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This essay examines how empathetic listening supports tutor-student connection, reduces anxiety linked to communication apprehension, and increases self-perceived speaking competence. By training peer consultants to demonstrate active listening through verbal and nonverbal behaviors, students feel heard and understood. 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Peer consultants in speaking centers are uniquely positioned to serve as sources of empowerment for their peers. Building on current literature around empathetic listening in the center, this essay discusses the role empathetic listening plays in the empowerment of public speaking students and best practices for teaching empathetic listening skills to peer consultants.  \nPublic speaking—the ability to share thoughts, ideas, and opinions with an audience—can be both a powerful and empowering experience for the speaker. Unfortunately, however, for many students public speaking is often associated with feelings of dread rather than feelings of purpose, confidence, and success.  \nSpeaking centers on university campuses have risen to meet this challenge. These public speaking centers often utilize peer tutors—undergraduate students who have taken the university’s public speaking course offerings and are thus best equipped to serve their peers. Given the nature of the peer-to-peer relationship as more relaxed than a student-to-professor relationship, the association between peer tutors and public speaking students is integral to the success of any communication center (Cuny, Wilde,& Stevens, 2006) . This relationship is also vital to study given its implications for the empowerment of public speaking students and the lessening of anxiety for those with high communication apprehension.  \nSpeaking centers help build this relationship to fulfill the ultimate goal of speaker empowerment. Cuny et al. posit that empathetic listening can facilitate tutorstudent relationships in a more effective way (2006) . These researchers denote characteristics of empathetic listening as  \n“being aware and being in the present moment, acknowledging the other, resisting distractions, noting all of the speaker’s nonverbal and verbal communication, and being empathetic to the speaker’s thoughtsand feelings…[it] requires that the listenershow both verbally and nonverbally that listening is truly taking place”(Cuny et al., 2006, p. 2) . The most well-liked, wellrespected, and effective peer tutors, then, are the ones who are able to articulate both verbally and with their body language that they are actively listening.  \nWhy does training in empathetic listening lead to student empowerment? Scholar Kathleen Ellis theorized in a 1995 study that public speaking anxiety was negatively related to self-perceived public speaking competency. That is, the lower a student’s self-perception of their public speaking ability, the higher their level of public speaking anxiety. Peer tutors, however, as students who have themselves taken the course in which they tutor, can help bolster the student’s perception of their own speaking ability and temper their oftexaggerated notions of other students’abilities.  \nFor example, Cuny et al. write that“if a speaker thinks you are truly listening and understanding him or her, then you can help to develop better personal  \nunderstanding. One way for staff to express this type of understanding is by providing examples from their own speaking experiences, which could include personal struggles”(2006, p. 5) . Allowing students—especially those with high communication apprehension—a glimpse inside the process for other students, especially those deemed competent enough to tutor the subject, can remind them that they are not alone in the writing and speaking process.  \nEmpathetic listening is a tool for empowerment because it allows students to feel heard and understood in a way they may not in the typical public speaking classroom. Cuny et al. write,“True listening assumes that the speaker has worth, dignity, and something to offer; as a result, this","cbCaijs0UxNvIpIG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijs0UxNvIpIG","pdf",32847,"English","# Empowerment through Public Speaking Support\n## Role of Peer Consultants in Speaking Centers\n## Characteristics and Impact of Empathetic Listening\n## Addressing Public Speaking Anxiety and Competency\n## Training Peer Consultants: Best Practices\n## Mock Sessions and Practical Deployment","[{\"question\":\"How does empathetic listening empower public speaking students?\",\"answer\":\"Empathetic listening helps students feel heard and understood, which supports self-confidence and improves their self-perceived speaking competence.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are peer consultants important in public speaking centers?\",\"answer\":\"Peer consultants are positioned to support their peers through a more relaxed peer-to-peer relationship, which strengthens communication-center effectiveness.\"},{\"question\":\"What training approach helps consultants use empathetic listening effectively?\",\"answer\":\"Beyond articles and lectures, the document highlights hands-on practice through in-class, mock sessions in the practicum course, improving comfort and deployment of empathetic listening.\"}]","Empowering Public Speaking Students Through Consultant Training in Empathetic Listening | PDF",1792088277]