Oral presentations difficulties and its causes: preliminary analysis of UiTM Kelantan students
Anis Idayu Aziz1, Wan Nazihah Wan Mohamed2, Nor Hairunnisa Mohammad Nor3.
The ability to perform oral presentations is one of the skills that
students need to acquire throughout their learning years. Doing
English presentations is always challenging among students,
particularly Malay students who use English as their second
language. Previous studies highlighted that second language learner
usually struggle to complete oral presentation tasks. This study aims
to identify the difficulties faced when making oral presentations and
the causes of difficulties encountered by 155 students at UiTM
Kelantan Branch. A questionnaire consisting of the items on the
difficulties faced during the oral presentation and their reasons was
adapted from previous studies. The questionnaire was distributed to
research participants who enrolled in courses that included oral
presentation as the main form of assessment. Descriptive analysis
was employed to fulfil the objectives of the study. Based on the
results, the main difficulties faced by students during their oral
presentations were forgetting what to say, making grammatical
errors, and not being confident talking in public. In relation to this,
the students faced these difficulties due to a lack of confidence and
not having good voice qualities,such as being clear and loud enough
to be heard when delivering a speech. The analysis of this study
would enable the students to identify the problems faced during oral
presentations, which could assist them in overcoming the issues,
thus, preparing them well in oral presentation skills during the
tertiary level of education before embarking into the workforce
environment. On the part of instructors, they could set up adequate
practice activities for students to have enough confidence before the
actual presentation. Further studies are suggested to investigate the
impact of practice in improving students’ oral presentations.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan , Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan , Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan , Malaysia
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