FOA Reflection:
My main goal for my further oral activity was to
analyze 3 Head and Shoulders advertisements from 3 different cultures, and how
elaborate on how they are embellished and portrayed depending on each of the
advertisements distinct cultural backgrounds, and by accomplishing this, I was
able to achieve two major learning outcomes, the first being to answer the unit
question “What does advertising reveal to us about our society? “Also, to be
able to demonstrate my knowledge and understanding of the unit by conveying the way mass media use language and image to inform,
persuade, or entertain based on the advertisements cultural contexts.
I felt content with the way I presented and believe
that I was successful in channeling my overall message to the audience, firstly
because I briefly introduced my topic as well as my aims and learning outcomes
that I strived to achieve throughout conducting my further oral activity, and
secondly I displayed and concisely analyzed three Head and Shoulders
advertisements from three different countries that are situated in different
continents (to minimize common correlations and traditions between the
advertisements) in order to delineate the chief aims of these advertisements
and how analyzing such advertisements can assist us in answering the question “What
does advertising reveal to us about our society?”
On the other hand, there was some room for
improvement. For example, while presenting my further oral activity I was
slightly nervous which eventually resulted in unclear voice projection towards
the class, although I fully memorized my script I kept referring back to my
script to make sure of what I was saying; therefore I needed to allocate more
time to memorize my script in future FOAs , and finally the time requirements
were 8-11 minutes long, but unfortunately I only made it to 7 minutes and 34
seconds primarily due to the fact that I was nervous and was rushing my further
oral activity, I know this because when I timed it at home the day before the
presentations, I had achieved a time of 9 minutes and 11 seconds.
As for how well I achieved on my further oral activity
accordingly to the rubric, I believe I did well on criterion A and B, due to
the reason that I conveyed exceptional knowledge and understanding of the
advertisements, and also showed a positive and clear awareness of how language
is used in the advertisements, For criterion C I believe that I will achieve a
moderately good grade such as a 3/5, last but not least the ideas and the
advertisements were organized and comprehendible; therefore I hope to achieve a
3-4/5 in criterion D.
