First improvements!!

Hey everyone,

My first semester is almost over! In two weeks the second big exam weeks will start. However after them, my first semester at the University of Groningen is over. Time to analyze if I already made some improvements.

I remember my first presentation (already in my blog), I was really nervous and was not quite sure about what the teacher expects from me. It didn't take a long time to realize how important it is to be a good presenter and how much you have to practice. Fortunately, we got more than enough chances to practice and thus, constantly improve our soft skills.

When I see what I have reached within this short time span, I am curious about what I can reach in the next semester. Especially presentations are not longer something, about what I am scared or very nervous. On the contrary, I learned that presenting is sometimes even fun (if you are good prepared and interested in the subject you are talking about). Therefore to show you how my presentation skills have improved, I can present you the evaluation sheet of my first presentation and the evaluation of the last one. I think you can see some differences.

As you can see, I improved everything, structure, delivery and language. And I did not only improved my presenting skills, I also improved my vocabulary and grammar skills. In these two pictures, I uploaded my first and my last memo report to a Vocabulary Profiler, with which you can analyze your texts. You can see how many percent of your texts consists out of academic words, basic words and so on, check it out! As you can see, I improved the use of the academic words, which was one of m main aims.

This was my first memo report

This is my newest report

I hope I can retain this tendency, we'll see in some months.
I'll keep you up to date.

Have a nice day!