BACHELOR OF MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT WITH HONOURS

SEMESTER MAY / 2020

OUMH1303

ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION

NO. MATRIKULASI :
NO. KAD PENGNEALAN :
NO. TELEFON :
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PUSAT PEMBELAJARAN : PERAK LEARNING CENTRE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS : -

1. Individual Video Presentation ………………………………………………………………….3

2. Reflective Report/Essay ………………………………………………………………………..4

3. Reference ………………………………………………………………………………………8

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TASK 1: INDIVIDUAL VIDEO PRESENTATION

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TASK 2: REFLECTIVE REPORT/ESSAY

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In May 2020 semester, the students received an assignment on ‘OUMH1303 English For Oral
Communication’ course. The coursework started on Jun 2020 and finished on 2nd Ogos 2020.
Throughout this process, I have learned many new things and perspectives. I (Charles Raman)
had successfully finished this assignment according to the due date. I am very happy and
satisfied with my achievement although at first I faced many problems like cannot understand the
assignment’s subtopics, lack of time, presence of other assignments and so on. But finally I
managed to finish this assignment. There are two sub division in this assignment. First, i need to
create a video presentation in any aspect of education. Then I need to do a reflective report on
the process of carrying out the video presentation. I have used many types of sources include
book, newspaper, journal, internet and so on. During completing this task I have learned a lot. It
as well improved me and inspires me in a lot of way in my thinking. It also shows me that we
must always believe ourselves to done something.

First of all, I would like to tell regarding the overall stage of the video presentation. I feel
very stress because after a long time i am duinq video presentation. This was my first video
presentation in a long time therefore I didn’t have much practice presenting in the last few years
and had to do a lot of work preparing for it. Although there was a lot of work in preparing for
this video presentation, improvements can always be made. The most challenging aspect of this
video presentation was creating a important speech through an effective framework that would
transmit my emotions about how important the education to students nowadays. I feel very
tensed when doing the script for my speech. As I know, script for any speech is the most
important part. I always keep in my mind that I need to create a relevant script, pithy and
accentuate the main points. I also ensure my presentation is understandable by using natural
flowing language laced with inviting humor. I find it very challenging when I have a lot to share
but do not know how to properly deliver my message in a logical order. While watching the
video presentation after I done creating it, I was able to identify that this challenge was evident
although I tried to hide it as I was speaking. The most surprising aspect of my speech was that I
used a lot of facial expressions that makes me feel so happy and proud of myself. This might
have always been the case but because I never watched myself presenting I have not been able to
identify this habit. I could have done better in certain areas such as volume and speech rate, but I
believe that i gave a good overall impression.

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 While doing this video presentation, I confirm found that to create or make a presentation
on a topic the presenter must have an interest and a high knowledge of the topic. I didn’t think
this was a problem with my presentation as we were allowed to make the presentation on any
topic we wished so I could pick a topic I was very interested and had a good knowledge about
education. For future presentations I believe more research must go into the topic if I am not so
familiar with it.

In addition, I believe that my delivery was generally clear and organized. However, while
watching the video presentation that I done, I noticed that I need to work more on the speech
flow and find effective and a good ways to engage the audience. This is because, I have said
“um”, “ok”, and “yeah” more than I have liked. In my mind’s eye, I was very articulate. In the
video, a very different story emerges. I need to work on the fillers because the parrticipants
might be concerned about my understanding of the material that I am presenting. Saying “yeah”
and “ok” doesn’t sound professional. I think I need to work more on my script in the future. My
posture and my eye contact were good but I definitely need to work on my speech rate, such as
making more pauses so the audience is able to “digest” the information provided and not feel
overwhelmed with the amount of the information at a fast pace.

Besides that, i also found that if visual aid is going to be used for the presentation, like a
power point presentation a lot of work has to go into developing and make sure that the visual
aid isn’t the whole presentation and that you have other notes to help with it. I feel vey satisfied
with my power point presentation. It looks very colourful and full of ideas. It helps me a lot
when I am presenting about importance of education. I also found that structure of the
presentation is very important so that the audience can follow it and understand the presentation.
I had a problem with this in my presentation. My presentation was poorly structured and
therefore hard to follow. For future presentations I will try to pick a structure that will suit my
topic.

