Published by Liu Yangfan
We had a roundtable discussion a few days ago, through which I realized that I still had to be improved in a lot of aspects. As the comment given by my classmate said, I was not so fluent when I was expressing my opinions and sometimes my rebuttals did not seem to be so logic. Although I have prepared for the roundtable discussion, I still felt nervous when I was asked by the moderator. I think it is because that I do not talk so much in class, it is hard for me to express my own opinion even if I really have something in mind. Besides, I also felt that sometimes I cannot totally understand the opinions delivered by the opponents, so it became much more difficult for me to rebut. For one thing, it is because my vocabulary is poor so that I cannot get the meaning even when I get the word; for another, it may be because I cannot focus attention. I need to practice more if I want to really make a progress.
In a nutshell, this is a meaningful discussion. I got a lot from it and I will try my best to overcome these weaknesses exposed in this roundtable discussion. And thanks for my classmate's neutral comments, from which I really benefit a lot.
10.27.2009
10.18.2009
Review on Rountable
by Alfred
This is a review on own performance at the roundtable discussion on the Generation IV reactors. After reading the comments by my peer, I find that I still have room for improvement. It was mentioned that I have several pauses along the way and I agreed with it as the pauses were due to my nervousness. I was not well prepared and thus when asked by the moderator, I was crafting he answers on the spot which causes those pauses.
Although my classmate did not mention in his review, I feel that I was not fluent enough when I was giving my views in the beginning. Overall, I find that my performance is not as great as what my peer have commented. I find his comments too lenient. I will be more prepared in the future so that I am able to deliver a more fluent speech and express my idea more clearly.
This is a review on own performance at the roundtable discussion on the Generation IV reactors. After reading the comments by my peer, I find that I still have room for improvement. It was mentioned that I have several pauses along the way and I agreed with it as the pauses were due to my nervousness. I was not well prepared and thus when asked by the moderator, I was crafting he answers on the spot which causes those pauses.
Although my classmate did not mention in his review, I feel that I was not fluent enough when I was giving my views in the beginning. Overall, I find that my performance is not as great as what my peer have commented. I find his comments too lenient. I will be more prepared in the future so that I am able to deliver a more fluent speech and express my idea more clearly.
Roundtable Discussion
By Shen Xijiao
Clarity of points (score: 8): As a moderator, she can clearly present the main point and guide the discussion around the main point.
Quality of roundtable contribution (score: 9): As a moderator, she successfully engaged the participants to say out their opinions.
Non-verbal qualities of delivery (score: 8): She spends too much time to read the notes so that may lack of eye contacts with listeners. She speaks very natural and comfortable posture. Her clothes are very smart.
Specific tasks (score: 9): She performed her tasks well especially as an energy and harmonizer.
From Xu Pengxuan
As a moderator, I tried to talk a very energetic and pleasant way. While posing question, I kept eye contact with the participant. However, I felt what I said lacked influence. This may be because that I was not prepared well enough. I was also too busy taking notes to keep eye contact with the participants while they were talking. I gave every participant a chance to talk and asked balanced questions. I linked the participants together by giving a small summary for the previous participant and posing a new question to another participant.
Clarity of points (score: 8): As a moderator, she can clearly present the main point and guide the discussion around the main point.
Quality of roundtable contribution (score: 9): As a moderator, she successfully engaged the participants to say out their opinions.
Non-verbal qualities of delivery (score: 8): She spends too much time to read the notes so that may lack of eye contacts with listeners. She speaks very natural and comfortable posture. Her clothes are very smart.
Specific tasks (score: 9): She performed her tasks well especially as an energy and harmonizer.
From Xu Pengxuan
As a moderator, I tried to talk a very energetic and pleasant way. While posing question, I kept eye contact with the participant. However, I felt what I said lacked influence. This may be because that I was not prepared well enough. I was also too busy taking notes to keep eye contact with the participants while they were talking. I gave every participant a chance to talk and asked balanced questions. I linked the participants together by giving a small summary for the previous participant and posing a new question to another participant.
10.17.2009
Review on Round Table Feedback
By Qi Dan
We had our round table discussion on whether there should be R&D funding for the development of Generation IV reactors on this Thursday. After the discussion session, we wrote feedback to each other in class. After reading through the feedback form, I found the feedback from my classmates really helped to assess my performance in the round table discussion.
As I missed the previous class, I came without much preparation. Summarizing the in-class discussion about Nuclear power’s new dawn (Butler, 2004), I just got some main ideas on the advantages of Generation IV reactors. So I was busying searching the internet for some concrete examples to support my stance but failed to find something useful in such a short time. Since the first group was quite prepared, I am kind of nervous before discussion. During the round table discussion, Yangfan answered the more challenging question and let me took the more general one which is summarize the advantages of Generation IV reactors in brief. Overall, I am not active and did not participate much in the round table discussion. Besides, when speaking, I read my notes instead of delivering my points in a conversational manner. Since I was not well-prepared, I seldom rebutted opinions from the other side. I will pay more attention on the deficiencies mentioned above in order to improve my delivering skills in the future.
Reference:
Butler, D. (2004, May 20). Nuclear power’s new dawn. Nature, 429, 238-240.
We had our round table discussion on whether there should be R&D funding for the development of Generation IV reactors on this Thursday. After the discussion session, we wrote feedback to each other in class. After reading through the feedback form, I found the feedback from my classmates really helped to assess my performance in the round table discussion.
As I missed the previous class, I came without much preparation. Summarizing the in-class discussion about Nuclear power’s new dawn (Butler, 2004), I just got some main ideas on the advantages of Generation IV reactors. So I was busying searching the internet for some concrete examples to support my stance but failed to find something useful in such a short time. Since the first group was quite prepared, I am kind of nervous before discussion. During the round table discussion, Yangfan answered the more challenging question and let me took the more general one which is summarize the advantages of Generation IV reactors in brief. Overall, I am not active and did not participate much in the round table discussion. Besides, when speaking, I read my notes instead of delivering my points in a conversational manner. Since I was not well-prepared, I seldom rebutted opinions from the other side. I will pay more attention on the deficiencies mentioned above in order to improve my delivering skills in the future.
Reference:
Butler, D. (2004, May 20). Nuclear power’s new dawn. Nature, 429, 238-240.
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