The Significance of Oral Presentation for College Undergraduate

Abstract

This study explored The Significance of oral presentation on the college undergraduate of the speaking skill in the Faculty of Education-Saber University of Aden. The sample of this study was 20 students from the first level English department, faculty of Education. For data collection the researcher asked students to do an oral presentation test (pre and post test)  with different topics to find if there is any development in speaking skill of the students, he recorded the development of the students according to the Huges’s (2000) assessment aspects (vocabulary, Grammar, fluency, pronunciation).

After collecting the data the results of data analysis referred that there are effects and development on the students' speaking skill, they showed the development in the four aspects (vocabulary, grammar, fluency and pronunciation). It is worth mentioning that an oral presentation has an effect on students' speaking skill, students showed a good improvements on their skill speaking.

Finally, the researcher recommended that Using Oral Presentation should be applied in getting the hang of speaking  materials to worked on the students‟ speaking skill. Since it is making all students more dynamic in the class and aiding students‟ speaking.