Oral presentations as a technique for developing students’ speaking skills during Practical German classes at German Philology
Beata Głowińska
Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w KielcachAbstract
The present article attempts to analyse the usefulness of oral presentations in developing the students’ ability of expressing themselves in German. The discussion of the above issue concerns not only the advantages of employing oral presentations as an important form of activity during Practical German classes but also the kind of difficulties that students encounter while performing such complex tasks as planning and giving oral presentations in German in front of an audience. On the other hand, from the language teaching perspective, identifying learners’ difficulties in a given area is the first step to overcoming them or at least partly eliminating them. Thus, the present article also includes suggestions for specific classroom activities and tasks that focus on improving the effectiveness of the process of preparing and giving oral presentations in German.
