Factors Affecting Junior High School Students' Fear of Public Speaking in

DON VICENTE RAMA MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

A Research Paper Presented to:

MARY JANE CABILUNA

A Faculty of the English Department of Don Vicente Rama Memorial National

High School

Macopa Street,Basak Cebu City

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 10

Presented by:

Guendolyn N . Malabat

MaxineJade Flores

Kristaljane Leonar

June 29,2021
 ABSTRACT

Title: Factors Affecting Junior High School Students' Fear of Public

Speaking

Researchers: Guendolyn N . Malabat

MaxineJade Flores

Kristaljane Leonar

School:DON VICENTE RAMA MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Adviser:Mary Jane Cabiluna

Date Completed:

Glossophobia, an individual’s anxiety of public speaking, has been observed to be a

common phenomenon among students. The present study explores factors associated
with glossophobia among DVRMNHS students.The study combined both quantitative
and qualitative research approaches in an opinion poll involving 40 participants from the
Level 300 class of the St-Elizabeth.Participants acknowledged the importance of public
speaking, but conceded that at some point in their student lives, when they had to
speak in public, glossophobia prevented them from making a good impression on the
audience. Speaking English before a crowd was identified as the most dreaded
experience. Low self-confidence in speaking in public; lack of constant speaking
experience and lack of knowledge in public speaking; fear of making mistakes and
being laughed at; inadequate preparation and timidity were also identified as challenges
affecting participants’ ability to speak English in public. To help students overcome that
phobia, the study recommends that lecturers should adopt an interactive approach
combined with the appropriate communication strategies to promote positive attitudes
and create the desirable atmosphere for boosting students’ confidence. Lecturers
should also organise seminars on public speaking skills and encourage regular individual
oral presentation in class so students can practise to develop positive attitudes towards
public speaking.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The sucess of this research project required the help of various individuals,without

them,this research would not have met the objectives of this study.The researchers

wish to give gratitude to the following people for their help and support.

First on the list,we are grateful to the Great Almighty,the author knowledge and

wisdom,for his countless love.

Secondly,we would like to thanks my friends,family and others who in one way or
another shared their support,either morally and physically,thank you.

Next, we would like to thank our fellow teammates for this reaserch that happen.

Fourthly,we would like to thanks our English Teachers for monitoring and for

constantly encouraging teacher in this endeavor,for her patience,motivation,enthusiasm

and immense knowledge in making this output a better one.

Lastly,to the researchers,for their cooperation and for giving time and effort in terms of

providing all the needed information.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENT PAGE
TITLE PAGE ………………………………………………………………. I
RESEARCH ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………. II.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………………………………………………………………. III.

LIST OF TABLES ………………………………………………………………. IV.

LIST OF FIGURE ………………………………………………………………. V.

CHAPTER ONE (I)

INTRODUCTION
Rationale ………………………………………………………………. 1
Conceptual Framework …………………………………………………….. 4
Statement of the Problem ……………....…………………………………….. 9
Significance of the Study ……………………...……………………………… 10
DEFINITION OF TERMS ………………………………………………………… 11
CHAPTER TWO (II)
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
Related Review ....................................................................... 13
CHAPTER THREE (III)
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PRODUCERS

Research Design ………………………………………………………………….. 17

Research Respondents …………………………………………………………. 17
Research Environment …………………………………………………………. 19
Data-Gathering Procedure ……………………………………………………. 19
Research Instrument …………………………………………………………… 20
Statistical Treatment Of Data ……………………………………………….. 20
CHAPTER FOUR (IV)
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

CHAPTER FIVE (V)

FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary of Findings ……………………….……………………….…………… 28
Conclusion ……………………….……………………….…………………………. 29
Recommendations ……………………….……………………….………………. 30
BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................... 31

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A:Sample Survey Questionnaire .............................. 35

APPENDIX B:School Location Map ........................................ 18

APPENDIX C:Sample Computation ......................................... 21

APPENDIX D:Curriculum Vitae .............................................. 39

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1:Dialogic Theory of Public Speaking ...................................... 4

