other courses. As a result, they might not have enough time to prepare their presentations.
Second, none of their courses required students to do oral presentations. Therefore, poor
performance could also be the result of not having had many effective oral presentations
and not having had many opportunities to do presentation. She concluded that adding the
third oral presentation to the course did not help the majority of her students (69%) to
improve their speaking skills. However, she stated that many students would apply for jobs
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in information technology fields that require strong presentation skills. Thus, they need more
oral practice and she also noted that we could change the structure of oral presentation
assignments to increase their skill building potential. She recommended that teaching oral
presentation should emphasize the use of visual aid equipment, materials, delivery
techniques, voice and speech training plus including more time to practice oral
presentations.