DIROSAT: Journal of Education, Social Sciences & Humanities
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026)

A Review of Benefits, Challenges, and Strategies of Students’ Oral Presentation in Higher Education

Cheng, Chhayna (Unknown)



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Publish Date
09 Feb 2026

Abstract

Despite a growing body of research has examined students’ oral presentations in higher education, a comprehensive, unified exploration of their benefits, challenges, and strategies remains limited. This review aims to fill this knowledge gap by integrating and analyzing these aspects into a cohesive framework. Using a literature review approach, document analysis, and specific inclusion criteria, 105 articles were gathered from reliable sources and published between 2020 and 2025. Using secondary data, the review reveals that oral presentations provide significant benefits for students, including developing speaking skills, improving critical thinking, enhancing communication skills, and increasing academic engagement. However, several challenges go beyond these benefits, including students’ anxiety, levels of students’ knowledge, lack of adequate preparation, and body language issues, which can hinder students’ oral presentation performance. Therefore, this review highlights effective strategies across different contexts and organizations, such as reading engagement, script preparation, sufficient preparation, peer assessment, self-assessment, building self-confidence, and fostering self-motivation, all of which are essential for addressing challenges in higher education. Overall, this review suggests that future research should rigorously examine students’ oral presentations in higher education across various settings and institutions.

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Humanities Social Sciences Other

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Focus DIROSAT: Journal of Education, Social Sciences & Humanities is an open-access online scientific journal. It publishes original scientific outputs and aimed at spreading the research results conducted by academicians, researchers, and practitioners in the field of Education, Social Sciences & ...