31. Real Self Evaluation

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If our previous presentations were only for practice, then the evaluation was for practice as well. I had evaluated my practice presentation before, so here I am ready to make the real one, for The Full Monty.

First of all I'm glad Hasan and I were partners. He just kept making things easier for the presentation, never was lazy, and we really could get along. I'm shocked with his comment on lagger bloggers post, but I'm proud of my partner. Everything about the presentation would be much more challenging without him. So cheers mate!

As to talk about the presentation, the thing that kills me is my fluency. I know it is a common problem (and is very very normal) among almost all of us students but still it affects the presentation. Congratulations Maude, really.

I think cutting and showing some scenes from the movie was a good idea. It helped the audience in general and made a funny atmosphere.

We could, however, talk more about the destruction of industry in Sheffield, and some more about the personal relationships, especially between Gaz and Nathe.

All in all we made a good job I think, and it certainly was a good experience.

24. The Full Monty

I had planned to blog about our presentation movie "The Full Monty" next week but a "trailer" may be a nice ad =)

In fact I literally planned a trailer by cutting one or two scenes from the movie and put it here - I'll try doing so (it may end after the presentation :( ).

The most interesting thing about the movie is that it makes you laugh but in my opinion it is not a comedy at all - the emotional and "life-conditional" aspects play far more important roles.

Anyway...

Sit back, read the subtitles below the snapshots, and enjoy both the movie and the presentation!

17. Peer Evaluation

The other presentation today was great fun. The quotation Emir told us from the film "International" and his approach to it was really funny, and seriously I'm not mocking anyone or anything - I really think it was great. Also, although they could have gone a bit further about the text, I was impressed by their emphasis on black & white. I wasn't able to think that much about racism and how it is linked to the author's personality. The "black and white blurring together" was an impressive scene showing signs of demand of equality. I think if they cover a bit more they can have a very successful film presentation. Go mates! =)

16. Self evaluation

Today it was our turn to make an oral presentation. As to talk about the text, it was a bullshit in my opinion but it also enabled us to talk much. TV and family are two concepts that you can talk forever, so although we are not native speakers it wasn't a big trouble talking. I think the presentation went well in general, the awareness that the text I was talking about was something I carefully read gave me great comfort. To talk about our negatives, I felt regretful as soon as I started to read a quatation out loud, asking myself, why didn't you put that in a slide, man? One other negative point was that I lacked eye contact with the students. There are many reasons behind this, and I am sure television is not one of them. Two main reasons were my lack of experience and the lack of interest of the audience. I witness this in my other classes: some teachers tend to be looking straight at the "best listener", and that was what I mostly did: looking at Sonja. I think mentioning things that are to improve is more important than writing positives, because there's no need to praise yourself, there's more we can take out of "constructive" warnings.