Final Reflection on Learning

I have already taken four English modules before I came to Singapore, but it was the first time for me to have an English class with native speakers. It is a challenging task to communicating with them. After the peer teaching, mock job interview and oral presentation, I felt much confident with my spoken English.

I would like to talk about peer teaching first. I have not had any experiences of teaching others in English before. In my part of teaching, a discussion was initiated. I did not expect the discussion to happen. Luckily, I managed to discuss with my “students”. It was the first time for me to have a live discussion with others without any preparation. Although my performance was not as good as my teammates, I came to realize that I could express my idea clearly.

Then the mock job interview came. This time I felt confident to speak with my “interviewers” since peer teaching helped me to build my confidence. I was surprised by myself that I could finish a job interview in English. Instead of giving yes or no to a question, I could speak out a long sentence fluently. This kind of ability could only be tested under a certain condition. I began to feel lucky to select this module. I have never got a chance to know my level of spoken English.

The oral presentation was the most exciting event. I did not do well in the mock presentation and I worked hard to prepare. With some presentation experiences, I was quite sure that I can perform well. I think I showed my confidence and presenting skills.

I got unique experience from this module. It helped me to test my English skills from different aspects and gave me confidence. I built friendship with my classmates through the process of learning. The most important is that I have acquired useful skills for my future.

I would like to thank Brad and all my classmates for giving me feedback after each activity. You helped me a lot in this module.

Reflection on Oral Presentation

Finally finished everything and it is time for reflection on the oral presentation. We spent a tough time preparing for the presentation. Personally speaking, our presentation met my expectation. All the slides looked neat and nice, the video and audio worked properly, the visuals were relevant to our content and enhance the impression left on the audience (as far as I have concerned).

To be honest, I did not even prepare anything for the mock presentation because I remembered the date wrongly. The coming quiz of other modules also drove my attention away from preparing the presentation. As a result, I did really badly in the mock presentation. What I said at that time was all that I could recall from memory. The mock presentation motivated me to work hard to prepare and I spent the whole weekend before the presentation to practice.

Generally speaking, I am satisfied with my performance. The most important is confidence. This made me to have eye contact with everyone. I got a full control of my pace. It slowed down to a proper speed for me (may be too slow for others).

I was stuck for a moment nearly to the end of my presentation. To break the embarrassment, I had to repeat the sentence that I had just said. I think that is where Brad thought I was reading from memory. The truth is, at that part when talking about the teachers, I got totally lost from what I have prepared and I had to improvise. Getting a little bit nervous at that time, I had a blank mind and did not know what to say. I got back to my pace after several sentences.

At the end of the reflection, I would like to thanks my teammates for their work. Thanks Eric for the video, thanks Arij for the slides and thanks Noelle for all the ideas. It is really an enjoyable experience to work with you.