Presesntation

The last R&P class of the autumn term was the time for presentations. My topic was Next to Normal, the musical. I had fixed my slide in a way to unify colors in purple, the theme color of that musical, and had been thinking how to make my presentation better than the one I did last week. However, when my turn came, I got too nervous to do all of the things I had planned. I sometimes forgot to keep eye contact with my listener, couldn’t speak smoothly, and took too much time thinking the answer of the listener’s question. I realized that I needed more and more practices to improve my presentation. As a listener, I also could feel the presenters’ nervousness through their presentation, but at the same time, all of them seemed enjoying the opportunities to show their ideas of the topics they are interested in. I could understand that beautiful pictures and videos help the listeners to understand the presentation visually. The presentation was difficult, but I could learn a lot of things that are needed to make a great presentation.

Preparing for Presentation

The last Wednesday, we practiced our presentation for the last R&P class of this term. I was relieved to hear that it’s just a practice and the teacher doesn’t evaluate it, but still, I felt nervous when I speak in my turn. My presentation was about one of my favorite musicals, “Next to Normal.” Because I love the musical, I have a lot that I want to talk about it. The large ideas of mine made it hard to organize the presentation and to speak calmly. Through practicing the presentation, I could find points that I have to change. The voice have to be more clear, it is needed to make eye contact to communicate with the audience, and more slides can make the presentation more interesting. The confidence is one of the big problems. The unclear voice and the not making eye contact issues were occurred because I didn’t have confidence in me. I think we can get the confidence when we practice again and again, so I will practice.