even speaking in a group discussion, an ordeal, a nightmare, and a tough challenge indeed.
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Hi! Happy New Year!! Welcome Blogger!! ;)
Emmm yep! U gotta have da speak up factor to be hired. when u speak, people will know u.. of course combined it with other communication's skills.. it will open doors to lands of oppurtunity..
Looking forward to ur next entries.. :)
agreed....v need 2 overcum nervousness in order 2 tk part in public speaking..
Very true. Though mere platform to speak is not enough at times.
Different people need different kinds of encouragement to step up and say something.
Students are usually scared enough to speak up,even in a discussion group bcause they are shy,afraid that their ideas may be wrong and friends will laugh at them..just don't bother bout them.their ideas are not that good also, & the most important thing is..they don't have the GUTS to speak up as we are! =) at least,we're brave enough to try ryte? so, ignore them.
I agree with what its said. At first time it is quite hard to speak up in front of people because of the feeling shy and scared. Other than that, they will feel that people will laugh at them when they speak English. Maybe they need more support from their parents, friends, and lecturer also can be a part of it.
ai ;) i think my comment for this article is sooo simple. i just to tell u specially to pn zue, bout dis friday.. i'll bcome speaker for my group.. 'advantages of national sevice'.. as we noe, im too nervous but i'll try to speak in front of my fwens. i dunno wut wanna i talk bout..just all ideas fom our group dicussion.. hihi. ;D finally,im da 'brave gurl' and hope no1 dont laugh to me wut i want to talk. so, bubye.. gudnyte. ;)
dunno what 2 say coz i'm actually one of the people that quite hard to speak up in front of the audience.the emotion like nervous, lack of confidence always played in mind. so disgusting. well, i have a spirit to improve and i hope one day i'll be somebody. i also encourage other people that have the same problem as me to throw away ur shy-shy cat to speak-up and let starts to kick off and rock the world...!!!
Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” I believe we can actually do it-speak up if we actually want to. There are many people who are curious for new ideas and wants to hear from others but many people tend to just shy away. The thought that people is going to laugh or ridicule at the language is just an imagination of our own( in most cases that is), the fact is many people nowdays encourage their peers to join in and share their idea and SPEAK UP! I bet we all have tonnes to say and when we don't share with the rest, everyone is at a lost. I can't stress here how important Speaking in public or just mere in front of the class is. It is essential for us as graduates to slowly get over this 'fear' and Speak up and only when we do that, we can make ourself a better person. Give it a shot whenever you get it, Don't wait for another chance coz, they might not be one. Seize the moment and let the world hear u. SPEAK UP=) Make it happen.
hi anna,come on dear...people won't laugh at you, especially when you're talking about a topic as serious as "national service"...prepare your content and substance properly, and the audience will pay attention to what you have to say. Like Navinated said, it can indeed be our own imagination that people are laughing at us. In most cases, audience are always very supportive and they also want us to succeed on stage. So anna, give yourself a good try, with some good preparation, of course...the shy..shy..cat syndrome (nas) will have to go very soon.let's kick-off and rock d claz??? hmmm.
Lets put it this way, when you make friends, do you speak-up? I'm sure you have, or else you won't have any friends. Correct? If you can talk to strangers and make new friends, why not talk in front of a number of your own friends? A point to ponder ain't it?
Everyone gets nervous in their first few attempts of something new. Thats completely normal. But once you get through that stage, I think you will be a-ok. Besides, we are a community created by Puan Zue, we are here to support you.
Hakuna-matata! Ain't no worries..hehe
People if given the chance to speak would normally reject it almost immidiately, especially if the materials or the language they have to speak in is in English. Considering many of us are so used to speaking in Malay as we are staying in a country that most of the citizens are Melayu, when entering university, they will have a lot of problem adjusting to speaking in English. And so, if asked to present an idea or just speak in front of the class, some will feel reluctant to do so. As for the students in your class PN. Zue, most of us or perhaps all of us have tried to put aside our introvert side outside the classroom. I think if given the chance, people would be shy in the beginning to take up the challange of speaking for factors like shyness, or afraid of being laughed at but in a long run, people would really love talking, public speaking, given the condition, they can be bold enough to try it out.
the importance of public speaking can never be over-emphasized.. because public speaking is like really2 important especially for local grads like us.. n we should not afraid to speak up.. we should give it a try n stop being shy.. n forget about other ppl.. u couldn't care less bout them..
I have some experiences during the previous semester during one of the class "Advance Operating System", taught by En. Rahim.
Example:
There is a network problem to be solved in the class. During dat time, I have a suggestion and I stood up and said "Sir, how about we use that Wamp Server"
dat idea works to solve the problem for the class...
EnRahim puji me "Brialliant idea! You 're my boy!"
he...he...
So if I keep quiet with my ideas, then the situation will be different, the problem may need more time to be solved and wasting time in the class.
From: Wong Chee Keong
Salahudin's got a point there. This blog indirectly creates a community comprising members who - believe in the importance of speaking up, wanna speak up and are waiting for the right dose of guts, have faced d common obstacles in order to speak up. So, when we can accept this blog as a community, we should be convinced that we have audience to listen to our opinion and react accordingly. Feel comfortable and confident about what you want to say, and write it straightaway. A friendly reminder to those to wish to speak their minds in a group or in a crowd of people, "audience" and "community" are two significant words. According to the public speaking theory, one should be able to speak better, with less evidence of low self-esteem or nervousness, when he knows his audience (Verdeber, 2000). Ara made an interesting remark about the personality factor - true, it's our policy to leave most of the introvert and shy side of our personality outside the classroom. Extroversion, for a fact, helps a lot in speaking up. Nevertheless, don't feel stifled with the inventory results if you are an introvert. Professionals are known to make the proper adjustment between manifestation of personality and the learning or working environment. In other words, it all depends on ourselves - we can speak up if if choose to do so. So, we shall see more of our friends speaking up via writing as well as speaking. Like tasha said,"We're brave enough to try ryte?."
true,,
there are so many factors why some people don't want 2 speak likes shyness,scared,lack of confident n so many...they alwaiz think while they speak in front of audience,that their information may b wrong,audience laugh at them,,,i think they must be a confident person..n they can will be a good speaker..
Yeah,Im tried proceeding myself to agree bout nervousness,fear and what so ever..but its not just only fear and nervous.
Why people do not want to choose for public speaking and talk infront??In my opinion and my experinced says that:
i.Terrified of being laughed by the audiens.
ii.Maybe u think,that u didn;t have any of charisma,so u'll might think people says u are hillarious person,last low of knowledge.
iii.Don't have any supporting physically and mentality matters from your own folks,perhaps~
iv.In groups,Maybe do not have a group work..One member with own their business so they care less to work together and that make u didn't feel confident in deliver ur opinion as speaker to speak in public.I hate being in group!
If one of group member dislike the other member,they won't work together even talk!Nasty students!
That's all.Im respect and like of ur forums worked.
-Silent [HILL]++
assalamualaikom guys..
hi.. nice to meet all of you here.. tq pn zu for the information about this blog.. according my few experience in public speaking and debate, the main problem is we have many point to say, but we didn't deliver it well...
the main factor we didn't do it well is lack of exercise... same like studying and reading, we need to always reading and learn to become a excellent.. same like public speaking and debate...
second factor is lack of reading.. not only for debaters or public speakers, but for all university student, knowledge is the thing that make someone are different to another people.. so reading make you different and it put you to the higher level compared to other people. Degree student are not same with master student or PHD student bcoz master and PHD need a lot of reading and research... do not only read your major studies book only, but try to read other matter, knowledge wouldn't make you loss..
third factor,.. discipline, i know all of us understand what does this word mean...hehe
finally, i am really sorry if my english is bad and sorry if i said something inconvenient matter.. ok choa...
career ppl !! public speaking is soooo important, i can't fit any more "o's" into it.. work presentation, project proposal, meetings, the list goes on...
yea it true, throwing someone straight onto the stage can kill their confidence instantly...start small, group of ppl, class, small crowd...u need to start somewhere..wherever that somewhere is.
a funny thing,...im short sighted..i cant see far, i dont usually use glasses...so when im speaking i cant REALLY see ppls faces to make me feel uncomfortable...hahaha...god i cant believe im blogging this..
in my opinion.....public speaking is a common source of stress for everyone. Many of us would like to avoid this problem entirely, but this is hard to do. Whether we work alone or with large numbers of people, eventually we will need to speak in public to get certain tasks accomplished. And if we want to be leaders or achieve anything meaningful in our lives, we will often need to speak to groups, large and small, to be successful...so together we conquer the public speaking fear....juz ignore what other people say to u....
