Learning public speaking Herbein, E., Golle, J., Tibus, M., Schiefer, J., Trautwein, U., & Zettler, I. (2018). Fostering elementary school children’s public speaking skills: A randomized controlled trial. Learning and Instruction, 55, 158-168. doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2017.10.008 In this article, Herbein et al. 2018 highlight that learning public speaking is a skill that is already needed in elementary schools. However, the authors acknowledge that there exists a significant gap in the systematic studies that intend to promote public speaking among elementary schools. As a result, this study develops and evaluates a public speaking training program for elementary children to understand the existing gap. The training comprised an extracurricular training program consisting of twelve units covering nonverbal communication, comprehensibility, and anxiety. A total number