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The purpose of the research is to evaluate the oral presentation skills of the prospective teachers. The research conducted according to the general scanning method is a descriptive study. While the research population is prospective Turkish Language teachers, the research sample consists of 66 prospective teachers studying at the Mustafa Kemal University Turkish Language Education Department. "Speaking Skill Observation Form" was used in the study in order to collect data. This form consists of three aspects; "content", "language and expression" and "presentation skills" and of a total 34 items. The form was scaled as 1 (poor), 2 (unsatisfactory), 3 (average), 4 (good), 5 (very good). Expert opinions were taken to provide validity of the data collection tool. Based on the results gathered in the research, while success rate of the prospective students was high in some items regarding the presentation skills aspect, it remained low in certain items. However, the prospective teachers were generally successful in content aspect. The success rate in the language and expression aspect, on the other hand, was not as high as it was in the other two aspects.

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