Speaking up is a good practice. Many might be taken aback by fear and shyness, mostly on fear of making mistakes. The thought of making fool of ourselves keep recurring in our head or the criticism being thrown right in front of our face may hold us back from speaking up. But what we fail to realize, if we let this psychological mind game or criticism pull us down, we would be on the losing side even more. If we don’t overcome these two things, our knowledge/ perspective will become rusty and command of language will deteriorate in time. True enough, criticism could be really harsh and hard to bear, but it could be constructive too. Perhaps, an individual will get bombarded with criticism after a ten minute speech, e.g the points being laid out may not be strong enough, etc. Take some time to think on those criticisms, do more research on the topics and see how it can be improved. Sometimes, it’ll help in getting better or make us gain more perspective on things. Nevertheless, who’s to say someone’s opinion isn’t right? Facts are the thing that has to be right but opinions are subjective and everyone’s entitled to their own. So, lets conquer those fears and practice to speak up! :)
Hello Puan Zu,
I truly second what you've said. In terms of speaking in front of people, we do need confidence as well as knowledge on how to creatively elaborate our ideas so that people won't get easily bored. Moreover, if we are participating in a public speaking competition, we must of course, be prepared with whatever materials we choose to present.
From my perspective, I would say that speaking in public should or some say, must be trained by parents while the kids are still little. This is potent so that they'll grow up to be a very skillful speaker. At first, maybe the kids won't be so fond in speaking in public, but then the parents should encourage them more and more as the day pass by. Success won't come unless we keep on trying. So, sign up a public speaking competition for them!
Some also said that us Malays should not have a problem if the presentation are presented in Malay language. However, I think that this is a total misconception people usually make. I know it is more easy for Malays to converse in Malay language while presenting, but then in the end, it all comes to the fact that we do need high level of self-confidence and self-esteem in order for us to be a good presenter and make a good presentation.
Hm. Sooo.. I'll try to work harder in your class! Yoroshiku onegaishimasu! (meaning: i count on your cooperation) :D
salam madam zue..
it is not really hard to speak up but each people have a different thought.. for example, sometimes people think that when they speak up they feel that other peoples will laugh at them or as easy word this kind of peoples have low self confident... i think, the major barriers of speak up is low self confident...if someone have a very low self confident, words such as scared, nervous and shaking will come to them and as a result, they can't delivered their speech or idea...like me, my self confident rises a bit if i have a more preparation before i delivered my speech but what can i do...if in impromptu speech, we just have 5 minutes to prepared and actually that was good because we can know how far our knowledge about a topic that were given to us...
Assalamualaikum pn Zue..
Public Speaking is definitely something that people has been fearing of for ages.Talking about "how many of our undergraduates that will voluntarily enrol for a 'speech course' or 'public speaking class',I would say,not much people will,which I would say,is a great loss for them.Public Speaking is true a nerve reacking course and experience,but it is also if all of us would realise,one of the needs to live in this whole wide world,because we REALLY need to speakup to the nation if you REALLY want to live.Speaking up in front of the public also can be overcome by realising the need of having the public speaking skills...in us...
-fauzia-ous
it is very hard too speak at front of people for the first time..But it will be fine if we try speak and speak again..we also hve to overcome our nervousness to speak more better.....
Hi, Pn zue,
i think is not easy to speak up infont of other peoples, but we have to speak up.nw most poeples are try to speak up, some are not because lack of confident level and coyness. if we just keep queit and does not express our thougths and opinions. we does not know that our opinions are right or wrong.besides that, we also does not knw other people accept our opinions or not. from this way our self-confident will be rise.
maybe like others say malaysians face difficulities to speak up in english but now most are able and so good in english language. so those who feel that they are not good in that language they have to practice a lot.then,have to speak up with friends. friends will help correct our mistakes.
if we succeed in this way. we can speak up without any fearness infront of everybody.
It is very hard indeed..but with some efforts and prays..insyaAllah it will be an easy task to be done..Allah will always help people that put religion above anything else, insyaAllah..
there should be many people to involved in public speaking so that we can improve our english.not only that we must throw our scared n nervousness .....beside that when we speak up people can know and share with us differences various of ideas....
Assalamuaikum Pn Zue.
I myself totally agree about all those fears and nervous that have been around us since before the beginning of public speaking era. Of course, we all are afraid and nervous to try something new. But after awhile the nervous and fear will just ran off and a new strenght will rise. What i'm trying to say here is all we need is practice because practice makes perfect. So just talk whenever there's time. Keep asking, start a conversation, have a fun debate with your friends and families. And most importantly think positive and think in English :)
Insya'allah with gods will, this will help us speak fluently.
Assalamualaikum...Speak up! Speak up! Speak up!!! Every time and everywhere we have to speak up even with friends, family and gr0up conversation. This is the way we express our self to the other pe0ple. Speak up is easy for people who have self esteem and confident to their self but in other hand it is quite hard for those people who are still scare to speak in front of people even with their own friends.
If we have to given the chances give a talk. Just grab if or you will regret it. Don't care about the stage fright, just be our self don't even copying others people style just be your self and give the don't even thinking about the way you giving the talk, your attire, your grammar, your voice and the most important thing is don't even seeking for perfection...you just ignore it and enjoy it. If no, you will feel uneasy.
Speak up! you will be love it and enjoy it once you have try it. S0, just speak up...
Many of us the generations are afraid to stand in front of the public and give a speech. as u said puan zue the main reason is of course nervous. some students can really talk very well among their friends but when it comes talking in front of public, many of our reaction will be "oh no, i cant do it". we students should be motivated not to be afraid in front of public. not only that, most of us are also scared of being laughed by the audience. we are also scared dont we miss some of our points, or dont we forget our speech. i strongly believe that from puan zue's motivation and teaching, most of us would be able to give a speech in front of the public.
salam pn zue,
I agreed with you. People usually afraid to speak up. Although we say that having stage fright is normal, but people still avoiding to speak up as they still lose to their fear. They may thought that when they speak up, the others will laugh at them or says that their opinion is wrong and cannot be accepted. Actually when we speak up, we can share our experience and the other can learn through it.The negative thought is just the mind setting of the people. We should try to speak up as it is very important especially in an interview. We must not afraid to give our ideas on the given topic. In my experience, when we are delivering our ideas we must be confidence and don't afraid of broken English as the interviewer want to see how we control our nervous and anxiety and to see the points of our topic. So, we have to start to speak up from now onwards.We can gain our confidence by speaking up. Just throw away the negative feeling and feeling proud of ourselves for having an opportunity to speak. So then. Lets try to speak up everyone. :)
speaking is one of human communication.as a normal human being,we talk to sending informations,facts,news and sharing rare knowledge.
while public speaking is one of the way to change ourself.we talk and speak normally in front of our relatives..but why we still fell shy,nervous and embarassing when it come the public speaking?because all people starring at us??it is because of microphone??of course the answer is no..but yes!it is a normal thing to be nervous.but if we still be afraid of this..we will never grow up.to show that we are professional,we need to become brave and take the challenge.there no point of winning and losing..because the truth fact is,we already win.we surpass one of our weaknesses.and thats the true facts of winning.in other words,public speaking is one of successfull type of learning.
I agreed with you that most of the people afraid to talk in front.But for me,speaking in front of other people makes me feel more confidence.For the first it quite nervous shivering and all the stage fright symptom.But in the time I've gain my confidence to speak in front of the audience.
Salam Pn.Zue,
Emmmm,
Some students are scare to speak in front of a big crowd. They think they will be laughed when making a mistake. They cannot motivate their-self when facing a highly pressured circumstances. They must have a confident, enthusiastic, and don't care what people think. Just speak it out! Another thing you must know when you on the stage is don't care about your grammar, vocabulary, and your accent. Your objective is to make sure that the audience really understand what you are trying to say. ^_^
Hello Pn.Zue,
In my opinion,speaking could be easy and hard at the same time.It actually depends on our own effort.When we speak up,it shows how confident we are.Some people refuse to communicate with others as they are scared that people might laugh at them because of their language,grammar or any other thing.Well,I don't actually see the logic there as we speak to improve our own language or give our opinion so why should we take other people's comments under consideration?Just speak up!Because that is what going to help you to communicate with people and help us in interacting with others.Overcome your fear annd give it a try.It may be hard at first but you can definitely get use to it soon.Well,it is better for us to overcome the obstacles and speak up than just storing all our wonderful ideas and thoughts in our minds.Public speaking is actually a good way to make people stand up and share their piece of mind with others.It is undeniable that public speaking may cause fearness and nervousness,but it is our responsibility to overcome it and face the fact that we had to speak up and give good impression.Practise make perfect!!So go ahead and practise your speaking skills as they could help in communicating with others.Therefore,the ability of us to speak up is actually depends on how we carry ourselves.Be confident!!!Go out there and give it a try!!
Assalamua'laikum Pn Zue..(^_^)
i'm totally agreed with you about this case. we always worried and feel scared when talk about public speaking. it is normal espescially to all students. i as a student sometimes also feel like this. but, we must think that this is important to our future because, one day all of us will start looking for a job and of course before we get the job, we must go to interview first. then, we will start working with various type of peaople. so, start from now, we must learn and try to speak as much as possible. this situation will give us a good self-esteem. when we have a good self-esteem the problem like nervousness and lack confidence will decrease from our self. be confidence, speak what ever we want, don't think too much about the grammar mistake and most important think is don't think about other people said. Be your self and Speak slumber.
Thank You =)
Speaking in a public is a hard and big problem for most of them. This is because most of us not brave enough to stand in front of audience and speak it up. Nervousness and shyness is the main reason for a person when it comes to public speaking. All that anxiety and fear start overpowering our confidence and we are totally lost. Once on the stage when we start to speak, our heart keeps beating rapidly, and we may hear our voice tremble. Our legs or even our whole body may start shaking. This may even make the audiences identify it as well by the little things we do on the stage, but if we act it all out and hide our fear, no one will ever know it. As I fell, public speaking is really important for undergraduate students .I highly suggests that when we speak up, it will increase our ability to communicate with other people easily. In fact, everyone uses public speaking in their daily life through interpersonal communication. We as a student must have ability to talk bravely. To be a public speaker we must have a good attention, a clear presentation of our points, eye contact with the audience and reaction..When we given a topic, we must be brave enough and be confident to voice on and share our ideas. If we think that audiences are our friends, definitely we can speak it up without any nervousness. Getting a chance to speak in a public is an advantage and an opportunity for us to learn more from it. We are free to speak yar, so why don't we try to speak it up.
Hi Pn Zue,
Yes, i do agree with the article.
Public speaking is a common source of stress for everyone. Many of us would like to avoid this problem entirely, but this is hard to do. Whether we work alone or with large numbers of people, eventually we will need to speak in public to get certain tasks accomplished. And if we want to be leaders or achieve anything meaningful in our lives, we will often need to speak to groups, large and small, to be successful.The truth about public speaking is IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE STRESSFUL! If we correctly understand the hidden causes of public speaking stress, and if we keep just a few key principles in mind, speaking in public will soon become an invigorating and satisfying experience for us.
Some students have their own style of doing it and they speak up bravely without nervousness. that all.
Everyone can speak but some of them have trouble to speak in public. there are several reason like shyness, nervousness, and scare. Every people have shyness (for normal people) but the shyness must be overcome at certain situation like speaking in front of people or a friend. Nervousness is very common problem in public speaking. To overcome this problem people need to practise everyday until the nervous is gone. Someone even get scare to talk in front of many people. In their mind they never stop thinking negatively if they lack of language skill. for example in Malaysia many people speak Malay Language. but when people wan to speak English but they are good in English they fill scare because the everyday language spook is Malay Language. to overcome this problem they must speak in English everyday but must never leave Malay Language because Malay is national language.
Dude , there nothing to be shy ‘bout this , think this as opportunity to get glory of dream . If you willing to serve the country or people to change something that benefit them, You must give through your opinion . Plus public speaking also useful IELTS(International English Language testing System) whenever you wanna to work or study at oversea . (Man~ do we hav to…:( )
Well, I also have dream that one day, I can change the world into something better just through my opinion . So, don’t give anyone take chances , because some day people will respect you . Even though , it sound like crazy , but this is true . History have prove it .One thought can change the world . So, what you waiting for?
Let’s just kick that fricking stupid stage fright away !!
Everyone has their own way to say something.When we speak,people knew us.Communications skill is a need in our life not only as a student but also in our working life later on.We should not bother peoples reactions or opinions towards our talking skills however we should accept peoples idea as to improve ours.
We must speak to improve ourself and faced all the challenges in this world.We should know that although we are good enough but there are also people who are better than us in communications skills.Hence we have to built up our communications skills to be the best among the best and let the world see n say about you.The question is DO YOU BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO THAT????No one can change us except ourself.bye2.
Public speaking is definitely a problem to a lot of people as they are afraid to speak up or voice out their opinion because they are lack of confidence, nervous, shy, etc. Stage fright which i think is the major problem most people faced. They are afraid to be on the stage to speak or give a speech. When they were on the stage, they feel uncomfortable. Speaking on a stage and with friends or anyone else in our daily life is different. Speaking on a stage is more formal as they will be people looking and listening to our speech. That fightens most people as they are shy, nervous and uncomfortable. This cause stage fright and they starts to find difficulty to get the right words. However this can be improved by more practice. Hopefully with a lot of practice, it could help people to overcome with their problems to speak up.
Bruce Lee said "Always be yourself,express yourself,have faith in yourself,do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it ". Therefore,this can be attributed to public speaking by having faith in ourselves.When giving a speech,our mind must be empty and focused only on one particular thing which is sucess and effectiveness of the speech. The interaction between the speaker and the listener is very important to present a good speech .
Public speaking is a common source of stress for everyone. Many of us would like to avoid this problem entirely, but this is hard to do. Whether we work alone or with large numbers of people, eventually we will need to speak in public to get certain tasks accomplished. And if we want to be leaders or achieve anything meaningful in our lives, we will often need to speak to groups, large and small, to be successful. The truth about public speaking, however, is it does not have to be stressful. If you correctly understand the hidden causes of public speaking stress, and if you keep just a few key principles in mind, speaking in public will soon become an invigorating and satisfying experience for you. Speaking in Public is not inherently stressful. Most of us believe parts of life are inherently stressful. In fact, most of us have been taught to believe that life as a whole is very stressful. To deal with any type of stress effectively, you first must understand that life itself, including public speaking, is not inherently stressful. Thousands of human beings have learned to speak in front of groups with little or no stress at all. Many of these people were initially terrified to speak in public. Their knees would shake, their voices would tremble, their thoughts would become jumbled . Yet they learned to eliminate their fear of public speaking completely. You are no more or less human than they are. If they can conquer the fear of public speaking, so can you! It just takes the right guiding principles, the right understanding, and the right plan of action to make this goal a reality. Believe me, it's not difficult. I'm a good example of someone who conquered the fear of public speaking. And while I didn't do it overnight, it wasn't difficult. All it took was approaching the problem in the right way. And remember, if you get up in front of a group and find this stressful, it only means you forgot the truth about what public speaking is all about.
