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Fostering High School Students English-Speaking Skills through Oral Presentation |
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PP: 407-415 |
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FAHAD ABDULLAH AL-SHAMMARI,
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| In English as a foreign language (EFL) curriculum, students have few opportunities to practice English communication outside of the classroom. This hinders students use of English inside the classroom. Focusing on the Saudi EFL curriculum, this paper attempts to identify the causes of Saudi students low proficiency in English communication and provides recommendations to address these issues. It focuses on how we can improve our students level of proficiency in English speaking skills. The paper will mention the benefits of teaching oral presentations for students in high school and make suggestions regarding the importance of creating one English class period for speaking. I will evaluate the outcomes of taking one class every week that is focused on oral presentations in two ways: either by Oral Presentation Evaluations or Oral In-class Peer Evaluation. Finally, it is hoped that the oral presentation class will contribute to the improvement of proficiency in speaking skills. It will help the students speak confidently and fluently, especially when they have presentation skills such as using physical movements and eye contact. This improvement will help students perform better in interviews, which will help them get better jobs or improved scores on the ILETS or TOEFL assessments. |
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