Fostering Presentation Competence: Instituting a Comprehensive Presentation Curriculum

Abstract

Oral presentations are a part of the curriculum in many, if not most, academic listening/speaking courses. Often students are required to give presentations with very little direct instruction on what constitutes a good presentation let alone how to develop and present one. In this presentation, Kaitlin Gram and I explored the importance of having an oral presentation curriculum as well as its benefits. Additionally we provided an overview of an oral presentation curriculum I began developing a few years ago, which Kaitlin further developed into a full curriculum that she has implemented in the listening/speaking courses at Missouri Southern State University