Public speaking or oral presentation, therefore, are viewed in the present study as "that form of communication in which a speaker addresses a relatively large audience with a relatively continuous recite, usually in a face-to-face situation" (DeVito, 1986, p. 244).
Despite these research efforts and the fact that many basic speech method absorb a try to reduce the impact of public speaking (Gibson, Gruner, Hanna, Smythe & Hayes, 1980), public speaking anxiety has ''received far less attention from scholars than have interpersonally-related sorts of shyness" (Daly, et al. 1989, p.39).
Although this study concerns how students commonly avoid public speaking, because it is important to review the visual of communication wariness so that the relationship of 3 the two concepts and a clear distinction between them may be drawn. First described as "a broadly based anxiety related to oral communication" (Mccroskey, 1970, p. 279), It has been examined under a variety of labels including "stage fright" (Clevenger, 1959), "audience sensitivity" (Paivio, 1964), "reticence" (Phillips, 1968), "shyness" (Zimbardo, 1977), "unwillingness to communicate" (Burgoon, 1976), and even "public speaking anxiety" (Lomas,