Hi its ikhwan.
Well, its true that people face problems when speaking in public because of things like nervousness, shyness, etc. But their problem is really just, in my opinion, is lack of experience. Because of that they question themselves with things like "what should I do?", or "what should I say". Then they start to stall n later show signs of nervousness like shaking their hands violently, especially when holding a piece of paper. They look at all the eyes staring back at them with an obvious question, "what the heck is he doing?" They start to hide their face and speak, or rather mumble to themselves with that very petite voice of theirs. They know that their public speech is not going too well, n later get the mindset of no longer wanting to do a public speech.
Though practicing in front of the mirror might help, in my opinion, its still not enough. You just have to do a lot of public speeches to finally get the hang of it. Eventually, the words to say will come naturally and u will lose all that shyness and nervousness. Y, just take the examples of teachers and lecturers. They speak up to their class almost everyday and hardly, well maybe never make a fuss out of it. Well, obviously its because theyve done it time and time again. So yeah, experience.
Public Speaking is a very common words to us as a student. We heard it in primary, secondary or even now when we are in university. Public speaking competition, public speaking seminar and etc. We heard it all the time but too bad we did not join or participate any of them. Many student was having some difficulty to speak in front of many. The uncomfortable feeling was just there every time was ask to speak on a stage. But i do believe that everyone can speak well if they practice speaking.
“Glossophobia”, or commonly known as “fear of public speaking” runs in our community extensively today. Trembling voices and shaky knees are no longer outlandish to all of us when it comes to public speaking. I personally believe that nervousness is the biggest hurdle in public speaking as it brings about numerous problems related to public speaking, such as stress, self-doubt, fear of a large audience, lack of preparation and several more. There are many ways on how to vanquish the barriers that can halt the fear of public speaking. The most important way is to build up confidence as it is the essential technique for good public speaking. What’s more, speaking with confidence is an art which is easy to pursue because it doesn’t take ages to cultivate confidence within yourselves as we speak to people every day. Confidence also can eradicate most negativity within you when you are about to speak. Furthermore, being confident can infuse invigorating ideas to the audience. As a conclusion, I wholly deem that confidence is the answer to your public speaking fears. D.H. Lawrence completely instilled confidence in this quote ; “Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot”.
Thank you
salam mdm Zue. I agree with you that our undergraduates are not intrested with the "speech course" or "public speaking class". They didnt realize that public speaking will help them to get a job in the future. Its true how hard an not so easy to speak up about our own idea to other peoples and hard to make them agree with us.i admit it, i also cant stand more longer infront a lot of people to talk and talk about my idea,it feel akward for me. however common problems in public speaking such as lack of confidence and low self-ensteem can be solve with motivation and public speaking training class. Actualy, there are no problems and barriers to blocking you from achieve any success in your life!
Speaking is one way of people communicate to the others.But as we know public speaking is not like talking to friends or family.Since in public speaking we have to talk in formal way and in front of crowd instead of talking one to one or small group with the others.When we talked in front of people we didn't even know we got scared of what people might said about us.This gave us the nervousness,shy and lack of confidence to speak in public.But with practice and guidance from our seniors and lecturer can make us less nervous and more confident speak in front of the crowd.
Hai Pn.Zue
This is something that seems to scare many people and I'm one of them. The reason why it is so terrifying is that we are performing in front of lots of peoples. There are some methods to improve our speaking ability. First, see the speech or presentation as a challenge, a positive opportunity to improve our self. Secondly, learn to relax our muscles and remove tension from our body. Then, if we have to speak in public then rehearse well and have all the information, notes in advance so that we will feel well prepared. Other than that, learn to slow down when we are under stress, most people panic and rush ahead but we need to calm our self and slow down, this will look more confident. If we think we look more confident.
eL sumairi..
Lack of speak up or voice out maybe in case of scared or shy. This people tought that their ideas or opinions are not rational or good enough to share. Or, maybe they are "not talented" or lack of communication skills.
Everyone should speak up, at least try to so that can overcome their doubtful
For me the most important thing was my idea and opinion were heard by others. I never care about what people think about my language and my nervousness. In 2009 I had represented Malaysia in the International Youth Development Summit that was held in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. I was thinking that i would face a hard day there because I'm not a good English speaker. But my teacher said "just ignore about your grammar, the most important is you give your idea to the whole world.". It was a good memory, because after i gave my speech, I got to know many of other country representative and they love my idea. So, just speak up. don't think what will others said, just believe in yourself.
Hai....
I think that, the major barriers of speak up is our low self confident.. The student are too scared to talk infront of everyone however they prapared well for the public speaking..If someone have a very low self confident, words such as scared, nervous and shaking of hand will come to them and as a result, they can't delivered their speech or idea in a good feel and best environment... But what we fail to realize is that, if we let this psychological mind game or criticism pull us down, we would be on the losing side even more with the nervousness. If we don’t overcome these two things, our knowledge/ perspective will become rusty and command of language will deteriorate in time. Whether we work alone or with large numbers of people, eventually we will need to speak in public to get certain tasks accomplished. There are many people who are curious for new ideas and wants to hear from others but many people tend to just shy away.
Students are usually scared enough to speak up even in a group discussion bcause they are shy,afraid and also nervous that their ideas may be wrong and friends will laugh at them..what should we keep in our mind is we should not just don't bother bout them because their ideas are also not that good..we should be proud that atleast we are brave enough to stand and talk infront of everyone eventhough we are shy..we should not let go the oppurtinity that we get just like that because we will never have the chance back once we let it go...
Hai Mrs.Zue
Most of us are scared to talk in front of the publics eventhough most of them are our colleagues or friends . There are many people who tend to listen our ideas but we just are just scared to bring them out in front of them .We may think that they will be laughing at us when we suggest our ideas but that is only our imagination and fears to talk infront .The real truth is that many peoples are encouraging us to speak in public and make our ideas come out .The 1st thing we must do is ignore what others say when we speak because they will say anything in order to make us feel guilty of our speech .So what we must do is we must throw away the guilty feelings that surrounds us and start believing in ourself no matter what happens .Lets get our voice back and start rolling our speech !
first of all..my itself scared to talk in front of friends..but i will not show it out...i will make myself brave in front of everybody eventhough i no my speaking is not so fluent. But still i wil try to talk..if we train well means we can talk without any nervouses and be confident on what we talking about.there have no excuses if we need to talk in front of everybody so better we start to train ourself to be a good speaker...we have to learn how to overcome the feelings when we standing in front of public..basically if we know ready the tips how to be a speaker means definitely we can do it...
Speaking is one of the most important medium of channeling thoughts and even expressing our perception.but sadly not all of us especially the younger generations failed to speak in public.they'r prone and rather speak informally,which means they are so prone to talk among their friends but when they are supposed to speak among the public,they are totally blank. why is this obvious? and why people are having troublesome to give their piece of mind? well,speaking can be as easy as ABC and hard at the same time. this is due to the effort that each individu had embed and work towards it.besides,low confidence level is another factor.one must be confident in deliberating their view via speaking.this is the best way to attract people's attention.as the saying goes 'practise makes perfect',everyone should practise speaking up and get themselves used to it.though speaking alone in front of mirror might help.then there's no reason for us to be in fear and afraid when we are supposed to speak confidently on stage.shyness is another affecting factor that lowers the class of our speech.thus,experience can be the plus-point here to speak up.for instance,promoters speak and speak non stop which eventually boost their confidence and self esteem.we can simply take them as example to practise speaking.rounding up them together,speaking will be marvellous and attractive if enough practise is done.
what!!!!public speaking????that word making me so nervous..speaking infront of 1000 people...100 people...even infont of 10 people also im sure i will not agree to do that..but i have to...i have to make my self brave and be confidence...im a gud speaker among my friends..why cant i speak infront there???i just have to get some training first..then i can do it...not only me you also can do it...JUST DO IT!!!
im totally agree with it
speak up is such a important thing in our life no matter who we are,whether student or worker
we need to speak up
but its not easy to speak up since we do have problem with shyness ,nervousness and feel afraid to voice out our opinion
but we have to overcome all this thing so that we can gain confident level and being brave to voice out our opinion
so LETS SPEAK UP!:)
Hey everyone,
I'm new here.. :) And i dont know what to do.. :( Hope u guys can help me..
