Monday, June 6, 2016

Euiyeon Kim/ Presentation 2/ Friday 12

3 comments:

  1. Hi, this is Lee Wonjae.

    1.What strong points does the speaker have?
    Plenty of good images. You visualized the causes and the consequences very well with images and points, so I could understand the process easily.
    2. How well did the audience get to know the speech subject?
    I could see well how the city fell. But in my opinion, if you had eventually wanted to talk about the climate change and its effects, you should’ve mentioned it clearly at the opening, where you only talked about the city.

    3. Did the speech reflect adequate preparation?
    Yes, good back-up images and scientific explanations.

    4. Did the speaker talk clearly and audibly?
    Superb. From the very beginning, your speaking engaged me.

    5. Did the speech have a definite opening, body, and conclusion?
    You clarified what you were going to deliver “step-by-step” and gave a “summary” at the end. And you originally visualized which part you were currently in, with three section marks on the left top, the last seemed not to be used though .

    6. Please comment on the speaker’s use of notes/eye contact.
    When I saw your presentation last Friday, I was quite impressed by your eye contact, because your eyes were smiling and showing your confidence.

    7. What could the speaker have done differently that would have improved the speech?
    Your visuals are too bright/white to be easily seen and you’d better show more body-languages for emphasis and impression. When you move on to the conclusion, you could add another example of a ‘small’ cause leading to unexpected environmental change, to back up your conclusion. If possible, your personal experience would fresh up the speech, because you are covering an ancient Greek city.

    8. What did you like about the presentation?
    Your presentation is overall very well organized: speaking, visuals, ppt.

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  2. Date: 2016.06.08
    Speaker: Aimee Kim
    Evaluator: Suh Dong Hyeon
    Title: How Ephesus Fell

    1. What strong points does the speaker have?
    Your presentation was very comfortable to watch. I think there were two main reason for this. Firstly, your body language was really natural. And secondly, pace of your speech was adequate. So, it was easy for me to comprehend what you meant.

    2. How well did the audience get to know the speech subject?
    You chose interesting topic and illustrated how the Greek city of Ephesus fell step by step. With your presentation, I had a chance to know more about the city, as well as the environmental reasons for its doom.

    3. Did the speech reflect adequate preparation?
    Your speech was well prepared. In my point of view, you almost never made a mistake during the presentation, or at least within the tolerable boundary.

    4. Did the speaker talk clearly and audibly?
    Pronunciation was very good and clear. However, through the computer screen, the volume was rather weak.

    5. Did the speech have a definite opening, body, and conclusion?
    Your presentation was well-organized. You started with the opener & preview and illustrated the topic as you said at the beginning of the speech. Also, the conclusion was clear and easy to understand, with the help of the PPT slide that summarized your main point well.

    6. Please comment on the speaker's use of notes/eye contact.
    It is really hard to keep eye contact with the audience but you’ve done a great job with it. You made eye contacts with different people each time. Also, you look at the notes only when it was necessary; it was really natural.

    7. What could the speaker have done differently that would have improved the speech?
    It would have been much better if you had used pauses to make people more concentrated on the speech. Also, your tone was relatively monotonous. With proper pauses and more dynamic tone, I guess your speech will be perfect.
    In addition, it would have been much easier to listen to your speech if you had used a mic. Although I turned up the volume to a maximum level, I had to put my hands around my ears to keep the sound. Plus, I wanted there to be a more light so that I can see your facial expression more clearly.

    8. What did you like about the presentation?
    As I mentioned previously, your body language and no mistake during the speech were really good. Also, your topic was interesting and visuals used in the presentation made me understand the subject much easier. As one of history geeks, I enjoyed your speech very much, thank you!

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  3. Hello. This is your classmate, Matthew Sung.
    The following is my comment on your presentation.

    1. What strong points does the speaker have?
    To me, the topic itself was interesting enough to draw attention from the audience, explaining how Ephesus, once a large marine city, fell down due to a seemingly small artificial change caused by the mankind. It is, therefore, safe to say that the presentation was so informative.

    2. How well did the audience get to know the speech subject?
    I think that nearly every single one of the audience would understand how deforestation and change in the water cycle resulted in climate change which in turn caused the city’s downfall. It was even more helpful for the audience to comprehend since she summarized the process at the end of her presentation.

    3. Did the speech reflect adequate preparation?
    Yes. I could see how much effort she put into making the presentation by her smooth speech along with the presentation slides which contained a lot of information such as pictures.

    4. Did the speaker talk clearly and audibly?
    Yes. Actually, I was on the spot during the video-recording. And later at home I realized that I still could easily understand and follow the process of the presentation. She presented her informative speech very well step by step.

    5. Did the speech have a definite opening, body, and conclusion?
    Yes. In the opening, she gave a preview of her speech dealing with how human beings have relied on nature for food, energy and so forth. She then moved on how human’s wrongdoing caused a downfall of a city by giving an example of Ephesus. At the end, she provided a quote that calls for an action for the environment.

    6. Please comment on the speaker’s use of notes/eye contact.
    She used a note placed on the podium in the process of delivering speech. Plus, I could see that she tried to do eye-contact from time to time during her presentation.

    7. What could the speaker have done differently that would have improved the speech?
    From my viewpoint, it would have been better if she had had her own version of interpretation about the downfall of the city, adding her own idea on how we need to utilize the nature.

    8. What did you like about the presentation?
    To me, it was good to see specific cause and effect. In addition, it was a good lesson in the sense that it sort of reminded me of the face that a greedy act may eventually cause damage not only on the nature but also on human beings.

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