The Effect of Pecha Kucha Presentations on Students’ English Public Speaking Anxiety

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of the Pecha Kucha presentation format on English as foreign language learners’ public speaking anxiety. The participants were 49 students in the English Translation and Interpretation Department of a state university in Turkey. A pre- and pos...

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Autores:
Coskun, Abdullah
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/66881
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/66881
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/67909/
Palabra clave:
37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
English as a foreign language
Pecha Kucha
speaking anxiety
ansiedad del habla
inglés como lengua extranjera
Pecha Kucha
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of the Pecha Kucha presentation format on English as foreign language learners’ public speaking anxiety. The participants were 49 students in the English Translation and Interpretation Department of a state university in Turkey. A pre- and post-test experimental research design was used in this study. Students were given a questionnaire as the pre-test prior to the preparation of their presentations and as the post-test immediately following the presentation in the classroom. According to the paired samples statistics, students’ English public speaking anxiety was reduced significantly as a result of their experience using the Pecha Kucha presentation format. It was concluded that this presentation format can be incorporated into the English as a Foreign Language classroom.