Research and Study Skill: Reflective Commentary on Group Presentation

This essay is a reflective commentary by a student on their experience completing a group presentation for a research and study skills assignment. The student discusses their initial nervousness about public speaking and how teamwork and encouragement helped them overcome this fear. They reflect on the importance of cooperation, identify their strengths in supporting others, and acknowledge weaknesses in public speaking. The essay includes an action plan to improve these weaknesses through mediation classes and practice sessions. The student concludes that unity and mutual support are essential for team success, emphasizing the value of helping others and acting as a support system within a team.

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Research and Study Skill
Name of the Student:
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Each group member must write up an 800 word reflective commentary in a Word
document on completing Task A2 Group Presentation. You will be assessed on:
INTRODUCTION – Clearly state what your writing is about.
Alshmemri, Shahwan-Akl and Maude (2017) stated that the group work is one if the best means
to find out the positive and the negative points about one’s personality. It is for this reason that
people must be able to make sure that they are taking part in the group activities. I have been
able to find out many of my strengths and weaknesses. I have taken part in m y team project and
found out my strengths and weakness. This assignment has dealt with my weaknesses and the
ways in which I can improve them in future.
MAIN BODY
1 Your experience of working in a group
I am really very thankful to all my team members as they have helped to put up a very nice
and entertaining group project. I consider this as one of the most important lessons that one
can learn during their school or college years. As per the opinion of Gawel (2016) group
projects or team works is perhaps the best way through which we have been able to learn
how to cooperate with each other. I have realized that there are some strengths and some
weakness present with all of us. I will try to make sure that I am being able to work over the
places of my weaknesses and nurture my strengths.

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2 The extent to which your understanding of a concept (theme) was altered by
thinking about it in further depth and by discussing it with other students in your group.
The group work was making presentations and presenting them in front of our class
teachers. I was initially very nervous about taking part in this team project. I thought that I will
become nervous while speaking in front of the teachers and this will indeed be very bad for my
reputation and career. However, it is only because of the encouragement that I got from my
teachers and my friends, which helped me to step forward. Glaser and Strauss (2017) stated that
motivation helps in enhancing the functions as per the objectives. However, I realized that one of
my strength is to support others and be empathetic towards them. As a team member, I need to
actively help other members with the best of my knowledge. This quality will also be very useful
for me in my future career.
3 Your reflections on your individual and group performance of the task and
presentation
(Only write about one section here; 3a what went well or 3b what went wrong)
3a
• Comment on an aspect (one thing) that went well

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I was able to learn that cooperation is the key to success. It is because of the joint collaborative
efforts that our team was successful.
• How it made you feel and why
I was also able to understand that cooperation is one of the key factors for the success of
a team or group work. We have to move forward with our joint efforts in order to transform a
group into a team. For example, before presenting the slides in front of the teachers we had to
undergo many practices.
• What you learnt from this
It was during these practice session that I came to know about some of the very useful
tips for working properly within the team. I realized that I was getting really nervous and I was
fumbling in front of others, one of my teammates assured me that there is nothing to worry and I
just need to keep myself cool and calm.
OR
3b
• Comment on an aspect (one thing) that went wrong

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• How did this make you feel and why
• What did you learn from this
2 Write an action plan
Areas of weakness Resources needed Desired output
nervousness Mediation classes Increase my patience level
Publi8c speaking skills Practice sessions, group
discussion classes
This will help in getting
over my fear of speaking in
front of a large crowd.
• What will you do differently next time
Next time onwards, I will try to work over my public speaking skills by starting several practice
sessions. These practice sessions will help me to get over my public speaking fear.
• What do you need to do to improve in any areas of weakness you have identified?
I need to work over my level of concentration and make sure that I am not getting afraid of the
work load. Mulkay (2014) stated that the aspect of concentration helps in enhancing the activities
that are undertaken by the people. I will also try to work over my public speaking skill and make
sure that I am not getting tensed while speaking in front of a huge crowd.

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• What do you need to do to improve in any areas of weakness you may have
regarding researching, team working, preparing a presentation or presenting. (You can
write about one area of weakness)
I will try to work over my area of weakness and make sure that I am not getting nervous. In order
to do so, I will have to undergo some meditation and stress relief classes. As per the comments of
my team, I can speak well and describe the content in a very lucid manner. It is for this reason
that I want to work over this particular matter.
CONCLUSION –The real strength lies in helping and supporting others rather than throwing
them out of the team. The most important thing that I learned is oneness. If there are oneness and
unity within the team, it will be able to overcome any kinds of hurdles. The most important
lesson that I learned from this scenario is that as a team, we always need to have each other’s
back and act like a proper support system.

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