Final Reflection on Learning

I remembered that the first “speech” I gave in front of some of you were the “Story Telling”. Although I had written a script with some points I wanted to cover as preparation, I felt very nervous when I stood one or two meters away from you to deliver the speech. I had to repeat what I’ve said to earn myself some time to think about what I should say next. I felt upset when I finished my story that day.

The first formal speech I gave was the peer teaching, which I think is ok. I thought I can do it after finishing our slides. However, I realized I was wrong after we did our rehearsal, because I got stuck quite a few times during the rehearsal. Therefore, I lacked of confidence when I did my peer teaching. But I learned a lot from my partner and the comments you gave, I thought that I can do better next time!

Time flies to the mock OP, I went through my part a lot of times for preparation. I finished my mock OP fluently as I thought, but I didn’t pay attention to the eye contact or smile. Thanks to those comments, I knew what aspects I need to improve when doing the real OP.

I, myself, can feel the differences between the first speech I gave and the OP. I was confident, clear and concise. What’s more, I paid more attention to make eye contact with my audience and kept smiling.

This module did help me a lot to communicate better in English and make friends! I feel lucky that I chose this module! During the class, we had lots of interesting discussion about effective communication, interpersonal conflicts, intercultural communication, surveys, interviews and our projects! Apart from peer teaching and OP, the discussion about intercultural communication and mock interview helped me a lot. I think I will definitely do better in a real interview! Thanks my “HR group”!

It’s really fast that this semester is nearly coming to the end, which means my exchange time is going to the end. I will cherish those happy time I had with you all! It’s so hard to say goodbye!

Do contact me if you are going to China in the future! Thanks and best wishes to your final exams (Actually I don’t want to mention that :p)!

Reflection on Oral Presentation

Apart from peer teaching, this is the second formal presentation I had so far. I think my oral English did improve comparing to my peer teaching period, but I still need a lot of practice.

The moment I stood in front of the class, I felt so nervous that I nearly forgot what I should say to begin my part. However, as I slowly went on my part of the presentation I didn’t feel as nervous as the beginning, and I could focus on what I wanted to convey. The more I could focus on my words, the more confidence I was.

To be honest, I just practiced a few times before my peer teaching rehearsal, so I did not do well on that rehearsal. When I felt sorry about my performance, Chris told me that practices makes perfect. Following his advice, I practiced again and again this time. I also asked my teammates if my content is good enough to go. Thanks to their advice and the rehearsal with them, I had a better performance today!

I think I remembered to make eye contact with my audience and keep my body in a good gesture. What’s more, I kept my content to be clear and concise. I also increased my tone and slowed down in certain parts to emphasis the key words. But I was a bit nervous during some parts, especially when I made some mistakes. Therefore, I did not finish what I had prepared to say in my part.

My part covers methodology and summary, so I used bullet points instead of pictures to illustrate my points. However, I think the arrangement of these bullet points is not very good. Some of them overlap each other. Maybe I should use simple phrases instead of sentences.

Hope I can do better in the future!

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