Question

Rui is nervous about giving her speech, so she decides to think about her speech as a conversation with her audience. During her speech, she even includes some questions for her audience and gives her audience a chance to provide some verbal feedback. Which communication apprehension reduction strategy is Rui using?

Dialogue with the audience
Systematic desensitization
Visualize success
Conversation analysis

Answer 1

Dialogue with the audience

Step-by-step explanation:

The cause of communication apprehension in the following example is audience anxiety. To some people, familiar faces can cause anxiety whereas, for some unfamiliar faces can cause anxiety.

It can be described in four categories:

1. Anxiety-related to audience

2. Situation

3. Context

4. Trait.

Tips to help in the difficulty of communication apprehension:

1. Think positively.

2. Organize ideas.

3. Practice, before going to the actual venue.

4. Engage the audience.

5. Manage physical reactions.