Public Speaking Anxiety in Oral Communication Among Grade 11 Students of PHINMA-COC

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Public speaking is always an essential skill a person must do especially in school. Grade 11 students struggle to speak most of the time in front of their classmates and teachers. This study determined the level of Public Speaking Anxiety in Oral Communication among Grade 11 students in Cagayan de Oro College during the SY 2022-2023. This study specifically sought to determine the following:1) the respondents’ characteristics, 2) the respondents level of Public Speaking Anxiety in Oral Communication, and 3) the significant difference in the respondents’ Public Speaking Anxiety in Oral Communication when grouped according to their characteristics. This study made use of a descriptive research design. The questionnaire used was adopted from Subatira (2022), originally from McKroskey (1970). The respondents were the nine hundred thirty-one (931) Grade 11 Students of PHINMA-Cagayan de Oro College, School Year 2022-2023 who took Oral Communication in the Context subject. The statistical tool used were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation for Problems 1 and 2, and ANOVA for Problem 3. The study found that there were a majority of the respondents who have a positive attitude towards Public Speaking, but most of the respondents have a high level of Public Speaking Anxiety in terms of Motivation, Self-esteem, Audience and Situation in Oral Communication. Further, there is no significant difference in the respondents’ Public Speaking Anxiety in Oral Communication and respondents’ characteristics according to Sex, Family Monthly Income, and Organizational Affiliation. On the other hand, there is a significant difference in the respondents’ Public Speaking Anxiety in Oral Communication and respondents’ characteristics according to Academic Strand and Attitude towards Public Speaking. It concluded that respondents have a high level of Public Speaking Anxiety. Thus, the Grade 11 students need to be motivated, to have high self-esteem so that they will not be distracted by a large audience, and need to have a positive environment in order for them not to experience anxiety or fear in public speaking.