I really had no idea what I looked like or sounded like when I was delivering the
informative speech. So, I take decision to show my video presentation to my friend (Malarvilee
Elamkhovan) and ask about the advantages and disadvantages of my video presentation. She say
overall my presentation was good and looks attractive. But she ask me to add some criteria in my
future video presentation such as use music to support and enhance the emotion in a video

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presentation. Not only that, she ask me to add some questions in some part of the presentation.
Questions can be a great way to open a presentation, because they encourage the audience to
think for themselves. It opens them up to a realm of critical thinking, which is perfect when
you’re gonna sock it to them with your impactful message. Last but not least, she also ask me to
add some humor in my presentation. Having a laugh can really do a lot to win over an audience.
There’s no need to be too serious, and even if you’re dealing with a heavy topic, lightening the
mood can work wonders. At this moment, I would like to thank my friend Malarvilee
Elamkhovan for the feedback.

I have gain a lot of experiences and knowledge by doing this OUMH1303 English For
Oral Communication assignment. I got much knowledge about the informative speech which I
was not very familiar with before this. Besides that, I also learned how to manage my stress and
my time. This is because when we are given this OUMH1303 English For Oral Communication
assignment, I also have my MPU3213 National Language A assignment and EBTM4303
Maintenance Management assignment in my hands. I become so stress and worried because I do
not know which assignment to start first. I sacrifice my sleep hour in order to finish up this
assignment on time. But then slowly, I planned my time wisely, and enjoyed doing it and finally,
I successfully completed the assignments.

By the way, searching information about the articles on informative speech is quite
tough even though it look easy. This is due most of the articles on informative speech that I
found is not suitable for the assignment as a guide. So I need to search many articles on
informative speech in the internet until I found the suitable one as a guide for my video
presentation. Furthermore the wireless connection that I used is quite slow; it makes my work
more difficult and annoying. After went through the google search engine, I just found a little bit
about it. But it doesn’t break my confident at all. After found some information about education,
I start to analysis the article and identify whether its relevant, authority and currency. It took
almost 1 to 2 hour to search for information. I learned alot while completing this task. I learned
myself to be patience when i am doing this task.

In fact, I also realize that a very high patience needed to find the right information in
completing these tasks in a given period. From this english course work assignments, I have been
able to expand my knowledge in the field of video presentation. During this course work, I learn

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a lot of new things. I make reference from a variety of sources in order to find the right and
quality information.

Overall, through the process of making this assignment, it has given a lot of interest and
benefits to me and made me love this profession. I believe that I have many strengths such as the
ability to speak without feeling overwhelmed or very nervous, to quickly think and avoid
mistakes without getting frustrated, and to deliver my speech with effective voice projection and
eye contact. The main areas for improvement would be to engage the audience as they may relate
more to my speech, use fewer facial and hand gestures, speak at a slower pace and make
appropriate pauses, and use fewer fillers throughout the speech. The last, and most simple, factor
that motivates me to do the video presentation is enjoyment. In conclusion, this assignment has
thought me a lot. So, I hope I will make use the knowledge which I get from this assignment.

REFERENCE

Baran, S., & Davis, D. (1995). Mass communication theory: Foundations, ferment and future.
Belmont, California, USA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

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Devito, J. A. (2009). Human communication: The basic course (11th ed.). Boston: Pearson.

Golebiowska A. (1987). Getting students to talk. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Hanreddy, J., & Whalley, E. (2002). Mosaic 1: Listening and speaking (4th ed.). Wisconsin:
McGraw Hill Contemporary.

Matthews, C. (1994). Speaking solutions. USA: Longman.

Ng Keat Siew & Micheal, D.B. (2001). Study skills for the MUET. Kuala Lumpur: Federal
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