Enhancing Presentation Skills of Business English Students through a Performance-Based Approach
Keywords:
Presentation Skills, Performance-based Approach, EFL Business English StudentsAbstract
The objective of this investigation was to enhance the presentation skills of EFL Business English students through a performance-based approach. A purposive sampling method was utilized in order to select 40 third-year international students majoring in Business English. This sample consisted of 32 Thai students, 3 Chinese, 2 Japanese, 2 Burmese and 1 Cambodian student, respectively. The participants were enrolled in the “English for Business Presentation” course in the second semester of 2016 academic year. Pre- and post-test assessments were conducted prior and following a six-unit instruction as a means for intervention. Each student was required to perform four presentations, in addition to their pre- and post-test presentations. The rubric was established as a guideline for assessing and scoring the students. The data were then statistically analyzed for mean and standard deviation.
The study findings revealed that the mean of the pre-test scores was 13.89 with a standard deviation of 4.566, while that of the post-test was 21.45 with a standard deviation of 3.366. The results indicated that this teaching approach was indeed effective and enhanced participants’ presentation skills, with the statistical significance level of 0.05.
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