USING PUBLIC SPEAKING TO IMPROVE MALAYSIAN STUDENTS’ CONFIDENCE LEVEL IN SPEAKING SKILL: A CASE STUDY
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Date
2014-08
Authors
ADNAN, NUR ILIANIS
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Public Speaking is one of the ways to improve Malaysian students’ speaking skill.
Through a widespread literature review, it is shown that public speaking improves
students’ confidence level and speaking skill. This is because the programme offers
them the opportunity to improve the fluency of their speeches and their confidence
level in terms of body language, vocal variety, hand gestures, facial expressions and
eye contact. This study with a case study design was conducted to study the
effectiveness of Public Speaking Programme in improving Malaysian students’
confidence level in speaking skill. 3 students were chosen in this study to participate
in the Public Speaking Programme throughout the period of 10 weeks. The students’
performances were recorded and were observed by the researcher. The students’
performances were evaluated by the evaluator and the role-players (timer who
recorded the time of the students’ presentation and ah-counter who counted the
number of fillers made by students). The students were also interviewed by the roleplayer.
The interviews were done for four times throughout ten weeks in order to
check on the students’ level of confidence from time to time. The findings from
observation, evaluator’s reports, role-players’ reports and interview data revealed
that all the students improved on their fluency and confidence level towards the end
of the programme compared to the first week of the programme. Thus, it can be said
that with the help of public speaking programme, the students’ confidence level had
improved and they also managed to speak fluently after joining the programme.
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USING PUBLIC SPEAKING , SPEAKING SKILL