Culture As An Impediment To Effective Public Speaking
Eze Chidi Nwauba Director, School Of Part-time Studies, Legacy University, Okija, Nigeria Profnwauba@legacyuniversity.edu.ng

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2021

The paper took an overview on culture being an impediment to effective public speaking. It attempted to consider the place of culture in public speaking and the emphasis was on verbal and non-verbal expressions and other cultural practices that seems to reflect in public speaking of speakers. The paper also considered ethnocentrism as playing a very crucial role in public speaking. The paper finalized by stating ways in which culture could blend with public speaking to enable listeners get the messages passed.