Figure 2:Percentage of Respondents’ of Public Speaking .................... 22

LIST OF TABLES

Age Profile of the Respondents 21

Gender Profile of the Respondents 22

Grade level of the Respondents 23

Type of Family of the Respondents 24

Tabulation of the Respondent’s Responses 24

 CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE

INTRODUCTION

RATIONALE

A public speaking is a way of expressing one's thought and idea through direct

communication. An individual speaker delivers its speech in front of its listener or a

group of people; main goals of public speaking is to encourage, influence, persuade and

to convince its listeners. Sometimes public speaking is considered as a performing,

however performing are likely done to entertain people, unlike public speaking that its

main goal is to convince and persuade. Gloossophobia or speech anxiety refers to the

person who are afraid of voicing out its idea in a crowd or in a larger group of people.

This concept of anxiety come from the students who are fear of embarrassment if they

are going to deliver in front of big crowd.

Formal public speaking is likely practice first at school in order to get used to

speak in front of group of people or audiences. Sellnow and Verderber (2011) state,

Public Speaking is a conventional technique or steps by a speaker to present to the

group of audiences it is an easiest and simplest form of making communication towards

human. Tacheva (2013) states, that the verbal register, intonation, explanation,

articulation, tone, rhythm, dialect characterize the character of the informative effect or

communicative impact as positive or

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negative contingent upon whether they encourage or ruin the accomplishment of

communicative purposes, (p. 605). According to Kant (2000), individuals in negatively

assess evaluate and assess the individuals who show their feelings of fears towards

communication or public speaking and fail to establish a solid connection through sure

motions.

Most of us have low self-confidence in terms of public speaking because we are

not born public speakers and it takes time to become one. Some people loses their big

opportunities, had no chance to share their thoughts or opinions and unable to develop

their speaking skills because of Glossophobia or the fear of public speaking. According

Lucas (2011), People become afraid in terms of giving a speech in front of a group

(p.9). Fear of public speaking may also may also affects classroom performance. People

always put in their minds that someone will laugh at them if they commit mistakes.

Being judge is one of the reason why many people afraid to express their ideas and it

will lead to low performance they can't actively participate to any activities because of

consciousness to their mistakes.

We all know that we become nervous by hearing the name Public Speaking. But

there must have some solutions to get rid of the fear of public speaking. If you're new

to the world of public speaking, start with a small. Find a few friends or a family to

practice on. Reduce your stress, just relax because the more you will get nervous the

more you can't focus and think clearly. In order to eliminate the fears we need to face

the reality that we should be independent to ourselves because no one will take our

fears away but only ourselves. We need to practice our communication skills in order to

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have a high performance and we need to embrace our fears so that we can perform

well.

The purpose of this research is to figure out and investigate the causes of public

speaking towards the students and suggest some helpful steps to overcome it. This

study will give us courage to make changes in ourselves when we are facing this kind of

fear. As basis for the themes that can be generated and action plan.

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Theoretical and/or Conceptual Framework

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Talking or speaking is a principal of productive skill that every now and again used in

day by day movement. All of us know that talking or speaking is a method for passing

on the thought through a message verbally expressed in correspondence. (Ali & Nagar,

2013), Glossophobia it is a kind of disease of fearing to talk in front of others. People

who have a kind of disease like this they are the one who is difficult to communicate

because of shyness afraid of public speaking.

Formal open talking is likely practice first at school so as to become use to talk

before gathering to individuals or crowds. (Kusher, 2010) trembling, nervousness,

shyness can cause hardness in a performance especially in public speaking. A lot of

people are already encountered in this kind of situation that they really feel nervous

because they are not confidently enough and afraid of bad feedbacks. Public speaking

anxiety in company and the performance tension, difficulty.

In communication, fear of embarrassment or negative feedback are classify

under social anxiety (Anke, Marcia, Anne, & Westenberg, 2002). When public speaking

fear occur in a person, mainly hang back to cooperate in a certain activities, making

him or her ability undeveloped and progress in life (Hancock, Stone, Brundage, &

Zeigler, 2010). The most fearful of speaking in front of people is not being able to

speak English fluently afraid of grammatical mistakes and to those people who test your

abilities that is why people escaping talking and perform to many people.

