Language and Literature Blogpost #9

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.