GEN TEFL Journal Volume 3 (2018)
E-ISSN 2520 209X
IMPROVING STUDENTS‘ ENGLISH ABILITY THROUGH ORAL PRESENTATION TASK: THE STUDENTS‘ PERCEPTION
SITTI SAHRIANA, Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang
Doing an oral presentation using English as the media of communication is a challenging task for college students. Though the presentation seems to be a limited activity, actually it involves all skills in English. This study aims to get the students‘ perception on the use of oral presentation as the final task in English for Engineering class at Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang. The object of the research are the students of Mechanical Engineering department, Mechatronics study program, academic year 2016/2017 which consist of 20 students. To get the perception, a questionnaire and interview are used to gather the perception of the students. The questionnaire is given to all 20 students while the interview is done randomly. The students who are interviewed is divided into three classifications which are high achiever, medium achiever and low achiever. The presentation task is the final task that must be done by the students at the end of the semester. Since the subject is English for Engineering, the students present about the machines they have in their department‘s workshop. The presentation itself is divided into three parts; Introduction, Body of Presentation, and Closing, where the students are scored based on each stage in the presentation. The results show that most of the students appreciated the use of oral presentation in English to improve their English ability in terms of speaking as well as to build more selfconfidence.
Date of publication: 15 December 2018
E-ISSN 2520 209X
IMPROVING STUDENTS‘ ENGLISH ABILITY THROUGH ORAL PRESENTATION TASK: THE STUDENTS‘ PERCEPTION
SITTI SAHRIANA, Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang
Doing an oral presentation using English as the media of communication is a challenging task for college students. Though the presentation seems to be a limited activity, actually it involves all skills in English. This study aims to get the students‘ perception on the use of oral presentation as the final task in English for Engineering class at Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang. The object of the research are the students of Mechanical Engineering department, Mechatronics study program, academic year 2016/2017 which consist of 20 students. To get the perception, a questionnaire and interview are used to gather the perception of the students. The questionnaire is given to all 20 students while the interview is done randomly. The students who are interviewed is divided into three classifications which are high achiever, medium achiever and low achiever. The presentation task is the final task that must be done by the students at the end of the semester. Since the subject is English for Engineering, the students present about the machines they have in their department‘s workshop. The presentation itself is divided into three parts; Introduction, Body of Presentation, and Closing, where the students are scored based on each stage in the presentation. The results show that most of the students appreciated the use of oral presentation in English to improve their English ability in terms of speaking as well as to build more selfconfidence.
Date of publication: 15 December 2018
