The purpose of this study is to examine the significance of the "mid-term project progress report" given orally prior to an oral academic presentation, in terms of teaching discourse structures and patterns of academic speech. The "mid-term project progress report" was designed in order to provide the students with a chance to realize one's problems in discourse management, as well as to develop the materials for teaching discourse structures and patterns necessary for their speech. From the discourse analyses of the mid-term and the final presentations, the study concluded that the "mid-term project progress report" leads to the appropriate instructions, which in turn improves the discourse of the final presentations.
