1. English Oral Defense Gao Guangyan (4) 6 Oct 2005

2. Purpose of Portfolio Monitor my development Showcase my achievements Identify strengths and weaknesses Improve upon my weaknesses

3. 3 Main aspects Reading and Comprehension Writing and Thinking Speech and Presentation

4. Comprehension Acquired more inference / understanding skills Able to read and understand information Problem: expressing answers accurately Need to improve: –Read between the lines –Accurately pick them out –Do more comprehension A

5. Writing Problems: presentation part. –Might have many good points –Unable to express clearly –Argument might be confusing Exposed to many different techniques –Top Level Structure etc. –Helped me in better organizing

6. Writing Language –Grammatical errors here and there –Vocabulary > ordinary To improve: –Organize my date in a more logical fashion. –Improve use of words –Read more, write more

7. Presentation Improved most –Increased Practice Problems: –Speech planning –Keeping to Time Limit However: –Generally not a big problem –More confident and relaxed A

8. Presentation Improved over the years: –Body Movements (less distracting) –Less monotonous –Improved eye contact –Speak less quickly Other factors: –More English speeches in class –Research Education presentations

9. The End Thank you for your attention Do you have any question?