Considering the length of time I was given to work on my country/culture speech and practice it, I was feeling more confident than I had been with the peer-introduction speech. However, after watching the video, my eye contact was poorer than I had realized. I need to work harder on focusing my attention on the audience, not the podium. The familiarity I have been acquiring with some of the students did help me with some of my eye contact problems, but I still have some work to do. I noticed a few moments where I had gotten nervous and sped up my speech, which only led to me getting tongue twisted and I stumbled on a few points.
I know a lot of words; I just don’t use them in my everyday conversation, thus making it more difficult to incorporate in my essay. The other parts I was dissatisfied with were my introduction and conclusion. After the revision of my paper I noticed they needed tremendous work. Therefore, I completely changed the introduction and conclusion completely to better fit my essay. Sincerely, Kimberly
The interview would also put pressure on us by looking at that us all the time instead of writing something down to make it look professional. I would also sometimes speak too fast which showed I was nervous which wasn’t good for the role play we was doing. How we could have improved the interview There are many ways we could have improved the interview for example we could have practice the role play and remembered the lines better. The interviewer could have pretended to write something which would have put less pressure on me which would have made me less nervous. At the end instead of only asking 2 questions I could have asked one more which would look really professional.
I kept having to return to my initial question to avoid missing the point. At times I felt that I was not getting anywhere. I now understand that this is all part of doing research and, over time, I discovered some interesting themes. Writing up the dissertation was also a challenge. I had to disregard a lot of information that was not entirely relevant to my research question.
We continue to learn and strengthen our skills as we grow. B) I learned that I may not always be good at expressing my thoughts. I have learned that I am better at writing out what I feel. I guess I can get more out that way. I have the opportunity to reread what I have written and then make corrections so that the point that I am getting at is full understood by the reader.
I was beginning to notice a deficiency in my vocabulary and I was no longer aware of current events. I decided that it was about time that I change this bad habit and work towards reading more. Ever since I began reading a lot more, like I used to as a child, I noticed an apparent increase in my vocabulary. Reading supplied me with a higher level of knowledge on various distinct topics including politics, the health field, and even sociology. Many of these topics actually represent interests I have had for so long yet I had never put forth any effort in reading about them.
Rebecca Laessig My Life as a Writer I don't consider myself to be the greatest writer. My grammar has a lot to be improved upon and I always seem to be at a loss for words. with that said, writing is a bit of a challenge for me. I don't hate writing, but I don't necessarily enjoy it either. in my paper, I will write about my accomplishments, routine writings, and major strengths and how they help develop my writing skills today.
I have the tendency to lose interest quickly which is terrible in most cases, especially when it comes to learning; sometimes when I am trying to grasps a concept that doesn’t make much sense to me, I sabotage my learning process because my brain seems as if it is almost shutting down even when I try to concentrate very hard. This would not serve me well in a working environment as I cannot just shut down as soon as I have lost interest, as that would stunt my professional development. Being a dominant character is not always a good thing because sometimes I am reluctant to let someone else take charge which has probably cost me a lot of learning opportunities in the past. A ‘Jump first/think later’ mentality is definitely the worst sort of mentality to have when in a working environment, especially when dealing with people; things have to be calculated with all details taken into consideration and could lead to a lot of errors and disciplinary actions, although this could be a valuable learning experience to not do it again, it is worse to make such errors as this reckless mentality is neither valid in a work environment or professional. There is no truer statement for me than I talk more often than I listen, I do not favour listening or when I have to
My personal learning style is Tactile and Kinesthetic. What that means is that I am a hands on kind of learner. I learn way better by moving around and touching stuff as opposed to reading, listening, and watching. This has been true about me my entire life as I have always learned more better by touching and working through items. Sometimes I try to switch it up to reading and watching, but I always seem to fail at that.
Few people know that I am really shy 9. One thing I really dislike about myself is my impatience 10. When I share my values with someone I hope they accept me for who I am I feel like I engaged in the right amount of self-disclosure because my responses are short and simple but have a lot of meaning as well. The things that prevent me from engaging in self-disclosure is the judgment of that others will have of me. Sometimes I find it difficult to be self-disclosing because I dont like to be in uncomfortable situations.