Student id: 12115581d
Seminar Group: SEM003
WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ENGLISH Giving effective presentations is one of the essentials when competing in the business world and taking up leadership positions. Yet, I was used to be a shy person, and afraid of public speaking before. I felt extremely nervous when making presentations in front of crowds.
This year, being an Aiesecer member of the external relations team, it helps me to boost up my confidence in speaking English. I was given many opportunities to meet the externals, such as visiting the New World Development Limited. It is the very first time that I met externals from such a big company. At first, I could feel that my voice was trembling when talking with Mr Albert Hui, who is the director of corporate strategy. Fortunately, I feel much better after some warm-up conversations with him.
With these valuable experiences, I gradually become a better public speaker!
Besides, I have registered for a CAR A subject in this semester, which is the Multiethnic Identities and Lives. Mr Dean A. F. Gui’s way of teaching is inspiring. I was not a good writer, and often made many grammatical mistakes. Mr Dean A. F. Gui noticed problems in my style of writing. wI often try to organize my ideas in Chinese and then try to translate it back into English. He told me to ‘think in English’ when I am writing English essays. After taking his suggestions, my writing has a big step of improvement and sounds much more natural than before.
WRITTEN CHINESE AND SPOKEN PUTONGHUA
With a rapid economic development of China, Mandarin has become more important as an international language. As a business student, if I could speak fluent mandarin and presentable written Chinese, then it helps to increase my competitiveness in seeking for jobs. However, it seems that I still have much room for improvements in this area.
In the last semester, I was unable to obtain a good grade in the Advanced