On November 17th, 2009, I had my review with Professor Sue Peterson for my oral presentation few weeks beforehand that also counts as the personal enrichment workshop. I was not excited for this review because I do not like to see any video of me, especially when I have to watch it with other people. Moreover, I know that my communication ability is really poor and has to be improved. However, it did not turn out to be that bad: the sound was off, so it relieved me a lot. She mentioned the importance of enough preparation and practice beforehand. She also pointed out that I spoke too fast and my pronunciation was not clear. Therefore, last few weeks I visited the ESL Speech Lab to get some help. However, the computer lab assitant who worked at that time was not clear about it and I ended up not getting any help. Hopefully, next time I could visit it and get some help to fix my pronunciation.
ptong,
Let me know if you still have a problem at the ESL Speech Lab. Maybe I can help.
Sue