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Presenting has been considered a big challenge for most students, especially for those at university level. The paper aims at examining the problems English majors faced with in presenting and proposing some measures to improve the situation. 68 students majoring in English language from Hung Vuong university, who were juniors and seniors at the time of the study, participated in the study. A survey questionnaire and an interview were conducted to search for the problems students encountered in performing their presentation and causes for these challenges. In addition, students’ end-of-term test result in presentation module was also analyzed to shed light on the research. Findings showed that controlling negative emotion before and during their presentation performance, expressing clearly and smoothly ideas, and designing effective and logical visual aids were the main attributions hindering students from performing their presentation successfully. An insightful analysis of causes and solutions addressing the problems were included in the paper.
