The fear of public speaking in Vietnamese pedagogy freshmen
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Tran, Van-Trung; Huynh-Lam, Anh-Chuong; Nguyen-Duong, Bao Tran; Trinh Ngo-Thi, Thuy; Long Tran-Chi, VinhEditorial
Universidad de Granada
Materia
Freshmen Glossophobia Public speaking anxiety Gender Major
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2021Referencia bibliográfica
Van-Trung Tran, Anh-Chuong Huynh-Lam, Bao-Tran Nguyen-Duong, Thuy-Trinh Ngo-Thi, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi(2021). The fear of public speaking in Vietnamese pedagogy freshmen. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, Vol. 12(4). 60 – 66. [DOI: 10.47750/jett.2021.12.04.009]
Resumen
Fear of public speaking, also known as Glossophobia which is defined as a form of social phobia leading
to severely discourage speaking publicly owing to the dread of being ashamed or losing the respect of
other people. The recent study used the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety scale including 34
items to survey 374 pedagogy freshmen. The sample consisted of 374 students of which 144 students
studying Social Science (38.5%), 140 students studying Natural Science (37.4%), and 90 students
studying Educational Science (24.1%) of which were 86 males (23%) and 288 females (77%). The main
finding of this study was that a large number of pedagogy freshmen suffered fear of public speaking.
Besides, the result found that the difference between the three groups of majors in the levels of
glossophobia just very slightly missed the significance level. Educational Science students suffered
most public speaking anxiety in three groups of majors. To become professional educators in the future,
pedagogy freshmen have to cultivate and self-improve speaking publicly skill which is one of the most
essential and crucial soft skills. Additionally, the presentation skill is one of the compulsory academic
activities and criteria for evaluation of the university of education. These findings contribute to
developing courses aiming to reduce student’s public speaking anxiety and improve their presentation
skill. Besides, educators could create an education curriculum that is most suitable for freshmen and
not causes much pressure leading to their anxiety.