A Short Note On Reflection

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 Low volume: about 70% of my audience feedback complained my volume was low. This according to me is not an issue because it could be attributed to fear and lack of confidence so in the process one is tempted to speak low since I feel am not confident enough to stand in front of an authority like Professor Trevor who whether I like it or not will surely see some fault in me.  Excessive body movement: about 10% of my audience complained I was too demonstrative of my body. This suggestion is very important to me even though the percentage is small, the audience have the lead here and I must make sure I cut down the excesses during my next presentation and act within accommodating area.  One of …show more content…

Frankly speaking I was kicked off balance the first few seconds of my presentation and this is not unusual because public speaking and confidence comes with practices, which is what I did not do before the presentation. Based on the above three reasons, I will do the following corrections so as to improve in my next presentation.  When next am in front of an audience, I will speak louder and reconfirm from them if they were Ok with my voice and volume. Speaking louder for people to hear you comes with knowing what you are talking about and having confidence to take up any matter.  During next presentation, I have to reduce my body movement. I will do this by practicing more and demonstrating in front of a friend so as to confirm I was within limit. I will also walk around but stop throwing my hands around unnecessarily.  The issue of confidence has to do with continuous practice of public speaking and volunteering to lead in group work. By doing this, you will talk more and this will encourage your public speaking and grammar thus enhancing ones confident. I also …show more content…

Prior to the introduction of write experience platform, I usually write without much attention to the content and organization of my work, not caring if my content followed a sequential order and was careless about my grammar. When I started posting my writing on the write experience platform whereby if I do not get the order as required my score was low, I become more attentive and meticulous in my writing. Once I did my first submission, lots of errors were pointed out and this eventually resulted in a low score, but when I follow the steps and did all corrections necessary, my scores was improved and this obviously encouraged me to continue to improve and keep getting better. I have done pretty well in my three writing submission scoring above 90 in each case however, my writing has not been without flaw. One of the basic errors I had in my writing was that, I was not able to maintain a controlling idea throughout my writing and by this I mean not being able to write down my ideas in an orderly manner for the reader to get prominent idea of what I was talking about. I always jump from pillar to pillar and in my first writing I could

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