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Tobe, A., & Busic, T. (2020). How to conquer public-speaking anxiety. Rotman Management, 46–51. Retrieved from https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=bth&AN=142901849&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=natuniv

• This article will help you reduce your fear of public speaking and understand where your communication apprehension comes from. This article discusses how public-speaking anxiety involves a pervasive and chronic pattern of worry and rumination about bad things happening when we talk in front of others. The good news is that every one of us can hone our self-reflectiveness and self-awareness skills - two higher-order executive functions in the brain - and transform the core beliefs that chain them to public-speaking fear. As indicated earlier, public-speaking anxiety often involves a hyper-focus on negative predictions concerning one's ability to perform.

Shadinger, D., Katsion, J., Myllykangas, S., & Case, D. (2020). The impact of a positive, self-talk statement on public speaking anxiety. College Teaching, 68(1), 5–11.

• This article will help you use positive self-talk to overcome your speaking fears. This article suggests that having you recite aloud a self-affirming statement in unison immediately prior to delivery of a required speech or presentation provides a greater reduction in performance anxiety than not doing so. However, repeated use of the recited positive affirmation experience over multiple assignments within the same course and academic term did not result in significant additional reduction in performance anxiety over classes in which only one speech or presentation was performed during the term.

Rachlin, H. (2019). 10 rules for overcoming stage fright. School Band & Orchestra, 22(4), 32–33.

• This article shows you tools to overcome your stage fright. It uses the example of musicians, but the tops are transferable to public speaking as well.

Gershman, S. (2019). To overcome your fear of public speaking, stop thinking about yourself. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2–5. Retrieved from https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=bth&AN=138924056&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=natuniv

• This article explains how to use “other centered thinking” to overcome your fear of public speaking.

Nelson, J., Harvey, A. G., Nelson, J., & Harvey, A. G. (2002). Speech anxiety questionnaire. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 665–669. Retrieved from https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=hpi&AN=HaPI-256072&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=natuniv

• You’re not alone! This article shows you that other students are also afraid of public speaking, and explores some of the reasons why.

Bodie, G. D. (2010). A racing heart, rattling knees, and ruminative thoughts: Defining, explaining, and treating public speaking anxiety. Communication Education, 59(1), 70–105. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=psyh&AN=2009-24387-005&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=natuniv

• This article will help you understand what public speaking anxiety is, where it comes from, and some of the ways it has been treated over the years.