Talking or speaking performance which is interconnected with public speaking is

typically done in the proper occasion or formal event, for example, introduction or

presentation, discourse, and addressing. Many researchers have done an examination

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on public speaking or speaking performance; example, Osboe et al ( 2007); Keong and

Jawad (2015); Tuan and Mai, (2015) conducted a research about factors affecting

students' talking or speaking performance. The results and effects of their studies show

that the students confronted many problems such as, for example, (1) they spoke very

little or not at all; (2) they couldn't consider anything to state or say; (3) they utilized

other language rather than English when they discuss in groups or in pairs; (4) their

participation was low or uneven; (5) they didn't have inspiration to convey or express

themselves; (6) they were afraid of analysis.(7) they had a habit for translating the data

of information in the text book into other language before they talk; (8) they looked at

their textbook when they speak.

Speaking is a fundamental of productive skill that utilized every activity happen

also it conveying more ideas by speaking in a communication (Efrizal, 2012). Speaking

is very important because it can help us understand to each other and exchanging our

ideas to share what we feel. Speaking is the way that we can convey the idea through a

message in a particular communication. Glossophobia means that it is a complex of our

perceptions and behaviors, beliefs, feelings that related to us by using a language for a

communication beyond the classroom (Zheng, 2008).

Scientifically, there are a lot of people claim and experience a fear of public

speaking than a fear of death (Glossophobia, 2001). It is a feeling of nervous that

related with different physiological changes like breathing rates, over-rapid reactions,

trembling of muscle and etc. (Tse, 2012). It is a type of social phobia that having a

good social importance, people with afraid of public speaking ace great not easy in

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pursuing their career, goals and promotion, this can affect frustration, depression and

distress in their personality (Mel Slater & Barker, 2002). Unfortunately, public speaking

apprehensions are easily find by various noticeable physical and psychological

indicators, however, some of these easily evidenced by spectators and are possibly

affect by a certain psychological pointers(Barlow, 2002).

(Arun et al., 2013; Hancock et al., 2010) expressed that Public Speaking tension

is otherwise called Glossophobia, where 75 % of the population having this dread and

one of the most prevalent feelings of fears. That is why Glossophobia is characterized

as an unmistakable complex of self-observations, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors related

to using a language for communication beyond the classroom. Finds that public

speaking afraid is connect to lack of encouragement to address public, however , on the

contrary they argued that it is not necessary to affect failure in social milieu, people

with speaking apprehension publically often are playing triumphant roles in our society

by the same token (Cunningham, Lefkoe, & Sechrest, 2006).

Having a social phobia can cause of lacking confidence to pursue their career in

the future and also can cause discomfit, and depression. Researchers are giving their

best to explore the therapy for the certain phobia, exposure could be one of the

possible therapy manage the phobias. (Pertaub & Barker, 2002). A survey shows that

approximately 21% of respondent ever suffer a fear in public speaking, in their view it

may be tremendous and reason of great misery (Ruscio, Brown, Chiu, & Sareen, 2008).

Knappe, et. Al. (2011) approximately 25 % youth also have extensive afraid of public

speaking.

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An average definition suggest that speaking in a presence of large number of people

cause up 75%.(McConnell, 2009).

Colbeck, 2011 cite James McCroskey (1989), 30 to 40 %of people experienced

from Communication Apprehension that influence their ability and keenness to do public

speaking ( Colbeck 2011). Public speaking can greatly affects the classroom

performance of the students. It will affect to their grades if they refuse to do public

speaking. Strahan (2003) examine that low grades in studies also is the result of afraid

in public speaking toward students, rather than to change this kind of fear that avoid to

be acquainted to this situations, ultimately this fear is an barrier in their career

opportunity which might require public speaking.

The solemnity of social phobia is due to remain undeveloped ( Tillfors, et al.,

2008). This kind of issue is very common to us and people who experiencing this needs

our support to overcome this fear of public speaking. Another issue to discuss

connected to foreign language anxiety is the presence of the peers that influenced

students to speak caused of being afraid of negative judgment (Boath,Stewart &

Carryer, 2012). Being judge is one of the reason why others having fear of public

speaking. Encouraging another could be a way to overcome this fear and embracing it

could help too.

