SpeakEasy: Online Support for Oral Presentation Skills.(Education)

Technical Communication, August, 2004 by Tesdell, Lee S.

SpeakEasy: Online Support for Oral Presentation Skills

M. Hill and A. Storey. 2003. ELT journal 57:370-376.

"This paper describes the development of an online course that aims to help tertiary students improve their English oral presentation skills.... The challenge was to develop a web site that is interactive as well as informative,... shows students the relevance of oral presentation skills in English in academic and professional contexts,.... provides online tasks to encourage critical thinking,... gives feedback on answers,.... [convinces] students of the transferability of presentation skills,.... [and] allows students the opportunity to monitor their progress" through checklists and quizzes.