01580nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001900118653002400137653002700161653001600188653002100204100003000225700002700255700002500282700003000307700002400337245010300361300001100464490000700475520081600482022001401298020001401312       2007                            d  c01/2007bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aSpeech anxiety10aUniversity students10ateaching methodologies10asmall group10ateacher behavior1 aSantos Orejudo Hernández1 aM. Luisa Herero Nivela1 aTeresa Ramos Gascón1 aTeresa Fernández Turrado1 aJavier Nuño Pérez00aEvolution of speech anxiety in university students. Change predictors throughout the academic year  a87-1000 v133 aSpeech anxiety is one of the most common problems among university students. The relevance of this fear is that it considerably affects the students  participation in class and therefore their learning. This work analyses the evolution of a sample of 427 Teaching and Social Work students from the University of Zaragoza throughout the academic year with the use of a Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker. The results show that students reduce their fear when faced with this situation and that variables such as level of previous speech anxiety, type of studies, small working groups with tasks that require a presentation, the organisation of classes as well as the teacher s behaviour, are all related with change. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437