First I would like to thank Ms Goh for being such a good tutor, guiding us all the way through this tough but enjoyable module. Thank you for the valuable feedback you gave. I have learnt many things from her as well as from my fellow course-mates. I truly believe that the things I have learnt will aid me in surviving the “big and scary world” outside.
Through this course I have learnt how to communicate effectively. I have also learnt about the importance of non-verbal communication. I am more aware of my tone and my body language whenever I communicate with someone now. Writing the blog as part of the course has also taught me to be careful with my words, as the saying goes, “The pen is mightier than the sword”. I have learnt to put my points across effectively without being blunt and hurting others. This course also gave me opportunities to hone my presentation skills which I believe will be essential for my future work. Although I am far for being a good presenter, through the feedback from fellow course-mates and the video review, I became more conscious of my shortcomings and will seek to improve on them.
I have also learnt much about team-work. During the course of this module I had the privilege of working with Eileen and Jessica for the peer teaching as well as Danhua and Louie for the proposal. I would like to sincerely thank them for being such committed team-mates. I thoroughly enjoyed doing group work with you all and hope that we will have the opportunity to work together again. My teacher in Junior College once told me what TEAM stands for and I would like to share it with you all.
Together Everyone Achieves More
Although it may be tough to do projects and rush out proposals, they become considerably easier when you work in a team. “No man is an island”, so in my opinion being able to work well with others is biggest lesson I have learnt from this course.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Reflections on Oral Presentation
I would like to start my reflections on the Oral presentation by thanking my group-mates Danhua and Luigi. They have been such wonderful team-mates and it was a real pleasure to have worked with them. It is amazing how people of three different nationalities can work so well together. I learnt so much from working together with them. I would love to have another opportunity to work with them again.
The dedication the group showed was simply amazing. After our interview with Professor Tan Eng Chye, we worked through the night to transcribe the interview, churn out the power-point slides and to prepare the points for our presentation. I must really take my hat off to Luigi who can simply come up with power-point slides that looked so impressive in such a short amount of time. Although it was out of our hands that the interview was the day before our presentation, my group-mates did not even complain. They simply got down to work. For me, that showed a lot of character.
Individual Performance
For my peer teaching presentation, I received comments that I spoke too fast and that resulted in me being unclear at times. I believe that for this presentation I managed to control my pace well and tried to pronounce my words as clearly as I could. However, I still tripped on some words and I feel I should work on this aspect more.
Ms Goh also commented that for my peer teaching, I was a little tensed and did not look natural. In this aspect, I feel that I will need a lot more presentation opportunities before I can be as natural as some of our course-mates clearly were. However I felt that I was still able to deliver my points clearly to my “target audience”. Ms Goh also mentioned that I should smile when presenting. I could not remember if I did smile or not, but I guess I will find out when I watch the video on Thursday. Overall I felt that I did alright, though there were definitely areas which I could improve on. I hope to learn from your comments as my own assessment of my performance may not be accurate.
The dedication the group showed was simply amazing. After our interview with Professor Tan Eng Chye, we worked through the night to transcribe the interview, churn out the power-point slides and to prepare the points for our presentation. I must really take my hat off to Luigi who can simply come up with power-point slides that looked so impressive in such a short amount of time. Although it was out of our hands that the interview was the day before our presentation, my group-mates did not even complain. They simply got down to work. For me, that showed a lot of character.
Individual Performance
For my peer teaching presentation, I received comments that I spoke too fast and that resulted in me being unclear at times. I believe that for this presentation I managed to control my pace well and tried to pronounce my words as clearly as I could. However, I still tripped on some words and I feel I should work on this aspect more.
Ms Goh also commented that for my peer teaching, I was a little tensed and did not look natural. In this aspect, I feel that I will need a lot more presentation opportunities before I can be as natural as some of our course-mates clearly were. However I felt that I was still able to deliver my points clearly to my “target audience”. Ms Goh also mentioned that I should smile when presenting. I could not remember if I did smile or not, but I guess I will find out when I watch the video on Thursday. Overall I felt that I did alright, though there were definitely areas which I could improve on. I hope to learn from your comments as my own assessment of my performance may not be accurate.
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