PROBLEMS OF MAKING A PRESENTATION IN THE CLASS ENCOUNTERED BY SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS IN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT BA RIA-VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY

Huynh Thi Anh Tram

ABSTRACT

Making a presentation is one of the most popular activities in the classes of the English department of Ba Ria – Vung Tau University (BVU). But in fact, there are a number of students unable to deliver a good presentation. They often feel depressed or extremely anxious when orally presenting their ideas in English in front of their instructors and classmates, and their performances are certainly not interesting or impressive to attract the audiences. Therefore, this paper is aimed at determining the problems that students have encountered in making class presentations in English. The data of this research is collected during the teaching and learning process of the academic course “Presentation skills” by observing and recording the presentations of 54 sophomores in the English Department at BVU. The findings reveal that there are two main kinds of problems that are associated with the content of the presentation and the way of delivery. Some recommendations in the light of the findings are also presented in this paper.

Keywords: class presentation, problems, content, delivery

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