ANALYSIS OF PRESENTATION DELIVERY EXPERIENCE AND THE TECHNIQUES USED BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO REDUCE PRESENTATION ANXIETY IN CLASSROOM SITUATION

Abstract

The study ‘Analysis of Presentation Delivery Experience and the Techniques Used by University Students to Reduce Presentation Anxiety in Classroom Situation’ was conducted to elaborate the anxiety levels of university students and the techniques they use to reduce their anxiety levels of presentation. The significance of the study addresses the foremost issues of presentation anxiety and integration of anxiety reduction techniques in classroom settings by students at different higher education universities of Pakistan. The primary objective of the study is to empower the students with effective strategies and skills to manage their presentation effectively and lessen their presentation anxiety. Such management leads the students to enhancing their overall academic performance. For this purpose, the data of 336 students of different universities in Pakistan was collected by a questionnaire filled via google form and analysed with SPSS software. The questionnaire was developed with the factors divided into two major parts, one for presentation delivery experience and the second for anxiety reduction techniques. The questionnaire contained the items with respect to their gender, residential status, grades in recent exams, study level program and professional background of the students. Presentation delivery experience has been measured with the factors of Feedback, Fear, Class Anxiety, Physical Anxiety and aggression. While presentation anxiety reduction techniques were measured with the factors of Peers’ Discussion, Presentation Preparation, Content and material preparation, and Relaxation Exercises. Results indicated that the students had presentation anxiety of different levels with respect to their different study levels, difference of their age, study programs, residential area, gender, exams performance and professional backgrounds. The study further reported that the students utilized anxiety reduction techniques by their own that were not enough to face the challenges of anxiety of presentation in a classroom situation. The demographic data of the students has an impact on the presentation delivery experience of the students which caused ultimately the presentation anxiety among them. So that the study suggested the policy makers and the researchers to further elaborate the impacts of anxiety and the prevalence of anxiety techniques on the academic career of university students, and to introduce the anxiety reduction techniques in syllabus outline for practical implementations.