Abstract: In an attempt to develop speaking skill for the second-year nonEnglish
majored students at HaUI using oral presentations, this study
addresses 3 issues: (1) students’ attitudes toward the use of oral
presentations in their English lessons; (2) the impacts of using oral
presentations on students’ performance; (3) students’ suggestions so that
oral presentations could be effectively applied at HaUI. To collect the data
for the thesis, three instruments were employed: the questionnaire for the
students, the teacher’s observation sheet and the students’ journals.
Research findings showed that the students were actually highly positive in
their beliefs about benefits and usefulness of doing oral presentations as a
learning activity. It was revealed that oral presentations were beneficial to
help students enhance their performance in speaking lessons. In addition,
the students also offered some suggestions for the teacher and their friends
so that oral presentations would be more successful. Based on the findings,
some implications would be given for both the teacher and the students. I
do hope that this study will be useful to both teachers and students of preintermediate
level in teaching and learning speaking skill.