Oral Presentation Feedback

Oral presentation should certainly be a component of ES 1102. It has greatly value-added my learning in this module and there are far too many advantages of having oral presentation as a compulsory component for every individual.

Oral presentation serves as a good training platform to train every individual’s self-confidence. Definitely, standing in front of an entire class of 20 and communicating his or her idea across is not an easy task. Such confidence has to be developed as early as possible and refined through practices. Without these vital trainings, I believe it would be a period of storm for us as it will be too late to start training. In Singapore’s competitive society, our peers would have outshone us if practices do not start now. Therefore, a question to ponder about will be: If not now, then when?

Presenting an idea verbally is tremendously different from penning down an idea. While we construct our final essay, we have the luxury of time to brainstorm on the development of our argument or even think of fanciful vocabulary to beautify our essays. However, while we presenting our idea across to the class, we often have to think on our feet and formulate our sentence in the quickest time possible. Being able to think on our feet should be a skill that is developed in every individual and this skill can only be obtain via oral presentation practices.

Being from a junior college, I seldom have the opportunity to do presentations as compared to the polytechnics. Furthermore, being a science student, the need for presenting my ideas and answers is extremely rare. Not having a class participation component in my grading system, I would prefer to be a passive learner by listening rather than speaking up. As a result, the occurrence of me presenting is even lower. However, after one round of presentation, I felt much more comfortable standing in front of a class communicating my ideas.

A huge advantage of having an oral presentation is that we have the opportunity to learn how to deliver our presentation in a professional manner. In addition, we get the chance to learn from each other’s mistakes, and implement these corrections into our own learning. Having a busy schedule, we are often only concern with our own essays.  With the onset of oral presentations, we get to listen to our classmate’s essay ideas rather than browsing through the blogs.

In conclusion, having an oral presentation is certainly helpful and will definitely value-add the learning of every individuals. As a saying goes, better now then later. It is better to pick up these vital skills before facing the storm in the competitive and vicious society.