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 THE PROBLEM

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of the study is to determine the Factors Affecting Junior High

School Students' Fear of Public Speaking.This study will be conducted among Grade 9

and Grade 10 students of Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School during, via

online,within the school year 2020-2021.

Specially,the study attempts to answer the following questions:

1.Why do students fear speaking in public?

2.How does this fear in Public Speaking Affect the students in terms of:

2.1.Academic Performance?

2.2.Self Confidence?

3.How can students overcome their fear in Public Speaking?

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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study is expected to give benefits of the following;

STUDENTS– This will help them in their academic performance in everyday life as they

figure out the causes of Glossophobia (fear of public speaking) and having the

knowledge on how to overcome this kind of fear.

SCHOOL HEAD– This will help them finding possible solutions on how to attain this

kind of issue having Glossophobia. This serve as a guide for the school administrator

resolve this problem.

TEACHERS- This will help them as a source of knowledge and help them to practice as

being a public speaker. Enable them to teach their students about this issue more

effectively.

PARENTS- This will help them as a primary source of advices, where courage and

moral support come from. Find ways or advices on how to overcome this issue to their

children.

COMMUNITY- This will help them to motivate you and to form connection influence to

others and this ability to win over the crowd. Enable them to take an action about

having Glossophobia.

FUTURE RESEARCHERS- This will help them as dynamic information aimed to show

possible solution about having Glossophobia.

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Scope and Delimitation of the study

This study delimited only to determine the hindrance of stage fright in dealing

public speaking and classroom performance.

The respondents were the forty students from Junior high school students in

from Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School- Night and Day school year

2019-2020 which were carefully chosen at random.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Dealing- It is the performance of the students from Don Vicente Rama Memorial

National High School-Day and Night towards their communication skills.

Fright- A student’s feeling when they are afraid to speak in front of everyone. For

example, reporting in the class.

Glossophobia- Junior students from from Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High

School-Day and Night who are afraid in delivering Public speeches.

Hindrance- Probably the fear of public speaking could be one of the factors why the

students of from Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School will fail in their

classroom performance.

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Public Speaking- It is a way of delivering a speech into a big crowd. The examples of

speech could be, Memorized speech, Manuscript and Extemporaneous.

Stage- It is a platform where in a performer present its piece and also where in some

students are afraid to stand here because of fear of public speaking.

Students- Students of from Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School (Junior).

Person who are acquiring knowledge from a school.

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 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

Talking or speaking is a principal of productive skill that every now and again

used in day by day movement. All of us know that talking or speaking is a method for

passing on the thought through a message verbally expressed in correspondence. (Ali &

Nagar, 2013), Glossophobia it is a kind of disease of fearing to talk in front of others.

People who have a kind of disease like this they are the one who is difficult to

communicate because of shyness afraid of public speaking.

Formal open talking is likely practice first at school so as to become use to talk

before gathering to individuals or crowds. (Kusher, 2010) trembling, nervousness,

shyness can cause hardness in a performance especially in public speaking. A lot of

people are already encountered in this kind of situation that they really feel nervous

because they are not confidently enough and afraid of bad feedbacks. Public speaking

anxiety in company and the performance tension, difficulty.

In communication, fear of embarrassment or negative feedback are classify

under social anxiety (Anke, Marcia, Anne, & Westenberg, 2002). When public speaking

fear occur in a person, mainly hang back to cooperate in a certain activities, making

him or her ability undeveloped and progress in life (Hancock, Stone, Brundage, &

Zeigler, 2010). The most fearful of speaking in front of people is not being able to

speak English fluently afraid of grammatical mistakes and to those people who test your

abilities that is why people escaping talking and perform to many people.

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 Talking or speaking performance which is interconnected with public speaking is

typically done in the proper occasion or formal event, for example, introduction or

presentation, discourse, and addressing. Many researchers have done an examination

on public speaking or speaking performance; example, Osboe et al ( 2007); Keong and

Jawad (2015); Tuan and Mai, (2015) conducted a research about factors affecting

students' talking or speaking performance. The results and effects of their studies show

that the students confronted many problems such as, for example, (1) they spoke very

little or not at all; (2) they couldn't consider anything to state or say; (3) they utilized

other language rather than English when they discuss in groups or in pairs; (4) their

participation was low or uneven; (5) they didn't have inspiration to convey or express

themselves; (6) they were afraid of analysis.(7) they had a habit for translating the data

of information in the text book into other language before they talk; (8) they looked at

their textbook when they speak.

