ISL WEEK 3-4 FORUM AIR POLLUTION The title for the forum that my groups discussed in the

class was Air Pollution. We have divided into three groups where each group contained five people. I was one of the panels in the forum. Although I had prepared myself before the forum started but it still had some weakness on me. The weakness that occurred every time for me was the nervousness. When I was sitting in front of the audience with the chair provided I started to feel nervous and my hands started to sweat. This was because I had to speak in front of the audience with my poor language. !esides I also unable to elaborate my points well. I did not have enough and sufficient idea to make my point more interesting to attract the audience. "ven though I had tried my best to elaborate it well but there were still some mistakes in it. I hoped I would prepare myself with enough information before I spoke ne#t time. In addition I also found that I was not serious when the forum started. When the forum was in the progress I had laughed and paid no attention to the points that were discussed by the other panels. This caused me could not catch up with those points. This was one of the weaknesses that I had to improve it so that I could do well in the ne#t forum. $urthermore I also did not have confidence to talk in front because everyone was paying attention to me. This caused me felt the butterflies in my stomach as I started to e#press my point. There were many grammars and pronunciations errors when I e#pressed my point. In order to improve this situation I would like to practice myself to speak in front of people and also involved myself in this kind of activities more fre%uently. &oreover I also could not speak "nglish fluently. This might happen because I seldom communicate with my friends using "nglish. &ost of the time I was using &andarin or &alay to communicate with them. I found that "nglish had become very alien for me. The words and sentences that I spoke in front of the

public were not correct. To improve my "nglish sentences I would like to do more e#ercises and speaking more "nglish. !esides the weakness during the presentation of forum it also showed the strengths that could be found in it. I had found that most of us had been improving a lot in speaking and presenting manners. $or e#ample I had learnt to wait patiently for the others to finish their sentences before I wanted to voice out my opinion. 'espite of the improvements in the manner my group members and I also had made a good preparation before the forum was being carried out. The discussion had contributes a lot in this forum too. Teamwork was a great found in this I() that we had tolerated with each other and listened to others* point of view since the beginning of the forum preparation. The bond between us was much stronger now. The forum was a success because each of the panels had played their own role pretty well. They had put their effort in the forum and characters so e#cellent that I really admired them for their great +obs. out as well. $rom this I() this particular forum I had now known what a forum was and how to carry out a successful conversation within a forum. I also knew the importance of choosing the right professions or characters for a forum. The information found was also being summari,ed and being delivered in a clearer and more understandable words and sentences to the audience. "ncouragements played an important role in a forum or a group working. I learned to encourage my group to do well in their works and I had even helped to share and relieve their tension during the preparation of the particular forum and when the forum was being carried out. We had tried to find much professional information related to the topic before the forum was carried

)astly I would to like to mention that my pronunciation had improved after the forum. I am now no longer stammering but I able to speak more fluently with a wider vocabulary in "nglish. &y grammar had improved a lot too. As a conclusion my "nglish skill was much better than before.