ABSTRACT
Lecturing to large groups of students can cause the adrenaline to rush in the most experienced of lecturers, and for the new teacher the prospect can cause anxiety or even fear.This aspect of lecturing often receives very little attention but when considering the skills needed to give a good lecture it is clearly important. Gardner and Leak (1994) identified public speaking as the most common trigger of teaching anxiety.Therefore some ideas about how to manage nerves and control their impact on your effectiveness to teach are discussed here.
