The PK Reflections and Self-Analysis

1. Voice
Reflection:


My goal was to speak loud enough, speech rate is not too fast, use pausing and emphasis. Especially, I wanted not to be hasty. My volume was good, easy to catch, I hope audience felt as well. Rate of speech was not bad, but I cut some information because of lack of time, so I wonder if audience understand or not. I did my best to use emphasis, but not pausing. Finally, my pronunciation was awful above all unfamiliar word such as bacteria. I could have practiced such a unfamiliar word before the PK.

Ideas for improvement:

The more rehearsal I did, the better PK I would have of course. And I practice the pronunciation of unfamiliar word before the presentation.



2. Visuals (Images or text on slides, timing etc)
Reflection:

My goal was to organize clearly, 1) Introduction, 2) Background, 3) Controversial point.
1) has 3 pages, 2) has 9 pages, and 3) has 8 pages. I think this organization was fine, but background was a little too much.

Goal:

I can make next time background shorter and more simple, because audience might fell listening background boring.


3. Preparation Process
Reflection:

I can choose my topic early, but I finished my visuals and made rehearsals in the PK's morning.
Once I had finished my visuals earlier, I would have more times to do rehearsals. However, I had confidence in the PK because I could did rehearsal several times.

Goal:

I can improve my presentation to try to finish my presentation early, and I have time to practice and revise my visuals.


5. Any other reflections or goals?