7.COMPILING A LITERATURE REVIEW

I will talk about my experience of compiling a literature review. I have recently composed a literature review about why certain skills are important in the workforce.

                                                                                                            I had never compiled a literature review before and I was very interested in seeing how it went and what it involved. Before I typed up the literature review I wrote down on a blank piece of paper my own understanding of the importance of each of the skills and how they make the company a success. I also researched some information on the internet and in books and then compiled the literature review. I had to be careful with the information as I had a word count to abide by and I also had to make sure not to take the first amount of information I found at face value. I did find the referencing difficult in the review as it was my second time referencing and I wanted to make sure that the quotes I got from websites, books and articles were correctly put in after the sentence and in the referencing list at the end.

                                        By doing this review it has given me an insight into how to compose a literature review and has given me more confidence in the future if I am doing a review. I have learned how to critique the information I found and use it efficiently. It has also shown me how to research a topic and compile the information effectively. It has helped me to improve my referencing skills.

4.EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

In this post I intend to give some tips on how to carry out an Effective Presentation. I have recently done an oral presentation, were I talked about my hobby and the background of where it originated from.

                      Before I started my oral presentation I was really nervous about doing it because I was worried I would talk too fast and my class mates would not understand what my topic was about. When I had put my oral presentation together I decided to practise it in front of my mam and see what she thought of it and if I had the whole presentation talked about in the whole 5mins. After some practising I was confident that my presentation would be delivered in the 5mins. I also decided I would use cue cards to help me if my mind went blank during the presentation.

                     Looking back on my presentation there is a few things that I would do differently. I noticed that during my presentation, as a lot of people are, I was very nervous and at the beginning I was talking a little too fast due to my nerves. If I was doing it again I would be a bit more relaxed because everyone in the room was "in the same boat" as me. I would also make more eye contact as I noticed that I wasn't making as much eye contact with my classmates. I think that instead of some images I had of myself I would put up a short video of me dancing in a competition so people could see what my style of dancing is like.