COM1512 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025
(202490) - DUE 28 March 2025
Lowering Your Fear - ANSWER Experience
Practice
Prepare
Visualization
Think Positively
Don't Expect Perfectioin
Experience - ANSWER o Once you become accustomed to the situation, it's no
longer threatening
o More you learn in public speaking and the more speeches you give, the less
threatening speechmaking will become
o Speech class- minimize errors, non-threatening arena for "trials"
Prepare - ANSWER o Pick speech topics you truly care about
o Prepare thoroughly that you cannot help but be successful
o Each minute of speaking time requires one to two hours of preparation time,
perhaps more depending on the amount of research needed
o Proper preparation can reduce stage fright by up to 75 %
o Study your audience and select a topic you know will interest them
Visualization - ANSWER Visualization
o Visualization: mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or
herself giving a successful presentation
o See yourself poised and self-assured, making eye contact with your audience
and delivering your introduction in a firm, clear voice
o Be realistic, but stay focused on the positive aspects of your speech
o Mental rehearsal should be repeated several times before you speak
, Think Postively - ANSWER o Confidence is mostly the well-known power of
positive thinking
o Ratio of positive to negative thought is 5:1
o For each neg. thought counter it with a minimum of 5 positive ones
- It will help keep your nerves under control so you can concentrate on
communicating your ideas rather than on brooding about fears/anxieties
Don't Expect Perfection - ANSWER o No such thing as a perfect speech
o People view speech making as a performance rather than an act of
communication
o Audience focuses on clear communication of the speaker's ideas, not a virtuoso
performance
o Every speaker says or does something that does not come across exactly as he
or she planned
- Moments not evident to audience
- Proceed as if nothing has happened
Tips - ANSWER a. Be at your best physically and mentally
b. Tighten and relax leg muscles or squeeze your hands together and then release
them- outlet for adrenaline
c. Couple of slow, deep breaths
d. Work especially hard on your introduction - then smooth sailing the rest of the
way
e. Make eye contact, they are individual people, not a blur of faces
f. Concentrate on communicating with your audience
g. Use visual aids, draws attention away from you
Ethnocentrism - ANSWER o Ethnocentrism: the belief that one's one group or
culture is superior to all other groups or cultures
- A part of every culture
(202490) - DUE 28 March 2025
Lowering Your Fear - ANSWER Experience
Practice
Prepare
Visualization
Think Positively
Don't Expect Perfectioin
Experience - ANSWER o Once you become accustomed to the situation, it's no
longer threatening
o More you learn in public speaking and the more speeches you give, the less
threatening speechmaking will become
o Speech class- minimize errors, non-threatening arena for "trials"
Prepare - ANSWER o Pick speech topics you truly care about
o Prepare thoroughly that you cannot help but be successful
o Each minute of speaking time requires one to two hours of preparation time,
perhaps more depending on the amount of research needed
o Proper preparation can reduce stage fright by up to 75 %
o Study your audience and select a topic you know will interest them
Visualization - ANSWER Visualization
o Visualization: mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or
herself giving a successful presentation
o See yourself poised and self-assured, making eye contact with your audience
and delivering your introduction in a firm, clear voice
o Be realistic, but stay focused on the positive aspects of your speech
o Mental rehearsal should be repeated several times before you speak
, Think Postively - ANSWER o Confidence is mostly the well-known power of
positive thinking
o Ratio of positive to negative thought is 5:1
o For each neg. thought counter it with a minimum of 5 positive ones
- It will help keep your nerves under control so you can concentrate on
communicating your ideas rather than on brooding about fears/anxieties
Don't Expect Perfection - ANSWER o No such thing as a perfect speech
o People view speech making as a performance rather than an act of
communication
o Audience focuses on clear communication of the speaker's ideas, not a virtuoso
performance
o Every speaker says or does something that does not come across exactly as he
or she planned
- Moments not evident to audience
- Proceed as if nothing has happened
Tips - ANSWER a. Be at your best physically and mentally
b. Tighten and relax leg muscles or squeeze your hands together and then release
them- outlet for adrenaline
c. Couple of slow, deep breaths
d. Work especially hard on your introduction - then smooth sailing the rest of the
way
e. Make eye contact, they are individual people, not a blur of faces
f. Concentrate on communicating with your audience
g. Use visual aids, draws attention away from you
Ethnocentrism - ANSWER o Ethnocentrism: the belief that one's one group or
culture is superior to all other groups or cultures
- A part of every culture
