The Process of Individual Presentation

1. The Process of Individual Presentation

Based on the data gathered from the both instruments, the majority of students of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University who have ever taken Seminar on Language Teaching class especially in academic year 20102011 had positive perceptions on the use of individual presentation. It is shown from the material preparation and the delivery preparation process. Most of the students prepared the materials by looking for some sources such as books, journals, articles in the library and searching for some supported online sources from the internet. They did the preparation process starting from finding the sources, writing the paper, and making the PowerPoint slides independently. The individual presentation preparation process helped the students to develop their independence since they have to do it individually. They were responsible to the success of the presentation. The responsibility to master the materials which were going to deliver in the presentation encourages the students to start learning the topic, finding the appropriate sources, understanding the materials gathered from the sources by themselves so that they could transfer the knowledge clearly and understandably for the audiences. This learning process really develops their self-directed learning. The students also realized that when they understood their materials for the presentation well, the materials would keep longer in their mind. From the research finding, the writer can also figure out the influences of the preparation process towards the students’ delivery during the individual presentation. Since the students had to deliver the materials individually in front of the class, it PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI would motivate them to have better understanding about the topic they were going to discuss to the audiences. The responsibility to deliver well-organized presentation built the students’ motivation to prepare and learn deeper the materials so that they can master the materials related to the topic of individual presentation. When they felt that they had already prepared all the things needed for the individual presentation including mastering the materials well, it built their confidence in transferring the knowledge to the audiences. Their confidence also affected on the way they delivered the materials. The more confident the students, the more fluent they delivered the materials in front of the audiences. The mastery of the materials also built their confidence in answering the questions from the audiences so that the questions could be answered accurately based on the explanation given during the presentation and the sources.

2. Students’ Perception on the Use of Individual Presentation