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Date Published: 23/09/2025
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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): TẠP CHÍ KHOA HOC THĂNG LONG - KHOA HỌC ỨNG DỤNG
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SOCIAL SCIENCES - HUMANITIES
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Nguyễn, T. P., & Nguyễn, T. T. (2025). THE DIFFICULTIES IN GIVING ENGLISH ORAL PRESENTATIONS FACED BY ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS AT THANG LONG UNIVERSITY. Thang Long Journal of Science: Applied Science, 4(2). https://science.thanglong.edu.vn/index.php/vola/article/view/226

THE DIFFICULTIES IN GIVING ENGLISH ORAL PRESENTATIONS FACED BY ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS AT THANG LONG UNIVERSITY

Thảo Phương Nguyễn1, , Nguyễn Thục Trinh2
1 Đại học Thăng Long
2 Trường Đại học Thăng Long

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Making a presentation is one of the most popular activities in the classes of the English department at Thang Long University. However, many students are unable to deliver a good presentation. They often feel worried or extremely anxious when orally presenting their ideas in English in front of their instructors and classmates, and their performances are certainly not interesting or impressive enough to attract the audience. Therefore, the researchers conducted this research with the main goal of finding out common problems when giving an oral presentation to English-majored students at Thang Long University. It is hoped that this research can be helpful for not only students but also teachers in learning and teaching English.

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difficulties, English oral presentation, English-majored students, Thang Long University, TLU

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