The role of public speaking in enhancing Critical thinking
skills among Grade 11 HUMSS-B students in Cornerstone
College Incorporated
A Research presented to the faculty of Senior High School
( Cornerstone College Incorporated )
By
Galagate,Dalia Evethany P.
Nuñez, Ashley R.
Salcedo, Alia
Sablan, princess may
Puma, Almar
Ocampo, Jireh
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
In today’s rapidly evolving society, students must not only gather
information but also communicate and comprehend it effectively. As much of
academic knowledge is delivered through text, students require strong
reading skills to manage the demands of school and succeed academically.
Reading, as Flavell (1979, cited in Ramandhanti & Yanda, 2021)
According to Rahmandhati and vanada 2021 they emphasize the importance
of strong reading skills not only the ability of understand but also to capacity
for critical thinking and communicate information effectively .
Background of the study
THE PROBLEM AND IT’S BACKGROUND
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The study aims to analyze the role of critical thinking skills to enhance public
speaking in 11 humss B specifically questions that the researcher aims to
answer are the following:
1.) Why do students stutter or sometimes get mental blocks when
speaking in front of an audience?
2.) What factors contribute lack of confidence when speaking publicly?
3.) What specific critical thinking techniques can be introduced to
improve students’ confidence and fluency in public speaking?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study about the role of critical thinking skills to enhance public speaking
among 11 humss B be benifets to provide information to the following
people:
1. STUDENTS
2. TEACHER
3. FUTURE RESEARCHER
SCOPE AND DELIMINATION
DEFINITION OF TERMS
(1) Coherence – related to how your ideas flow and are connected. It is also
about how easy or difficult your ideas are to follow.
(2) Disinterest – Not influenced by personal feelings, or by the chance of
getting some advantage for yourself.
(3) Resistance – various factors, such as lack of trust, fear of change,
conflicting values, or misunderstanding of your message.
(4) Conveyed – Refers to the act of communicating or transmitting ideas,
messages or emotions to an audience through verbal and non verbal means.
(5) Articulate -To express oneself clearly, effectively and persuasively in
speech or writing
(6) Capacity – Refers to ability, potential, or volume to perform, produce or
contain something.