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Overcoming speech and library anxiety.(preparing students to use the library and to practice public speaking)
Abstract
Students at higher education institutions need to learn how to use the library and to give public speaking presentations, and most will experience Speech and or Library Anxiety. We review Library and Speech Anxiety, and a collaboration between librarians and faculty that produced a freshman course Library Demonstration Assignment. We describe its generation, implementation, and refinement and its effectiveness in preparing students to use the library and to practice public speaking with confidence.
Introduction
Recently, a librarian and a faculty member in Communication Studies at James Madison University produced a course assignment ...
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