Group 1:

Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Minh

Bùi Thị Anh Thơ
Tôn Hoàng Phương Thảo
Ngô Nguyễn Ý Nhi

A SURVEY ON STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN PREPARATION

STAGE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASSES IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT - SAIGON UNIVERSITY

Research questions:
a) What problems do students usually face during the
preparation stage of public speaking?
b) Why do students usually have those problems?
c) How do they feel about the affection towards their speech?
 Questionnaire
The purpose of this survey is to find out about students’ problems in preparation stage of
public speaking classes in Foreign Language Department - Saigon University. The
questionnaire below consists of 10 questions and we would ask you to take a few minutes
of your time to answer. All the answers you provide in this survey will be kept as
completely confidential and will only be released as part of a statistical analysis.
Please tick the box provided to show your consent.
I. Background information
1. What is your class standing?
 Freshmen  Sophomore  Junior  Senior

2. What is your major?

 English linguistic  Teaching English

II. Main content

1. How often do you encounter difficulties when preparing presentation?
 Always  Usually  Often  Sometimes  Rarely  Never
2. Of the following problems, which have been your common problems during the
preparation stage? (Fill in all that apply)
 Psychology state (the fear in front of the crowd)
 Time arrangement
 Difficulties in choosing topic that you can handle
 Difficulties in generating ideas
 Lack of practice
 Lack of proficiency in using English correctly
 Lack of material preparedness
 Technology complication
 Other: ___________________________________________

3. To what extent do you feel that each of the following is serious? The responses are
numbered from 1 to 5, with the points illustrated.
 Very serious  Serious  Quite serious  Normal  Not serious
 Psychology state     
Time arrangement     
Difficulties in choosing topic that you can handle     
Difficulties in generating ideas     
Lack of practice     
Lack of proficiency in using English correctly     
Lack of material preparedness     
Technology complication     
4. How do you feel when you are given a topic for public speaking?
 Great  OK  Really nervous

5. Which ways do you usually use for practice in preparation stage? (Fill in all that
apply)
 learn by heart
 record
 practice in front of mirror
 practice with friends
 other: _______________________________________________

6. How would you rank your carefulness during preparation stage?

 Very careful  Careful  Normal  Careless

7. In your opinion, how much time have you spent on your preparation stage?
 A lot  Some  A little  Not at all

8. How might these problems affect your presentation now and then?
 Very serious  Serious  Quite serious  Normal  Not serious

Thank you for your participation!