Introduction Public speaking is defined as an action of speaking to a group of people in order to inform, motivate, persuade, educate or entertain the audience by addressing. (Speechmasterycom, 2016). According to Queenan (2016), fear in public speaking is the first fear compared to flying dread than flying. We are delivering our speech every day. Whether in home, school or social event, we are ease to deliver our ideas as the environment we are comfort with. In other words, for those places or environment we are not familiar with, we are facing fear during addressing our speech. However, to overcome fear in public speaking, people should follow several ways which are knowing your audience well, prepare well before presentation and visualize
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Being well prepared can be separated into different aspects such as practicing or verbalizing our presentation, and choosing a familiar subject. (Martinuzzi, 2013). Confucius said that “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” Rehearsing is a must as we want to handle the whole presentation well. In fact, lack of practice will lead us to face unwanted situations for example forgetting the content and stuttering during our presentation. “This method has analogues in sports, music and theater, and of course even has its own classic adage: Practice makes perfect.” (Weissman, 2011). In addition, choosing a subject that we are familiar with is important as we are naturally more confident to speak about a familiar topic. (“27 useful tips to overcome your fear of public speaking,” 2015). It helps to save time instead of struggling to memorize it. Otherwise, it also helps us to deliver speech naturally with ease. On the other hand, if the topic is an unfamiliar one, the things that we only can do is practice more and more as practice make perfect. Another way is to select points that it is significant, making it as simple as we can. It is because simple words make it easily captured by our audience. Therefore, being well prepared is important for us before the actual presentation as it takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation
Being well prepared can be separated into different aspects such as practicing or verbalizing our presentation, and choosing a familiar subject. (Martinuzzi, 2013). Confucius said that “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” Rehearsing is a must as we want to handle the whole presentation well. In fact, lack of practice will lead us to face unwanted situations for example forgetting the content and stuttering during our presentation. “This method has analogues in sports, music and theater, and of course even has its own classic adage: Practice makes perfect.” (Weissman, 2011). In addition, choosing a subject that we are familiar with is important as we are naturally more confident to speak about a familiar topic. (“27 useful tips to overcome your fear of public speaking,” 2015). It helps to save time instead of struggling to memorize it. Otherwise, it also helps us to deliver speech naturally with ease. On the other hand, if the topic is an unfamiliar one, the things that we only can do is practice more and more as practice make perfect. Another way is to select points that it is significant, making it as simple as we can. It is because simple words make it easily captured by our audience. Therefore, being well prepared is important for us before the actual presentation as it takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation