Using Public Speaking To Improve Malaysian Tertiary Students’ Motivation And Fluency In Speaking: A Case Study
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2015-08
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Mun Yee, Khoo
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The purpose of this study was to find out if the public speaking programme can
improve students’ motivation to speak and to investigate if the public speaking
programme can enhance students’ fluency in speaking skills. This study is a case study
research, employing qualitative design. 3 students were selected through purposive
sampling as the subjects for this research study. The target level of students for this
study is the beginner, intermediate and advanced English Language proficiency level
tertiary students. The data of this study was collected by conducting in-depth
interviews, observation checklists, evaluation forms, timer reports and ah-counter
reports. Descriptive analysis was used to analyse the evaluation forms, interviews and
observations, while the quantitative data collected was analysed using mean to
calculate the average speech rate, using frequency to calculate the numbers of fillers
and using the percentage change to calculate the progress of the subjects in terms of
fillers and speech rate. The results revealed that the participant with the lowest English
proficiency portrayed the greatest progression for both motivation level and fluency in
English from this public speaking programme. On the other hand, the student with
advanced English proficiency was inspired to try out new speaking activities and had
learnt to control her speech rate within the suggested range. Besides, presentations had
become more relaxed and exciting for the students. The Public Speaking Programme
also had helped the students to overcome their nervousness to speak in English in front
of others. The students are now more eager and looking forward to do her public
speaking speeches. The study also found that through the Public Speaking
Programme, students were more willing to share their ideas in front of people.
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Public Speaking , Speaking