English Students’ Perception In Using Oral Presentation To Improve Students’ Speaking Ability

Oral presentation is one of the ways to develop the speaking ability. This study was aimed at investigating the impact of oral presentation toward speaking ability based on English students’ perception. The purpose of this study were to investigate the impact of oral presentation to improve students’ speaking ability and to find out what is the difficulties when delivering oral presentation. From the purpose of this study, the researcher formulates two research problems: (1) What is English students’ perception toward oral presentation in improving their speaking ability? And (2) What is the problem that faced by English student in using oral presentation? For conducting the data, the researcher used quantitative research. To obtain the quantitative data, the researcher used questionnaires, the researcher gave questionnaires for 50 students in the English Department of UIN Ar-Raniry who has taken presentation class. The results showed that majority of respondent agreed that oral presentation can improve student speaking ability and also there were some problem that faced by English students when delivering oral presentation.