Speaking is a fundamental of productive skill that utilized every activity happen

also it conveying more ideas by speaking in a communication (Efrizal, 2012). Speaking

is very important because it can help us understand to each other and exchanging our

ideas to share what we feel. Speaking is the way that we can convey the idea through a

message in a particular communication. Glossophobia means that it is a complex of our

perceptions and behaviors, beliefs, feelings that related to us by using a language for a

communication beyond the classroom (Zheng, 2008).

Scientifically, there are a lot of people claim and experience a fear of public

speaking than a fear of death (Glossophobia, 2001). It is a feeling of nervous that

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related with different physiological changes like breathing rates, over-rapid reactions,

trembling of muscle and etc. (Tse, 2012). It is a type of social phobia that having a

good social importance, people with afraid of public speaking ace great not easy in

pursuing their career, goals and promotion, this can affect frustration, depression and

distress in their personality (Mel Slater & Barker, 2002). Unfortunately, public speaking

apprehensions are easily find by various noticeable physical and psychological

indicators, however, some of these easily evidenced by spectators and are possibly

affect by a certain psychological pointers(Barlow, 2002).

(Arun et al., 2013; Hancock et al., 2010) expressed that Public Speaking tension

is otherwise called Glossophobia, where 75 % of the population having this dread and

one of the most prevalent feelings of fears. That is why Glossophobia is characterized

as an unmistakable complex of self-observations, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors related

to using a language for communication beyond the classroom. Finds that public

speaking afraid is connect to lack of encouragement to address public, however , on the

contrary they argued that it is not necessary to affect failure in social milieu, people

with speaking apprehension publically often are playing triumphant roles in our society

by the same token (Cunningham, Lefkoe, & Sechrest, 2006).

Having a social phobia can cause of lacking confidence to pursue their career in

the future and also can cause discomfit, and depression. Researchers are giving their

best to explore the therapy for the certain phobia, exposure could be one of the

possible therapy manage the phobias. (Pertaub & Barker, 2002). A survey shows that

approximately 21% of respondent ever suffer a fear in public speaking, in their view it

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may be tremendous and reason of great misery (Ruscio, Brown, Chiu, & Sareen, 2008).

Knappe, et. Al. (2011) approximately 25 % youth also have extensive afraid of public

speaking.

An average definition suggest that speaking in a presence of large number of people

cause up 75%.(McConnell, 2009).

Colbeck, 2011 cite James McCroskey (1989), 30 to 40 %of people experienced

from Communication Apprehension that influence their ability and keenness to do public

speaking ( Colbeck 2011). Public speaking can greatly affects the classroom

performance of the students. It will affect to their grades if they refuse to do public

speaking. Strahan (2003) examine that low grades in studies also is the result of afraid

in public speaking toward students, rather than to change this kind of fear that avoid to

be acquainted to this situations, ultimately this fear is an barrier in their career

opportunity which might require public speaking.

The solemnity of social phobia is due to remain undeveloped ( Tillfors, et al.,

2008). This kind of issue is very common to us and people who experiencing this needs

our support to overcome this fear of public speaking. Another issue to discuss

connected to foreign language anxiety is the presence of the peers that influenced

students to speak caused of being afraid of negative judgment (Boath,Stewart &

Carryer, 2012). Being judge is one of the reason why others having fear of public

speaking. Encouraging another could be a way to overcome this fear and embracing it

could help too.

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 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PRODUCERS

This chapter present the research design, research environment, research respondents,

research procedure and data gathering procedure, research instrument and statistical

treatment of data.

RESEARCH DESIGN

This was a descriptive qualitative research approach. The researchers conducted a

study using survey questionnaire materials/interview to the respondents in connection

to the hindrance of stage fright in dealing public speaking and classroom performance.

This group focus on discussion that was conducted to support the interview for some

aspect in the study.

RESEARCH RESPONDENTS

There were forty (50) students of from Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High

School (Day and Night) for the school year of 2020-2021 as respondents which were

chosen at random from Junior High Students.

