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?

Answer 1

Answer:

Dialogue with the audience

Explanation:

The term Communication apprehension that is related to anxiety and related to real communication with people. This is a problem of communication in front of public speakers. When a person start to experience comprehension  apprehension, he/she start to exhibit physical symptoms such as tremor in hands, fear, increase heartbeat, nausea, stomach butterflies, rapid breathing and shaking, dry mouth sensation and stuttering voice.  

There are five strategy  

• Think positively
• Organize your ideas clearly
• Practice in a similar environment
• Manage your physical reaction

Dialogue with audience/ engage your ideas with the audience:

Many speakers feel comprehension apprehension because of the perception they have in their minds related to the audience. This perception is crueler than reality. So it's very important to engage the audience. When you start to speak say something that elicits a response from audiences.

For example, say a funny story to ask a question.