:) i support that public speaking is the best thing to do...public speaking for me is the best thing to test our style when give opinion.but there is thing that make someone scared to do public speaking is thier nervuousnes.
i would like to share some tip to overcome the nervous and anything that make you scare to do public speaking.this tip i get when i go to one camp where they teach we how to speak well wih audioun.i also use this tip this tip is so successfull for me.
1st before we start our publis speaking we must now our audion first and then we know how standart is our audion.
2nd you find the person do you like does't matter is a girl or boy this is to bring your spirit and give some energy to you.
next tip if you still nervous you must hold some things example if you hold the mic you must hold it tight anh hardly as you cant this to make you nervous gone a little bit.
last but not least is you must trust your self because only yourself can make you to speak and overcome your nervous..
nervous is not the thing that can block you to do public speaking.you can handle it if trust your self.don't make nervous make you can't do public speaking...
i agreed with this..and my opinion is we need to overcome nervousness in order to take part in public speaking..so that,we could speak up in public..besides that,never ever think about what people will say and think about us..from there we usually feel shy and become scared to speak up..they feel people will laugh..just dont bother about what people might said..
Assalamualaikum Pn Zue,
I agreed with this article. Speak Up is very important in our life because everyone has to speak up to communicate with people. First and foremost speaking up is committed to guide people to speak confidently during assisting organisation and event to achieve success. Many people realize the benefits of public speaking but they afraid to speak. The benefit is when someone want speaking in public it can increase our personality such as maturity, self confident, self-esteem and motivation. Beside that, we can learn a new things in life such as soft skills. Soft skills is very important when we want to speak in public because we can't do any mistake during speaking at the audience. So, let's try to speak up and conquer our shyness.
Public speaking is the good activity to do. Most of the participant is having a great time when they talking in front of the people; try to tell everyone theirs brilliant ideas, opinions and so on. It is nice to be on the stage actually.
But some people get scared to do public speaking. They feel nervous, shy and not very confident. It is natural. The professional public speakers also facing this kind of problems at the beginning. They overcome these problems by practicing a lot, active in class or group discussion and participate more in public speaking. When these problems have gone, you can be a good public speakers.
Don’t be afraid to participate in public speaking because in public speaking you can improve your language, communication with others and it can improve our ability as a leader. As you all know leader talks more, so participate in public speaking can train our leadership and improve it.
In conclusion, don’t afraid to participate in public speaking. Just try it out and take this precious opportunity.
assalamualaikum puan zue . sory for the late comment in this article . well for me public speaking class is good . we are not just can improve our english language but also can give us good feedback of ourself . by the way . not only in the class . just like what i've been to Maha 2010 last thursday , i would like to share my opinion went i was there . at there , we have to promote the tabung haji which we need to attract people to open a new account bank in tabung haji which is they only need to pay RM2 . at first , i was very nervous and ashamed cause i didnt know how to attract the people at there . there are so many people and yeah seriously i dont know how to attract them . i keep on trying and try to avoid my nervous and ashamed . finaly at last , i can control my nervous and ashamed . i have my confidence to attract more people at there . i really2 enjoy there because i could have this wonderful experience which is i think that can improve my confidence and control my nervous . i really2 hope that this experience can help me more in class and others situation that comes in my life. once again . sory pn zue for the late comment in this article . im really2 sorry about that . assalamualaikum :)
nurul nadia:
agreed with this...of course we afraid to speak in front of crowd but when we always do that,we can improve.but,sometimes people are afraid to show their talent.so,lets us show ourself to the crowd.
waalaikumsalam, teha.congratz!i'm glad u'v gained self-confidence by simply being a Volunteer for LTH at MAHA 2010.of course it will help u in class,insyaAllah.the crowd in our class is too small compared to MAHA 2010...hmmm.
I think that one thing a speaker should fear is the lack of preparation. Let's put it this way, lack of preparation would probably mean lack of info, causing you to get nervous, and "walah" there goes your concentration of thought.
The fear of somebody in the crowd knowing more things than you, what if somebody asks you a question u can't answer? All these are caused by the lack of preparation.
Oh my...i hope i never get caught in such a situation...
dear Pn. Zue...
Swain (1985) wrote, "We learn to speak by speaking". we do learn to speak by speaking however, most of people does not want to learn how to speak but talking instead. to speak is different than to talk. for me, it is easier to talk than to speak.
there are a lot of ways to encourage people to learn how to speak. firstly, provoke them. it may be the worst way that people can think but it is the effective way. how does it work? it's easy. u think of one topic that u want people to speak. instead of going by asking their opinions, provoke them by saying something irritating and annoying to them. for example, u want people to speak about hand phone models.. u provoke them by saying whatever brand they use is bad and not convenient to use.. who can withstand people saying bad things about things they own.. thus,automatically they will give u their own idea but u have to calm them before anything bad happen to u... lol
well, that is my thought so, different people have their own way.. so, for me, provocation is one of the way.
TQ>>
I'm confuse..Is this the 4th or 5th blog comment??
Anyway, I really want to agree with what Tjoe has said..
It is always the Lack of preparation that causes someone to be afraid and have no confidence.
Even as for myself, I do get stage frights too when it comes to something I have ZERO knowledge about.
For example: about "Studying Overseas"
I always rejected the benefits of studying overseas...
people says that it brings a lot of good. I seriously have no idea what is the point or difference studying anywhere anyway. Cause its still STUDYING!
but when it comes to a topic that we are really interested in, and it feels like you are the only one who knows about it...I am sure that stage fright or any barriers will not come in the way when we speak. For an example, I always love gaming. I started gaming ever since I was 8 years young :D
Because of this, I have plenty of experience and facts about games and is ready at anytime to give a lecture. HAHA.
Barriers are like walls...They come into the way of or goals or expectations.
Because of this, fear of being looked down will slowly build up in us. and the only way to get over it is to climb over.
but as for me, climbing needs effort...and so..I will prefer to break the wall down instead so that I will never have to see that wall in life again.
Saying is easier then action...and that is right.
Everyone has a barrier in life. Its all bout getting through or getting yourself stuck.
Make your choice.
Good day.
For me,lack of confidence might be an issue but never the main one.It is the barrier of language that make the speakers chickened out.We were brought up in different environment with different mother language,some are fond with english,some are hindi,malay or even chinese. When someone is asked to present himself by using the second language,the feeling of self-deprecating comes almost immediately as he afraid that he might not be able to express himself well due to the restricted vocabulary known.For example,the past impromptu speech.Everyone is able to come out with interesting points yet there are still a lot of blanks when they are forming sentences.One's dictionary will not be updated with new words automatically.Therefore,read more,listen more and speak more!It might be hard at first but definitely it's gonna be smoother and smoother because practice make perfect.
actually...i do have problems speaking in front of a big croud.but i dont think it will be this way anymore.Its something good that we are having public speaking class now, and its because it prepare us for our future.As an example,after we graduate and when its time for us to look for a job,employers will not only look at our progress in studies, whereas they also look into our intercommunication skills.Basicly,we should know how to speak up and carry ourself well in the outdoor world.Therefore,i would say that public speaking class is really going to help all of us towards the future.
In fact, public speaking is always "easy to say then done". I agree of what Tjoe have said, lack of preparation is always the main cause which lead to the chaotic situation which even we as the speaker would have stun for seconds not knowing what to speak. So it's very important for us to make sure that we have enough preparation before we give our speech.
