LSN 6
LNHO 4A-1
Learning North: Critique and Reflection
This week, your job is to go to the media center, record a rehearsal of your presentation, and watch
your presentation. Watching yourself (and your partner) on video is an excellent way to improve your
English. However, simply watching in a passive manner isn’t enough to help you improve. You need
to actively watch yourself and decide what you do well and what you need to improve. You also
need to think about what you did to prepare, how you performed, and what you can do to improve
your performance. Two activities that can help you help yourself are critique and reflection.
When you critique yourself (or others), you try to look fairly and objectively at your performance.
You examine your performance from different angles so that you can see where you did well and
where you need to improve. For this project, you will watch presentation as many times as you need
to so that you can complete the self-critique form. This form gives you two different “angles” to
consider: your speaking and your body language/gestures. The form will be due with your
reflection and your DVD in class on Monday, May 3.
When you write a reflection, you think about all the steps you went through in order to complete the
assignment. For this project, you will follow the suggested outline and write a short essay that reflects
on the process of learning about the media center, going for your appointment, making your
DVD, watching yourself, and deciding which elements to work on for your presentation.
Reflection is valuable because it helps you understand yourself and your learning process on a deeper
level of thinking.
LSN 6
LN HO 4A-2
Name:
Self-Critique Form
Directions: Watch your DVD as many times as you need to in order to rate yourself.
Speaking
needs work
excellent
Volume: Was I loud enough?
1
2
3
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5
Clarity: Could I understand my words?
1
2
3
4
5
Speed: Did I talk too quickly or too slowly?
1
2
3
4
5
Familiarity: Did I know my presentation?
Was it smooth?
1
2
3
4
5
Intonation and Stress: Did I use correct
intonation and stress or was my voice flat?
1
2
3
4
5
Fluency: Did I speak without pausing a lot to
search for the correct word in English?
1
2
3
4
5
Grammar: Did I use correct grammar?
1
2
3
4
5
Pronunciation: Did I make my “trouble
sounds” correctly?
1
2
3
4
5
Body Language and Gestures
needs work
excellent
Did I focus on the audience? (or did I look at
the screen?)
1
2
3
4
5
Did I smile? Did I look friendly (or nervous)?
1
2
3
4
5
Did I make distracting gestures with my
hands?
1
2
3
4
5
Did I stand for long periods with my back to
the audience?
1
2
3
4
5
Was my head up, or did I look down/away?
1
2
3
4
5
LSN 6
LN HO 4A-3
Name:
Learning North Reflection
Directions: Use the following outline to write your reflection. You should write at least one sentence
(and maybe 2-3!) for each item on the outline. Every roman numeral (I, II, etc.) should begin a
complete paragraph with a topic sentence, examples and details. I am not going to grade your
grammar, but I am going to grade your thinking and how you complete the assignment.
I. Introduction: Write about creating your script and PPT
A. Getting the assignment
B. Working with a partner
C. Writing the script
D. Making the PPT
E. Getting feedback
II. Watching yourself on video (main idea)
A. Describe past experience watching yourself on video (at least 2 sentences)
B. Describe how it felt to watch yourself (at least 2 sentences)
III. Things you did well (use the Self-Critique Form to help you)
A. Write about one thing you did well:
1. Name it
2. Write details about why you felt it was successful
B. Write about another, different thing you did well:
1. Name it
2. Write details about why you felt it was successful
IV. Two things you want to improve (use the Self-Critique Form to help you)
A. Write about one thing you were not happy with
1. Name it
2. Write details about why you felt it was not successful
3. Write details about how you will improve it in your final presentation
B. Write about another, different thing you were not happy with
1. Name it
2. Write details about why you felt it was not successful
3. Write details about how you will improve it in your final presentation
V. Conclusion: Write about how taking the time to write a reflection can help improve your final
presentation. Write at least 4 sentences.