Journal of English Language Teaching

Providing Interactive Feedback through Voicethread for Improving Presentation Skills: A Case Study at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus

Santosh Mahapatra

School of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad

Keywords: Presentation skills improvement, Interactive feedback through Voicethread

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Abstract

Presentation skills form an important part of English   in all professional courses. While it is acceptable that ESL teachers spend time on teaching presentation skills to their undergraduate/post-graduate students, providing individual feedback to each student is certainly not a common practice in India. Considering the large size of English for Specific / Academic/ Occupational/ Science and Technology classes in the country, it can be a daunting task. There has been some effort to address feedback-related problems in large classrooms. However, very few studies have reported the effectiveness of suggested strategies. Therefore, the current study is justified. It tries to trace the effectiveness of interactive feedback provided through Voicethread, a simple web 2.0 tool, and its impact on presentation skills of students

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