Another problem faced by most of the public speaker (and for me too), is nervous. Yes, when we feel nervous, all the speech setup on our mind will be all gone. Just for example, during my impromptu speech, i had already have everything I need to speak of to let my speech last more than 3 minutes. But due to nervousness, some of the points just gone then moment I stand in front of the class. Nervousness is sure a very troublesome problem a speaker should face. However if we can try to think it as another way round, it's also and power source to drive us forward. Don't think nervousness as a stage fright, but think of it as "stage excitement" or stage enthusiasm".(I learn it from The Art Of Public Speaking). So it's only depends on how we use it. Take control of it, then you will own the stage.
In short, speaking need practice, and we learn to speak by speaking~~~ good luck to every speaker, and to myself XD.
Speaking up is an important agenda in school, universities and even work place. But, there is still a lot of people that are afraid to speak out especially in public occasions.
For me, there are some challenges that I face every time I wanted to speak out. Lack of confidence is the main problem I face. It's quite challenging for me to give a speech in front of the crowd. Maybe it's caused by the lack of practices on it. Besides that, nervousness has became another challenge on giving speeches, especially with the topics that I am not familiar and with limited preparations made. However, I think the most common problem that most people have is the lack of determinations on giving a speech. They rather refuse of taking the opportunity to speak up because of the lack of self-confidence.
In short, we should always grab the chances of speaking up in public to improve our speaking skills. "When there is a will, there is a way."
By the fact that speak up is just a normal daily routine that everybody does, some may encountered with barriers and challenges. But in my opinion, practice makes perfect, same goes to speaking. Lack of practice as in unexperienced, stage fright, low self-esteem, lack of confidence and more x-factors that could actually be a barriers or challenges to almost anybody. Despite, one can actually excel in academic but when once come to speaking up thier thoughts, they actually find it difficult to express themself. Therefore, instead of the barriers and challenges, try to make it up as a struggle to overcome it to improve onself, be the best, beat the rest.
Assalamualaikum Pn Zue..
‘Reading maketh a man’.I am sure you have all heard of this saying.Reading generates a host of benefits.A person who reads know about wordly matters.They will have knowledge about current affairs.They will also be able to keep up with what is going on in the world.It also increase general knowledge.Thus,the only way I think to deliberate the barriers and challenges of speak up is by reading.This is because ,if we have points on what to speak,we will become more confidence to elaborate our own ideas.There is no reason to run away from any public speaking competition or anything that requires us to speak up.We will become more prepared and of course it will attract others attention on what we will talk about.Lastly,we will break the walls of barriers.So,in my opinion,the problem that students face when comes to speak up is lack of knowledge.Thank you.
To me,a speaker sound like a dictionary,full of ideas and knowledges. Anyone ask him any question,he has answered it wisely and correctly. Try and think,will anyone believe to a person who talking nonsense everyday? No,right? Knowledges and experiences are very important to a speaker. Only the one who has experienced can describe a thing in the best way. For example,if you want to teach someone about the technique of climbing, then you must had the experience about climbing. If you just studied a few books about climbing and you think that is enough to teach people, then you are wrong. Everyone can study themselves. There are one idiom in Chinese with means that those knowledges we get from books is nothing if we didn't try it or practise it. So,everyone of us must try and gain more knowledges and experience starting from today.
what is the word that always scares us when our lecturer says "it's speaking time".
!!STAGE FRIGHT!!
Well..this really does haunt us everytime we get onto the stage.It really sums up a whole lot of factors including lack of preparation , low self esteem , unable to convey the message fluently and etc..
Stage fright really is something that everyone has in common.There no such thing as a person who is Born to Speak.It comes with lots of practices and practice and practice.People usually has stage fright because they think they are not good enough and they always think that they might make a mistake.So it's really down to the confidence side.
To be confident is easy , all you have is a right mindset that whatever you do , nothing bad is going to go wrong.Furthermore , you must also practice.Mental preparedness is the key to all great speeches.Hence , before you go on to the big stage , practice your speech in front of your mirror.Well it sounds absurd but that's the way I do it. :)
Anyway , practicing in front of the mirror or with a small group of friends will boost your confidence.Moreover , your friends will be able to correct you when you made a mistake.Consequently you will be able to go onto the big stage no biggie..
Conclusively there is really not an excuse for a person to say that he/she is a lousy speaker and that he/she cant talk in front of a large crowd because of stage fright..
It is all in one's head whether to have a right mindset or not.
Thank you
Well.. i think human is born to learn, in order to improve our self. We will never stop learning until the day we die, bacause in this wold there are countless things to learn.The word "speak" seems like simple , but to do it properly and perfectly is hard. It's common that people will feel nervous(butterflies in your stomach) when sharing ideas or to talk in front of many peoples.A lot of people takes speak up as something which are very stressful and they try to avoid it. To me ,I think we dont have to do that, because speaking is fun and exciting. Besides, lack of experiance and practice is also another barrier in speak up. To sharpen our speaking skill, we must practice it everyday through having conversation with our friends and we also must pay full attention in Pn.Zue's class :) . "No one is perfect" but "practice make perfect" .
Hello Pn Zue,
I would try my best to give excuses not to talk in groups of people, this is because I have lots of uncomfortable feeling when given the opportunity to talk in front of a group of people.This is because I have the feeling that what I would say is insignificant and there is no beneficial for other if I talk.I also have a feeling of not being able to match with the standards of my fellow friends when they talk....i would often tell myself that I would look kinda stupid if I were to talk in front
Public speaking would be difficult for many people as they need to speak up in the crowd. So I am. The factors such as nervous, shy, lack of confidence and low self-esteem causes me to become scare to talk in front of everyone. This becomes harder for me as I could not control my nervous and I can say that I do not have confidence AT ALL and this really effects my actions in life. I am not confidence with every single step that I have done. Many of them manage to overcome these problems but still some could not manage it well and it is sad to say that I am one of them. However, I believe that with enough of preparations, our public speaking will be much better and our confidence will increase as well since we have points to talk about. I really hope that I can improve myself and be a useful person to everyone in the future. tq
Hey,
Its a normal thing to feel nervous & fear to be infront of hundreds of people to talk,but who care?This is our chances for people to get to know us better with our ideas and our way of thinking.We need to be confident to speak up so that people around us will feel confident towards us.So,put aside all your nervousness­ness and speak up people!Lets create a better generation of the world by speaking up!So what are u waiting for,grab the challenge!
Everyone has their own nervousness to speak in front of people. and so do I.i tend to feel very nervous when i have to speak in front. i usually have a lot of things to say in my mind but somehow when it's time for me to speak i just don't know how to say it. but i will always try my best to build confidence in me.
It is not easy to talk in public, that's for me. I'm so envious of others who talk so fluently and can easily grab the audience's attention.
To talk in front of public, one need to be full of ideas and own that high level of confidence. I still can jot down few points while preparing, and walk confidently to the front, but when it's time to start, my tongue feels just like freezing! and my mind just totally went off,shut down. i can't answer to your why,cause i can't figure it out too. i used to speak in front of class during my lower high school, and i guess i can only talk in front of peoples i know, i mean a bunch of friends.what a burden.
and yes, i do talk nothing. i can't speak out my mind in front of those eyes that pointing to me but just after i get my seat, one by one of the ideas come out and that pissed me off. i think that's because i speak too rare in front of public. well, never during my last year in high school.*sigh*
A strong preparation is vital for a perfect public speaking and must be really brave to face the audience. Speak out the informational ideas can do but that's just not enough to conquer the audience. Be creative and try to relate the ideas with the real life then audience will wake up from their wonderland. i hope one day i can make it,just like others.
thank you.
