The difficulties of elementary students when doing oral presentation in a speaking lesson: A case of an English center in Hanoi

• Main Author: Nguyễn, Thu Thảo
• Other Authors: Hoàng, Thị Xuân Hoa
• Format: Theses
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Phương pháp giảng dạy ; Tiếng anh > Kỹ năng nói ; Tiếng anh > Giao tiếp; 428.3
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/69841
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Among four skills of English language, speaking has been claimed to be an important skill to communicate. Oral presentation takes an important role in teaching and learning English, especially in teaching and learning English speaking skill.However, many students find it difficult to do a presentation. This study was conducted to explore the difficulties of elementary students when doing oral presentation in a speaking lesson in an English center in Hanoi. This study also collects students’ expectation of their teachers to solve the problem. 100 elementary students in an English center in Hanoi, who have to do oral presentation in speaking lessons as one task in their course, participated in this research. Questionnaire, observation, and interview were employed to collect data for the research. The findings of this study revealed that there are many difficulties faced by elementary students in doing presentation. Among these difficulties, “Language”, "Personal trait" and “External factor” constitute the most serious difficulties encountering students in the process of delivering oral presentation. On the basis of the findings of this study and in the light of the difficulties encountering students in giving the oral presentation, the students expect some supports from their teachers to overcome these difficulties and to improve the learning process generally in oral proficiency and speaking skill in particular.