Investigating EFL Learners' Perceptions towards the Difficulties in Oral Presentation at Kandahar University

Autor/inn/en	Tareen, Hashmatullah; Haand, Mohammad Tahir; Muhammadi, Attaullah
Titel	Investigating EFL Learners' Perceptions towards the Difficulties in Oral Presentation at Kandahar University
Quelle	In: Anatolian Journal of Education, 8 (2023) 1, S.79-92 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; College Students; Student Attitudes; Public Speaking; Oral Language; Barriers; Language Fluency; Accuracy; Pronunciation; Anxiety; Self Esteem; College Faculty; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Vortrag; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Aussprache; Angst; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Fakultät; Lehrerrolle; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Presentation skills are considered as the most vital proficiencies required in higher education. This research paper examined the difficulties of oral presentation EFL learners encountered, strategies used to make oral presentation well and the perceived role of lecturer in improving EFL learners' oral presentation skills. With regard to achieving these objectives, questionnaires distributed to 150 EFL learners, and face-to-face interviews were conducted. The quantitative data were analyzed through SPSS by conducting frequencies and percentages, independent sample t-test and ANOVA tests. The results of the study revealed that learners had a problem with oral fluency, accuracy and pronunciation during oral presentation, feel frightened when a lot of people are watching them, afraid of being assessed by their classmates in front of the class, having low self-confidence. Furthermore, considering a crucial role of lecturer in improving oral presentation skills, this study also discovered that lecturer has to show learners videos of good speakers for enhancing their presentation skills and lecturer has to give learners freedom to choose their own topics that lower their anxiety. It is hoped that the ideas discussed will provide the learners and lecturers with basic guidelines of how to improve the learners' oral presentation and assist learners to work their way out of anxiety. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Gate Association for Teaching and Education. e-mail: aje.editorial@gmail.com; Web site: http://e-aje.net/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01