Reflective Research Project

REFLECTIVE RESEARCH PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
This reflection report is in accumulation of all my experiences that led to the
development of summarizing and public speaking and public presentation skills and their
applications when it comes to day-to-day life as well as employability structure. in today's active
competition these two skills are must have as they establishes an outline for how others perceive
you. The deflection is done using Gibbs model of self-reflection which revolves around six
stages. The first stage of Gibbs reflective cycle is description of the experience that led to the
development of that particular skill. The second stage of this model revolves around the thoughts
and feelings that originated during the experience which led to the development of summarizing
and public speaking skills for me. The third step of Graham Gibbs model of self-reflection
revolves around evaluation of the particular experience including the both good and bad aspects
of the situation. The four step of this reflective model revolves around analysis of the situation
followed by the fifth stage that is based on conclusion which are drawn on the basis of learnings
along with realization of what could have been done differently. The last stage of this reflective
cycle revolves around the accumulation of the results drawn on previous five stages and using
them to form an action plan focusing on how would I deal if I ever come across a similar
situation in future.

REFLECTIVE REPORT
This report revolves around the acquisition of two of the most important skills that I
believe will help me throughout the course of my life which are summarizing along with public
speak in and the understanding of giving presentations. This report revolves around the
theoretical knowledge that I learnt while attending classes along with the understanding of the
topics that I already had because of my keen interest in it (Borkar 2020). I am using the Gibbs
model of self-analysis and order to establish and outline for a better understanding and
evaluation of reflective cycles focusing on the day-to-day life and future employability structure.
The gives model of reflective cycle is based on six stages and I am going to use all of the six
stages to explain both of the skills in evaluating the information associated with that in order to
draw reliable results.
The first stage of Gibbs reflective cycle is description. This stage revolves around the
description of the experience which led to the development of the concerned skills. I am going to
discuss my experience about acquisition of both of the skills that are mentioned above. The first
skill is summarizing. I had the basic understanding of summarizing way back before I visited and
attended the classroom. I always had an interest in how I can make the things I say more
effective and enhance the audience engagement by improving the quality of content that I utter.
After a bit of research that I conducted at my personal level I came across the concept of
summarizing(Sagan 2016). I was deeply interested in how this concept allows you to speak and
cover a huge variety of information using very few words. This helps in development of
audience engagement by enhancing the quality of the overall content increases drastically. using
this methodology of conveying information, I was able to improve the quality of communication
that I had with my I teachers along with during my presentations. With time during my time at

classroom made me realize that summarizing as a skill is more efficient if someone knows the
concept of public speaking and is confident enough to do so. Although I used to think that I am
master of summarizing during the learning I received from models I learnt a lot about
summarizing as well and I received all the theoretical knowledge about the concept of public
speaking as well as write an effective way of giving a presentation confidently in front of a
crowd.
The second stage of Gibbs reflective cycle is thoughts and feelings about the learning
experience that I had associated with the acquisition of these two skills. The only thoughts that I
had during my learning experience of these two skills was how much these two skills will help
me in my future employability structure. I always had problem with public speaking and before
developing an understanding of how important public speaking is, I never even try to do so out
of my fear of stage. During the learning and experiencing part I was not comfortable in the
beginning as well. In the modulus that I acquired during my class room I came across all the
necessary theoretical knowledge that I needed to enhance my public speaking skills and
combining them with summarizing skills in order to deliver a flawless presentation. But during
the time of my first presentation, I felt nervous because for me it was stepping outside of my
comfort zone. But in my first presentation I used all the knowledge that I gained throughout my
experience in classroom and the presentation came out to be pretty good (Zhao & Lu 2019).
Everyone appreciated the efforts and my confidence boosted. It was one of the best feelings that
I’ve ever experienced.
The third stage of Gibbs reflective cycle revolves around the methodology of evaluation
of the overall experience considering both the positive and negative aspects of the story. During
my learning at classroom, I acquired all the theoretical knowledge that I needed to know