We speak,when we want to share an experience, we speak when we want to discuss and decide, we speak when we meet someone.In short, we speak all the time. However, is the experience of speaking throughout our entire life sufficient to enable us to deliver like a professional public speaker ? Conditions are certainly different when there are hundreds of eyes staring at you,when you are about to speak up! Stage fright, panicking and nervousness are only some of the many problems people face when talking in front of an audience.
I myself, realised during our impromptu speech session that, i have a problem. Without a doubt, i talk a lot. When in a group, its' usually me starting a conversation. I have been a public speaker for my school. As a Deputy Head Prefect, the stage used to be my comfort zone. However last Thursday i realised that i was a little bit nervous during my impromptu speech.This was the first time i am talking in front of a crowd after more than a year ! Not giving a 'formal' talk in front of an audience for a long period of time, has rust me as a speaker. However, i managed to calm myself and clear my mind, to enable myself to pay more attention on my speech delivery.
Therefore, we must take every opportunity we have to go out front and talk to people. When we are used to it, it becomes as easy as ABC...
For me, there is nothing impossible. Its' all about what we think, and what is in our minds. I f we have the determination to go out there and inspire the audience, there is no such thing as 'stage fright' !
Thank you, Pn. Zue...
Well said Deshvin and all. Yupp...I shall create more opportunities for all of you to feel at ease speaking in front of a crowd..just wait and see..yeah! all the best, and i know I'm talking meeting future leaders and orators this semester! love: Puan Zue
Public speaking is a challenge for everyone including them who have been speaking for years. The challenge of public speaking is to bring up the idea into presentation so that you are able to communicate with the society about your opinoins in life. I like it when you say, "We learn to speak by speaking". This conveys the message that we need to stand out and speak up to be able to speak up. First time speaking up, ofcourse you will be prone to make mistakes such as pauses, ummss, ahhs and stumbles. That is why you will need a lot of practise along the way because we can't deny that only with practice makes perfect. Some may find it so hard to speak up, they will want to escape from this necessity throughout their lives. This is a major barrier that lies in the individual itself. One must be bold and put away this barrier in order to become a better public speaker in the future. They must not feel public speaking as a threat but actually an opportunity to be grabbed. Practice and bold in character, this is the strength to overcome public speaking weaknesses and deliberate the barriers and challenges.
it's true pn zue
to stand up in front of the crowd and talk is the hardest thing to do. Not everyone has the courage and strength to do it. Indeed its a challenge to everyone and not to exclude - myself to. Lack of self esteem may be the greatest threat in speaking in front of everyone. And to me, everything's possible. You just need to have the right attitude and with some practise like we all did in your class and this virtual classroom itself, yeah you can go for it. As a matter of fact, it's just a piece of cake for those who are really determined to excel themselves in giving in a speech.
being confident is on of the important thing in speakin up..students are usually shy and afraid to speak up. actually i was one of them. i always get scared to tell ma points to others bt nw i dont. i hv my self confident after goin to public speaking claz..and i'm better in it nw...thanx pn zue..
hye pn zue
i strongly agree with you that its not easy to give a speech in front of others. Actually, that is the basic communication skill. It requires a lot of hard work to archieve the title 'good speaker'. The moment you start to speak, people is going to analyze you based on your communication skills. As a university student, we must take this as a challenge to ourselves because in the end, sooner or later we have to deal with the real 'business' which is during our interview and etc. In conclusion, i believe that deliberating good speech is an essential part of our life.
viknesh said
As what was said, nowadays its very difficult to see a new faces participating a public speaking competition.Even nowadays its requirement to a student to have a good communication skills for get a highly paid job,but most of student are
still refusing to volunteer their self to participate even in one group discussion in classroom.this may be due to certain roeson such as the nervous ,fear,shyness, but in my opinion its all bcoz of the lazy.the first reason i indicate that attitude are its the main root that still holding all our other factor make us not speak up.Once you break it,and work hard you will start to practise to break your fear, and for that purpose u will go gain more knowledge.After that, your self determination will grow more stonger and then you will chase the oppurtunity to speak up.
But,what happening here are most of new faces include ME are stubborn with our worthless attitude and built the obstacles own self.
I understood its never easy to change everything in a short period,but it should start earlier so that we can see the result as soon as possible.
Assalamualaikum Pn Zue..
‘Reading maketh a man’.I am sure you have all heard of this saying.Reading generates a host of benefits.A person who reads know about wordly matters.They will have knowledge about current affairs.They will also be able to keep up with what is going on in the world.It also increase general knowledge.Thus,the only way I think to deliberate the barriers and challenges of speak up is by reading.This is because ,if we have points on what to speak,we will become more confidence to elaborate our own ideas.There is no reason to run away from any public speaking competition or anything that requires us to speak up.We will become more prepared and of course it will attract others attention on what we will talk about.Lastly,we will break the walls of barriers.So,in my opinion,the problem that students face when comes to speak up is lack of knowledge.Thank you.
Hello Pn.Zue,
We cannot deny the fact that public speaking is one of the most common fears for people even for me.Its quite different from giving a talk with some casual stuffs and of course we have to deliver something that acceptable by the audience.The problem that i am facing is the there will be a question in my head that is my points are relevent or out of the topic? will I be the one who did it worst? questions like the one always discourage me from participating the public speaking. But by now a few activities in my class with ma'am and impromptu speech, I don't think so its gonna be a problem to me now.Its like the confidence to deliver a speech with some knowledge will be develop in us. Thats the point.
The second point will be the interaction between the speakers and the audience. Its how we communicate with them. For an example like what ma'am said the eye contact is really helps. Its like there is a gaze window to transfer imaginary or visual information within a glance! thats sounds awesome when ma'am told that. Its kinda weird but it happens all the time.
Therefore the ability to speak out is actually inside our heart. Whenever we think we can face the fear to give a talk we will do it in a good manner way.The more we learn the more we evolve to a excellent speaker. Speak out is a process of learning that wont ends!!!
'Speak',YA we DO like speak everyday,every hours,every minutes and every seconds. But when come to 'public speaking', most of us will say NO thanks,we DON'T like speak infront of crowd. Why?? Well,it's because most of us facing some barriers and challenges such as lack of confidence, lack of knowledge, stage fright and etc. I myself of course having these problems,but now I'm trying my best to overcome these barriers. Consequently, if you want to become a good speaker,what you can do to improve yourself is gain more knowledges and also experiences which can be obtained through lot of practices. And the most important is always think positively that you can do it when you speak up! :)
It's true that we need a lot of courages and confidence to stand in front and talk to a crowd. We as a university students should pick up this challenge as a public speaker as when we work in society next time,we will face the same problem if we did not train from now. In my opinion,students afraid to speak up is due to their mother language. Some people might grown up in a english education family,so there will not have any problem when they are appoint to talk in front. But for those who speak other languages they might feel uncomfortable when they speak in english. And this will lead to lack of confidence. In conclusion, the main reason why people seldom speak up is due to their language background. Thanks
confident , it just a mask on our face when we give a speech ... no matter how scared or nervous that we feel inside our heart but we still need to show out a calm face ... so confident is just an acting skill in social ...
read more than speak more , but better dont read if u do not like to speak ...
the better way that v can generate idea is from how much we face the social , a person that anti-social will not get the idea of speaking in front of people ..
We've been using our lips to communicate throughout our entire lives. It's been a norm for us to shout out or call from a distance to a friend and talk. We've always been talking but who would have thought of using our lips to a whole new level? The whole new level which i speak of is to take up a mic and talk to a group of crowd. It could be a motivational speech, lecturing, or even just announcements it doesnt matter.
I have been talking since i could even remember. Talking has become a necessity in my life. I would go "koo koo" if i was forced to kept my mouth shut for a day. But, I still face fear when needed to talk to a group of crowd.
Speaking on stage requires a whole different set of words and degree of language. We cant use words like "Walao", "Eh", "-lah", etc on stage. It'll make a bad impression of you on the people. Besides that, the high expectation of audiences will cause the speaker to have additional unneeded pressure on the speaker himself!
