I was really
excited to do a presentation on Intercultural communication because I am a
foreigner myself. Together with Suren from Singapore and William from Sweden,
we are an ‘International’ team in the class.
It was an exciting
learning process for me and my teammates as we stepped into the teachers’ shoes
and prepared the lesson plan for the peer teaching. There was much planning and
research to be done. Compared to other project titles, our project is a bit
more challenging because the topic is very wide and there are many things to
discuss. After some brainstorming, we narrowed down on some of the more
commonly discussed issues encountered in Intercultural Communication such as
language barrier, cultural norms, contexting etc.To make the presentation more
interesting, we agreed to bring in our own experiences to relate better to our
topic.
In the end, I feel
that my group did well for the presentation. Although I must admit that we did
not rehearse as aggressively as other groups, our team chemistry was excellent
and we engaged our audience actively through the quiz, examples and class
activity. I was heartened to know that everyone in the class had learned
something from us on intercultural communication.
As for me, while I
do not think my performance is excellent, I think that I am more confident in
public speaking as compared to what I was when I entered NUS four years ago. I
thoroughly enjoyed the time working with my teammates and I feel that I learn a
lot through the process of working towards this project.
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