Asynchronous (Online) Fear of Public Speaking: The Truth Amongst ESl Learners more

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Public speaking is both a strength and a weakness. When you overcome it, you gain inner strength and self-esteem. But, when you don’t, the experience becomes a great challenge. It also provides training in a variety of personal and social competencies such as self-awareness, self-confidence, and dealing with the fear of communicating. However, Spijck (2011) amplified that almost eighty out of every hundred people experienced public speaking anxiety at a small or large scale. Four out of every ten people rank public speaking fear as one of their top three apex fears, often a fear more dreadful than death. This quantitative research investigated the level of anxiety of Purposive Communication students at Mindanao State University and the factors causing this fear of public speaking. The respondents answered a modified survey questionnaire that identified the following factors namely: expectations and exposure, confidence, lack of vocabulary and lack of preparation.