This paper aims to observe and analyze the patterns in which learners, specifically undergraduate international students in a university setting, perform small group presentation tasks in a speaking class designed for academic purposes. In this study,...
This paper aims to observe and analyze the patterns in which learners, specifically undergraduate international students in a university setting, perform small group presentation tasks in a speaking class designed for academic purposes. In this study, a qualitative case analysis was conducted to describe the process of learners performing small group presentation tasks and the problems observed in them, and to find educational treatment measures for them. As a result of the study, the part that the learners had the greatest difficulty was to systematically organize the discourse structure of the entire and detailed levels of the presentation, and to ensure that the content of the presentation was based on objectivity and logic. In addition, it was difficult for all members of the small group to participate evenly in terms of role and time, and to adjust the overall presentation to have unity and consistency. In order to improve these problems, it is necessary to focus on the organization and detailed content of the presentation discourse structure at the pre-presentation stage. In addition, after writing the content, it is important to prepare enough time for presentation practice to guide the deviation between members. Based on the implications discussed in this paper, it is hoped that research into educational practices for small group presentations will be further invigorated.