Thank you.
yes, it's not as easy to speak up and talk to others about our ideas. for many reason like fear , shyness or lack of confidence and specially when you speak up in language which is different than your mather language .
but its very good to practice in the class and you have teacher to advice you and Push you with out detract marks from you hahaha :(
and from the practice you will learn :)
Hello madam,
I strongly agree with most of you that a lot of students afraid when they stand in front of the crowd and talk. When our lecturer ask us to give a speech, we afraid to do the first step which is raising our hand and say " i will be the volunteer". The common thing we will do is pointing to the others. Why we always have to do that instead of ourselves to be the volunteer? Actually being a volunteer is one of the noble things we can do. As a matter of fact, we have to strengthen our self-confidence and boost our self-esteem in order to be a good speaker. Other than that, we also can seek advise from our lecturers, friends and other speakers to polish our speaking skills so we don't get nervous or afraid when we stand in front of the audience. That's all i want to say. Thanks.
Good evening Puan Zue,
People tend to ignore the fact that being afraid to go out and preach or even speak up is actually a bad thing.They should buck up and show the real world what we are made of and the true meaning of giving out fresh new ideas that exceed the boundaries of everything else.
We should all build our inner confidence and nurture ourselves to become true speakers and show to people that look’s can be very deceiving.When a barrier is built around you,we should rise up and break it with a sludgehammer.In other words,we should always rise up and force ourselves to mingle around more with society to really understand the modern world which would inherently help us to build the faith in ourselves in depicting a speech.
My fellow comrades,the human mind is a gemstone,so please use it to it’s full potential and never ever be afraid to let your thoughts flow out.”SPEAK UP , FOR IT WOULD BRING ABOUT A LOT OF ADVANTAGES TO THEE”.
Thank you Puan Zue for you time,
Your’s sincerely,
Pavendhran
Hi pn,Zue..
I am totally agree with this post.Sincerely,if given a choice,i would not volunteer myself to speak infront of public.haha.But if we think about it,even if you got the most brilliant ideas and thought in your mind about something,it is no use if you just keep it in yourself and did not share it with others.well,that is why you actually need to speak up.
For me,when it come to a group discussion,i would rather agree with other people opinions rather than to tell about my opinion.Why?i realised that it is because i was shy and not confident of myself.So,from time to time,i learn to improve my confident level and brave myself to at least try to share my ideas with others and i hope that i will be a good speaker in the future.
till then,thank you.
It is true tat we need a lot of courage to talk in front of the crowd. The most common problems always face by us is lack of confidence. For me, ya it is true that i am lack of confidence when need me to speak English in front of the crowd, it is hard for me to present my idea in English as i always speak my own mother tongue with the others. I am trying my best to break the barrier, in order to do so, i think i should strengthen my vocabulary and speak English fluently. Now i trying to speak with others using English instead of others language, hope that this will overcome my fear when using English to speak.
Strongly agreed..each people must have own ideas..Of course we want to hear some new ideas..So,thats why we should speak up..But,most of undergraduates can't speak properly..this is because of lack of confidence and feel of shyness..should we keep going on until graduates?If this situation happen to us,maybe we unemploybility until some of age..who knows..Therefore,we should always prepare and do more practice to overcome all of problems..This is also important for our future..all of problems must have solution..For the lack of confidence problem,I think the better way to overcome is you should brave to stands in front crowd of people..Sounds like easy,but actually its hard for someone people..This kind problem can make easier with always try to adopt the crowd situation..In addition,you should keep the crowd situation as group of your friends was talking each other..As final remarks,"practice makes perfect"..We should keep money for a rainy day..Thank you
English is very easy language but most of the students are scared of it due to many reasons .the first reason is that they are scared of making mistakes in front of their friends or even public people .second reason is that some students have a lack of self-confidence when they speak to the others which leads to prohibit them to gain speaking skills.the third reason is that most of the students feel that after they speak ,there are many comments would come up through his or her speak so they lose their self confidence
pn.Zue,
We all had faced situations where we should speak up about something. Public speaking,group discussions,ELBS test during school and simply when talking to an acquaintances while eating or walking. In these situations,we tend to share ideas and thoughts,but the shyness to speak up and afraid that our friends or audiences give negative feedback or disagree with our opinions.
Furthermore, the fear of speaking to a big crowd is one of the major barrier too.Thus,we tend to hid our ideas and blindly agree with others rather than debating or discussing thoughts with each other.I myself had faced situations like this when i participate in 'MRSM Young Scientist Program' during school where i had to brief about my biological research about 'pinang' fruit.During evaluation, i explained about my project but the judges still have complains about it.I simply agree without debating about it.You see,it was a great mistake for letting my guard down and the judges thought i was lack of confidence.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." (Dr.Seuss)
Hence,do not be afraid and shy to project your ideas to others.This will enhance your speaking skills and boost your confident level.As a result,you will gain excellent feedback and other people will look up to you as a really smart person.
till next time
Hi Pn.Zue...
In fact,lack of confident will be cause a barrier to us to be a expert public speaker...Because we didn't have more courage to speak up or share our idea before we make the preparation as well as...
Beside，face problem also as a other factor that retard us to performance.That is because we are always caring about others look....So we are becoming resistant to speak up....
If we want to be a expert speaker,i think just a way to do it..that's is doing practice with other people or members...and oso ned to get more courage to share our ideas to everyone....
that's all for now...
thnks..
Agree it strongly. I feel that speaking up is a MUST in this society no matter in our education life or our future career life yet there is many to overcome. The nervous-ness during speaking or the feeling of shy or the gutless attitude will be the main challenges to make people speak. Anyhow, I seriously feel that no matter who, he/she should overcome themselves, improve themselves and speak up bravely in front of everyone.
To all fellow comrades, I'm doing my best to overcome mine and trying my best to speak up. Good luck and all the best to everyone of you.
Many of us will find public speaking is a difficult task. This is a bad phenomenon.
No one knows how to speak from the day they are born. So, we have to try our best to learn it. Then main problem is lack of practice.
What can call a practice? For example, chat with friends is also one of the practices that in the others form.
Those excuses like nervous and scare are nonsense.
We are alive and we have to learn and take the challenges in our life.
Don’t scare to make mistake because we learn from mistake.
Good better best never let it rest. Until your good becomes better, better becomes best.
every day we talk in our daily life. speech itself is very important to us but yes as you said, it's not as easy to speak up and talk to others about our ideas. it's need some courage to do that. the courage to down the shyness and nervousness. in class as we learn how to overcome it, we must practice with having conversation with friends. so, practice makes perfect.
Hai Pn.Zue,
I’m totally agreed with you that many of us still find public speaking as a fear factor. When it comes to public speaking, many of us not willing to participate even for the sake of experience . As you said, this maybe because of nervousness. Nervousness felt by every student when speaking in public shouldn’t be a barrier to our thoughts and ideas. We should realize that even some of the greatest public speakers have suffered from stage fright like Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Sanger and Oprah Winfrey. So just take public speaking as another challenge in our daily life.
For myself, i really think that i have a lots to overcome, especially nervousness, but i am trying hard to overcome it. One thing that i should say is 'i am so happy and appreciate that my friends around me who keep supporting me'. So everyone, let's overcome all our barriers together and become success. All the best everyone ^^
why do you need speak up ?
There are many beneficts to ourself but this most scary things to who is dont have confident to talk in front. Actually this thing will create our confident to talk because this thing will related to our daily life and maybe in our future also. Furthermore, from speak up also we can share our opinion or idea that each from us have a different opinion or idea. This things should can encourage us to involved and show our self what our capability. But when we share we also must respect and tolerate with each other when we share the opinion. in addition, it will gain experience. we noy just can gain experience involve any activities outside the class but from here we also gain experience. Example, like me i rarely go to in front but when the first time i selected to talk in front there any many lack. from there i learn to improve my self.
Speakup share it loud ,
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