The Reality of English Presentation Skills of English-majored Students in Vietnam

Abstract

Presentation skills play an indispensable role in undergraduates’ education and developing their future careers because this skill assists college students in accomplishing a superior knowledge base and enhancing their public speaking. The study aims to measure English-majored students' reality at the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Van Lang University in Vietnam about speaking skills, especially presentation skills. The quantitative study has been carried out among 600 second-year, third-year, and four-year students at the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Van Lang University in Vietnam. The results of the research paper demonstrated that most students were not confident about their presentation skills because of making mistakes about vocabulary usage, grammar, fluency, and so on when giving presentations. EFL lecturers can consider the results to improve their teaching methods regarding speaking skills and find out more strategies to solve students' speaking challenges.