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 Figure 2 Map

LOCATION MAP OF THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT

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RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT

This study perform a survey in Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School (Day-

Night), is one of the public schools in Division of Cebu City which is located in Macopa

St, Cebu City. The school was established in the year of 1987 and has been providing

graduates who are now professionals, however, others who may have not able to

finished the tertiary education, nevertheless, they have pursued their ambitions and

have been successful to their chosen career. This school managed by a principal with

two guidance designates, govern of discipline and a registrar. There are total of 38

teachers in all level teacher their respective major. All of which are regular permanent

teachers who cater a total of 847 students population for the school year 2019-2020.

Most of the students of this school are known to be living in the slums areas of Alaska,

Alumnos, Mambaling and areas in the Ibabao. There are also some students who are

living outside the mentioned areas such in Duljo Fatima and etc.

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

After the approval of the transmittal letter by school head, the researchers

perform the first phase of the gathering, which was to collect the students’ information.

The second phase of gathering the data was orientation of the respondents about the

purpose of the study. The final phase was the survey involved the respondent’s one on

one interview with regard the second part of the survey questionnaire which was

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considered part of the individualized focused group discussion. The manners by which

this method was used involved a series of questions, which were answered by

respondents. A questionnaire was provided to the Junior High School respondents. This

interview was conducted for the purpose of validating the answers in Part 1.

Respondents answered the questions using the universal and vernacular language

during the individualized focused group discussion. The results were analyzed,

synthesized, and generalized in accordance to the objectives of the study.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS

The main tool used in this study was a questionnaire made by the researchers.

The questions were supplemented by interview for individualized focused group

discussion; it contained 5 questions that include the respondent's profile such as age,

gender, grade level and type of family and questions relating to Glossophobia.

STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA

The data gathered were analyzed and computed using the following treatment:

1. To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of the age, gender, grade level

and type of family of the Grade 9 and 10 students the percentage formula was used is:

n
%= ×100
N

Where: %- percentage

N- Number of cases in population

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 n- number of cases in sample

CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter shows the presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data from the

selected student-respondents of the Junior High School Students Don Vicente Rama

Memorial National High School in Night from Grade 9 and 10 for the School Year 2019-

2020.

TABLE 1: Age Profile Student-respondents from Junior High

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Table 1, shows that 40 respondents of Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High

School from Grade 9 and 10 School Year 2019 to 2020. There were zero (0) or 0%

male respondents and five (5) or 12.5% female respondents belonged to the age of 14

years old. There were seven (7) or 17.5% male respondents and ten (10) or 25%

female respondents belonged to the age of 15 years old. There were two (2) or 5%

male respondents and eight (8) or 22.5% female respondents belonged to the age of

16 years old. There were three (3) or 7.5% male respondents and two (2) or 5%

female respondents belonged to the age of 17. There were two (2) or 5% male

respondents and zero (0) or 0% female respondents belonged to the age of 18 years

old. It implies that most of our respondents are from the age of 15, in male seven (7)

or (17.5%) and in female ten (10) or (25%). Based on demographics statistics of the

Philippines the age of 10-14 has a population of 11.02% and the age 15-19 has a

population of 10.51%.

Table 2:Gender Profile of the respondents from Junior High

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Table 2, illustrates that there were 40 respondents, 14 males which equivalent to 35%

and 26 females which equivalent to 65% of the total student respondents. It implies

that most of our respondents were female. Based on survey 27% of females were more

anxious in terms of Public speaking while 14% of males were anxious in terms of Public

speaking according to, (Hancock, Stone, Brundage, & Zeigler, 2010).

Table 3:Grade level profile of the respondents from Junior High

Grade Level Grade Level Percentage

Grade 9 20 50%
Grade 10 20 50%
TOTAL 40 100%
Table 3, shows that 40 respondents in Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High

School Day and Night for the School Year 2019 to 2020. There were 20 or 50%

belonged to Grade 9. There were 20 or 50% belonged to Grade 10. Total of 40 or

100% of the total respondents. It implies that both of our respondents from grade 9

and 10 has an equal number of respondents.

