ANXIETY DURING PUBLIC SPEAKING: A STUDY AMONG UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES
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https://doi.org/10.55197/qjssh.v6si2.997Keywords:
anxiety, communication anxiety, public speaking, engineering undergraduates, PRPSAAbstract
Anxiety is a feeling of fear about something. Anxiety takes place in different situations and it happens at different ages. It is a widely discussed issue in the field of language and communication. This paper aims to investigate the level of anxiety among engineering students in UTHM especially when they deliver their presentation. There are 125 undergraduates from 8 faculties involved in this study. This study is using the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) by McCroskey as the instrument of the research. 34 items were asked in measuring their anxiety during public speaking. The data collection was done at the end of semester 2, 2023/2024. Findings show that the students are having moderate levels of anxiety when dealing with public speaking. Also, the number of students who possess high levels of anxiety is quite high. A thorough investigation needs to be done in dealing with this issue as the number is alarming.
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