The Role of Students’ Classroom Presentations in Developing their Speaking Skills

  • Imadin M. Zannrni Department of Translation, College of Letters and Arts, Cihan University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6019-0817
Keywords: Presentations, Speaking skills, Communication, Translation, Linguistic

Abstract

Believing in the importance of speaking skills as a main key to communicate, this paper examines the advantages of students' classroom presentations develop their speaking skills at Cihan University - Erbil. This study is a descriptive analytical pilot study involving 47 students from The Translation Department. It aims at investigating the outcomes of presentations. A 19-item questionnaire was given to students including three choices. In order to achieve the validity and reliability of the paper, interviews were conducted with four students. The results show that the presentations can develop students' different aspects of speaking skills.

 

 

 

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Published
2022-03-30
How to Cite
Zannrni, I. (2022). The Role of Students’ Classroom Presentations in Developing their Speaking Skills. Cihan University-Erbil Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), 87-91. https://doi.org/10.24086/cuejhss.v6n1y2022.pp87-91
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