Table 4: Type of Family Profile from Junior High

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Table 4, shows that there are (18) or (45%) belonged to nuclear family and (8) or

(20%) belonged to extended family. There were (5) or (12.5%) belonged to

broken/separated family, (3) or (7.5%) belonged to guardian and (6) or (15%)

belonged to single parent. It implies that most of our respondents belongs to the type

of family which is nuclear family with (18) or (45%) respondents out of (40) or (100%)

respondents.

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Tabulation of respondent’s responses

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DISCUSSION

After collecting the data, analysis coding was conducted student’s responses to the

different questions that were given to them. When the respondents were asked about

what are the root causes of having Glossophobia (fear of public speaking), most of

them answered that some of the causes are Public Shaming, Low Self-Confidence,

Discrimination, Judgments, and Introversion.

Glossophobia happened in many forms of situation it could be happen anytime and

anywhere. When the respondents were asked to cite a situation where they

experienced Glossophobia they said it happened mostly during Class Reporting, Public

Speaking in front of big crowd, and Share their thoughts to others.

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 There are many reasons why people afraid to deliver a speech to many people,

some respondents answer to the question on what they fear the most about in giving

Public Speaking. They answered Discouragements, afraid of being corrected,

Unappreciated, when their listeners are not willing to give their attention to the

speaker.

This kind of fear could be overcome by yourself or through others. When the

respondents were asked what might be the possible process on how to overcome a

Glossophobia usually they answered Communicate well, Face your fears, have self-

confidence, Relax, just go with the flow, and Change yourself for the better.

(Kusher, 2010) trembling, nervousness, shyness can cause hardness in a performance

especially in public speaking. In communication, fear of embarrassment or negative

feedback are classify under social anxiety (Anke, Marcia, Anne, & Westenberg, 2002).

When public speaking fear occur in a person, mainly hang back to cooperate in a

certain activities, making him or her ability undeveloped and progress in life (Hancock,

Stone, Brundage, & Zeigler, 2010). Speaking is a fundamental of productive skill that

utilized every activity happen also it conveying more ideas by speaking in a

communication (Efrizal, 2012).

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 CHAPTER V

Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations

FINDINGS

After the data were collected, tabulated analyze and interpreted, the following

were the findings of the study.

1. What is the Profile of the Respondents in terms of Age, Gender, Grade level and

Family type?

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Among the 40 respondents, there were 14 males out of 40 respondents which

corresponds to 35% out of 100% and 26 females out of 40 respondents which

corresponds to 65% out of 100%.

2. What are the root causes of having Glossophobia (a fear of Public Speaking)?

Most of our respondents answered public shaming, low self-confidence, discrimination,

judgments and introversion.

3. Cite a situation where you experienced (fear of Public Speaking).

When the respondents were asked to cite a situation where they experienced

Glossophobia they said it happened mostly during Class Reporting, Public Speaking in

front of big crowd, and Share their thoughts to others.

4. What do you fear most about in giving Public Speaking?

Some respondents answer to the question on what they fear the most about in giving

Public Speaking. They answered Discouragements, afraid of being corrected,

Unappreciated, when their listeners is not willing to give their attention to the speaker.

5. What might be the possible process on how to overcome a Glosshobia?

When the respondents were asked what might be the possible process on how to

overcome a Glossophobia usually they answered Communicate well, Face your fears,

have self-confidence, Relax, just go with the flow, and Change yourself for the better.

CONCLUSION

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Most of the male and female who aged 14-18 year old students respondents

experienced Glossophobia. Most of them answered that the reason why they are afraid

of being judged by committing mistakes in public speaking.

Some of the students said that they experienced Glossohpobia when they are appointed

to report in front of the class. It made them conscious and not comfortable. Other

students said that when the listener are not willing to give there attention to the

speaker is one of their fear in giving public speaking. The influence of Glossophobia can

greatly affects the student’s classroom performance, it makes them feel inactive during

performance task. Some respondents said that facing your fears could help you to

overcome Glossophobia.

Strahan (2003) examined that low grades and studies also is the results of afraid in

public speaking towards students, rather than to change this kind of fear that avoid to

be acquainted to this situation, ultimately this fears is a barrier in their career

opportunity which might require public speaking. This means that we should overcome

Glossophobia because it affect our decisions in the near future.

