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At the high school level, the predominant league is the National Speech and Debate Association, which offers seven debate events and eighteen speaking events. [34] Other high school leagues, such as the National Catholic Forensic League , National Christian Forensics and Communications Association , and Stoa USA , offer similar events.
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Cover of McGuffey's First Reader. The Eclectic Readers (commonly, but informally known as the McGuffey Readers) were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and homeschooling.
The most known example for context anxiety is public speaking; almost 70% of students have a certain level of communication apprehension triggered by public speaking. [6] There are other contexts that can create a similar response such as speaking in front of class, small group discussions, or meetings.
Public speaking, also called oratory, is the practice of delivering speeches to a live audience. [3] Throughout history, public speaking has held significant cultural, religious, and political importance, emphasizing the necessity of effective rhetorical skills. It allows individuals to connect with a group of people to discuss any topic.
Senator Ted Cruz, who was a national debating champion in his student days, described spreading as "a pernicious disease that has undermined the very essence of high school and college debate". [3] The Wall Street Journal reports that spreading sounds like a cattle auctioneer.
The public speaking events are typically memorized speeches that can be on any topic the competitor desires. Typically, the same speech is used for the entire competitive season but may not be used in more than one season. [3] For the public speaking events, they are performed with the purpose to use information to relate a message to an audience.
Extemporaneous Speaking (Extemp, or EXT) is a speech delivery style/speaking style, and a term that identifies a specific forensic competition.The competition is a speech event based on research and original analysis, done with a limited-preparation; in the United States those competitions are held for high school and college students.