Public Speaking Skills: Personal, Social and Cultural Benefits

This essay explores the multifaceted benefits of developing public speaking skills, emphasizing their impact on personal growth, social responsibility, and cultural understanding. From enhancing self-confidence and communication abilities to fostering social connections and promoting cross-cultural awareness, the essay highlights how public speaking empowers individuals to express themselves effectively, engage with diverse audiences, and contribute to a more informed and interconnected society. The discussion also touches upon the ethical considerations involved in public speaking, stressing the importance of responsible communication and respect for cultural differences. The essay concludes that mastering public speaking is not only a valuable skill for personal and professional success but also a crucial tool for promoting positive social change and global citizenship.

Running Head: PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
Personal, social and cultural benefits of developing public speaking skills
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PERSONAL BENEFITS
Public speaking needs speech preparation and for that the speaker has to explore their own
interests and values, expand basic knowledge, and develop creative skills of expression. It helps
in the development of an array of basic communication abilities, managing communication
anxiety by improved power ideas and conviction (Coopman and Lull 2014) Good public
speaking skills will help students both in their academic fronts and as well as in professional
areas.
Other students’ comments
Day 1
Public speaking improves the three C’s of speaking-clearly, confidently and concisely (Richards
2015, pp.5-22) It helps in improved practical outlook of the speaker which help in achieving
success in an easier manner. The speaker’s thought process and mind get widened which help in
enhanced knowledge gaining.
Day 2
Developed public speaking skills help in job interviews and job performance thereafter.
Confidence level is increased and this helps in developing a positive attitude towards life. Low
public speaking skill keeps the person confined within oneself and introvert. While good
speakers are always extrovert and smart in their own unique ways.
SOCIAL BENEFITS
It increases the speaker’s social responsibility as a global citizen. Right to speech is one of the
basic Rights of the Constitution of the United States and thus developed public speaking skills

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will help in defending one’s values and interests. Freedom to speech helps in developing healthy
society and that in turn help the individuals in better citizenship role play of their nation (Hunter
Westwick and Haleta 2014, pp.124-135).
Other students’ comments
Day 1
Good public speaking skills help in mingling with people and thus social contacts increase.
Better social life helps in increased productivity in every sphere of life. The more the mind is
free and cheerful the more focused will be the person.
Day 2
The speaker should have the ability to judge genuine news and fake news because being an
orator if he/she influences wrong information in their speeches it will harm the social harmony
and sentiments of the people will get affected. So, the speaker should be judgmental and should
only promote the right news which is healthy for the society at large.
CULTURAL BENEFITS
Public speaking skills help in enabling good cultural hold among the various countries. The
speaker when delivers some speech in some other country of different culture, if he/she is well
versed about their culture then he/she could easily make impressions with his/her talk there.
Audiences are diverse in culture and a speaker should bore this in mind and should not make any
comment hurting cultural sentiments of the other people. It manifests and widens the mind and
soul of the speaker and help in embarking whole new human experiences. Communication and

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community are closely linked and good public speaking skills will help in bridging the gap
between varied cultures and thus unity in diversity could be achieved.
Other students’ comments
Day 1
A wide range of public speaking class sessions are held which help in active participation of the
speakers from various parts of the world. The classes aim at spreading unity among the
diversified cultures. Ethical conducts are important for supporting cultural sentiments.
Developed public speaking skills include ethical codes in themselves and the speaker learns to
respect other cultures equally.
Day 2
Expansion of cultural horizons will help in appreciating a richer and more sophisticated world
around. Controversial issues could be dealt with effectively and the ‘power of voice’ gets
strengthened if the cultural diversity is considered by the speaker while delivering the speech.
Every nation should acta s the ‘melting pot’ for their differently cultured people and should
support them as one unique nation free from all kinds of discrimination.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Coopman, S.J. and Lull, J., 2014. Public speaking: The evolving art. Cengage Learning.
Hunter, K.M., Westwick, J.N. and Haleta, L.L., 2014. Assessing success: The impacts of a
fundamentals of speech course on decreasing public speaking anxiety. Communication
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Richards, J.C., 2015. The changing face of language learning: Learning beyond the
classroom. RELC Journal, 46(1), pp.5-22.