Chapter 1
Public Speaking and You
Answer these questions based upon the
information in the book. Email your
answers to pcurtiss@isd317.org
1. Why is it
that many students question why they should have to learn to give speeches?
2. Are most
good speakers born with their speaking skills, or have they learned them?
3. Name three
opportunities you have in school to use your speaking skills.
4. Several
recent studies reveal that businesses want workers that know their field and
also can do what?
5. What are job
promotions often based upon?
6. What
important right does the First Amendment guarantee us?
7. The roots of
today’s public speaking are found in what ancient culture and from what city?
8. What
responsibility do American citizens have regarding the First Amendment?
9. List the
seven added benefits there are of learning how to make speeches. (They are 7 areas of skill that will be
developed through public speaking.)
10. Public
Speaking involves taking risks. What are
four real concerns that speakers have when they get in front of a group to
speak?
11. What is
another name for “communication apprehension”?
12. What does
research show that adults fear more than anything else?
13. In a
fearful situation, what substance does your body release into the blood stream?
14. Name three
physical responses of the body to this substance being released.
15. What do
athletes and performers know about nervousness?
16. What is the
best solution for overcoming fear of speaking?
17. When you are
delivering your speech, how should you begin?
18. What should
you do before you get up and speak to control nervousness?