RECOMMENDATIONS

In the light discussion and conclusion of the study, the following recommendations are

forwarded.

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1. Based on the discussion and conclusion, we recommend the students to practice

public speaking slowly but thoroughly. We also encourage them to surpass their fear in

public speaking. They must help themselves first and everything will follow.

2. Students should cooperate and participate during class performance, oral recitation

and activities about public speaking like declamation, oration, spoken poetry, debates,

face to face conversations and etc. For them to overcome their fears.

3. Teachers, community and the family must also encourage and motivate the students

in public speaking. They should be patient and gentle in teaching and guiding them

because that is the best way to learn.

4. Conduct and facilitate seminars on the hindrance of stage fright in dealing public

speaking and classroom performance.

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SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

Factors Affecting Junior High School Students' Fear of Public Speaking

Name:________________________________Gr&Sec:________________________Sex:______

l.Introduction:

The purpose of this survey is to determine the Factors Affecting Junior High

School Students' Fear of Public Speaking.The researcher have come up with a series of questions

which require your honest answers.Answering the questionnaire will take 3-5 minutes only.The

researchers assure that the respondents are were will be kept confidential.

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ll.Questions:

Direction:Check the box that corresponds to your answer.

1.Do you fear speaking in public?

_Yes _No

1.1.If yes,why?Choose at least three.

__Fear of Failure.

__Fear of the Unknown.

__Fear of Evaluation.

__Fear of Being Center of Attention.

__Fear of Difference.

__Fear imposed by Culture.

1.2.If no, why?Choose at least three.

__Confident that I can succeed.

__Ready to face the Unknown.

__Open to Corrections.

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 __Getting used to be the Center of Attentions.

__Acceptance of my Uniqueness.

__Optimistic that I can improved.

2.Check the column that best fits your response to the given indicators

regarding the Effects of Public Speakinng Anxiety towards the Academic

Performance of Students.

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Legend: SA-Strongly Agree A-Agree D-Disagree SD-Strongly Disagree

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2.1.On a scale of 1-5,1 being hte highest and the 5 being lowest,rank the

following items as the Effects of Public Speaking Anxiety to the Self-

Confidence of students.

__Respiration and Heart Rate Increases.

__Neck and Shoulder are tensed.

__Stage Posture is not powerful.

__Thoughts tend to be negative.

__Unnecessary movements are many.

Directions:Encirlce your letter of your answer.Choose at least three.

3. How can students overcome their fear in Public Speaking?

A.Prepare thoroughly and Rehearse.

B.Visualize Positive Experience.

C.Choose a topic that you are knowledgeable about and are comfortable with.

D.Remind yourself that the audience cannot see or hear your fear.

E.Focus on your Audience not on yourself.

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APPENDIX D

CURRICULUM VITAE

GUENDOLYN N. MALABAT
197-ALUMNOS TABUK CANAL BASAK SAN NICOLAS CEBU CITY
09273844348
guendolynmalabat22@gmail.com

PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: AUGUST 29,2005
Place of Birth: GLORY REBORN CLINIC
Sex:Female
Height(cm):165 cm
Weight(kg):63kg
Civil Status:Single
Religion:Catholic
Citizenship:Filipino
Language Spoken:Cebuano,Tagalog,English

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
JUNIOR HIGH : DON VICENTE RAMA MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Macopa Street,Basak Cebu City

2017-2021
ELEMENTARY : BASK COMMUNITY SCHOOL

L.Gabuya Street
2011-2017
ORGANZATION INVOLVED:NONE

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KRISTALJANE LEONAR

MAMBALING CEBU CITY

09981641827
leonar.kristal28@gmail.com

PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: NOVEMBER 28, 2004
Place of Birth: Vicente sotto memorial medical center
Sex:Female
Height(cm):158cm
Weight(kg):55KG
Civil Status:Single
Religion:Catholic
Citizenship:Filipino
Language Spoken:Cebuano,Tagalog,English

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL: DON VICENTE RAMA MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Macopa Street,Basak Cebu City

2017-2021
ELEMENTARY: MAMBALING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

N. BACALSO AVE. MAMBALING, CEBU CITY

ORGANIZATION INVOLVED:

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