Exploring Communication Strategies and Fear of Oral Presentation among Undergraduates

Ahmad, Siti Nurshafezan; Rahmat, Noor Hanim; Shahabani, Nor Syahiza

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v12-i8/14642

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“…There have been many past studies on the fear of oral presentation. The study by Ahmad et al (2022) was conducted to investigate issues on how factors leading to fear of oral presentations among undergraduates influence their oral presentations. The data was collected from 51 students from three clusters: Science and Technology, Social Science and Humanities, and Business and Management.…”

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Exploring the Factors for Successful Oral Presentation and The Source of Fear

Zaharuddin¹,

Ammar²,

Almuddin³

et al. 2023

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Oral presentation requires some level of performance to a crowd of people, unlike reading, writing, or listening. Hence, fear of speaking in a foreign language is a common concern of students, especially when presenting in front of a large audience. Many people who fear public speaking avoid public speaking situations altogether, or struggle in those situations due to lack of confidence and skills. Therefore, learning a foreign language requires the use of communication strategies so that students face less difficulty and become proficient. This study aimed to identify the success factors of students in oral presentations and examined the causes of fear among Arabic language students in a Malaysian public university. For that purpose, a set of questionnaires was distributed to students studying three different levels of Arabic as a third language from various faculties at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor Campus. The questionnaire was systematically designed from Endler (1980) for oral communication strategies with the addition source of fear adapted from Yaman and (Kavasoğlu, 2013). The survey has three sections which are demographic profile, communication strategies, and fear of oral presentation. The study involved 321 students that were selected through purposive sampling. The findings of the study show that oral presentation in Arabic is dominant despite being on a moderate scale of use. Also, students' nervousness and the capacity of the audience have an influence on their speaking skills in simulations and role-play activities. The study recommends recognizing the anxiety sources and levels of anxiety when preparing for and delivering an oral presentation. It clearly represents a step closer to a successful presentation among non-native speakers. It also suggests that both lecturers and students be more aware of foreign language speaking anxiety. Overall, as this study investigates effective communication strategies and its associated factors of fear, it is hoped that the study will provide practical suggestions for teachers and meaningful recommendations for future research.

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Exploring the Factors for Successful Oral Presentation and The Source of Fear

Zaharuddin¹,

Ammar²,

Almuddin³

et al. 2023

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“…The fear of communicating in English is still common among the non-native speakers of English due to many reasons. A study conducted by Ahmad et al (2022) among 51 undergraduate students in a public university found that most of the students were inclined to use more strategies in influencing their oral presentation. This may be caused not only by the lack of basic English grammar and vocabulary but also by deficiency in the use of appropriate Communication Strategies (CSs) for many communicative contexts.…”

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Is There a Relationship between Communications Strategies and Fear of Oral Presentation?

Zainuddin¹,

Rahim²,

Harith³

et al. 2022

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The ability to communicate clearly and effectively contributes significantly to presentation success. Unfortunately, communication barriers can prohibit students from accurately conveying and accepting the messages by others to exchange their knowledge, opinions, and ideas. Previous research evidence has indicated that many students experience fear in oral presentation. This study aims to explain the influence in communication strategies and fear of oral presentation among the postgraduate students in public university. This quantitative survey was used towards 41 respondents who participated in this study. There are three sections in the instrument in which section A consists of the demographic profile and Section B has 25 items on communication strategies and section C has 14 items on causes of fear. This study found that in communication strategies there are five strategies that could help the students to strategize their presentation through social-affective strategies, fluency-oriented strategies, negotiation for meaning strategies, accuracy-oriented strategies, and message reduction, orientation and non-verbal strategies. While fear of oral presentation can stem from two sources and there are external and internal factors, the external factors such as fear of the marks that they will receive and the internal factors such as feeling nervous are the most feared factors among the all factors that the students' faced. This study has successfully proven the similarity of previous scholars' findings through the findings from recent studies. Therefore, it is very significant to continue the research in future due to different challenges and constraints in performing oral presentations. By identifying problems and challenges through comprehensive research, solutions can be improved over time.

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Exploring Communication Strategies and Fear of Oral Presentation among Undergraduates

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Exploring the Factors for Successful Oral Presentation and The Source of Fear

Exploring the Factors for Successful Oral Presentation and The Source of Fear

Is There a Relationship between Communications Strategies and Fear of Oral Presentation?

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