English 2025 by Nicholas MCCANCE

Have you noticed any improvement in knowledge or skill so far? In what way? Why or why not?

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-09 04:16:33 UTC

I have. I have noticed that there is less awkward silence in my talking a less filler words like um or uh. This improvement happened as we watched the videos on public speaking and then applied that to real life practices.

What parts of lessons have been less valuable for you? Explain.

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-09 04:16:49 UTC

Not sure, I felt that all the lessons taught us stuff. I didn't feel like anything was of less value than anything else.

Considering what we've completed so far, what areas of oral communication seem to be most important for you to continue to develop? Why is this important to you? (considering you've just completed FFPP, this might tie into pathway planning and your interests)

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-09 04:17:02 UTC

The most important area of oral communication that I want to develop would most likely be filler words as using them can take up the overall meaning of what you are trying to say.

How can I continue to support you in class to develop these skills? What would you like to see more of in the classroom?

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-09 04:17:12 UTC

In the classroom, I think it would be better to develop our skills by getting more experience in talking. This can also be done by watching the ted talk videos as I though they were helpful seeing someone keep on talking without saying anything.

Evidence and Reflection

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-17 05:08:24 UTC

In this activity, we were tasked to tick boxes depending on what type of social situations we were comfortable with and labeled them 1 to 5.

Evidence and Reflection

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-17 05:08:52 UTC

This activity was to have a look at the task sheet and highlight key points that would be useful to help us complete the task properly ensuring that all points would be met.

Evidence and Reflection

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-17 05:09:06 UTC

This table here is for the two truths and a lie. The table represents my struggles, things to try in the next interview, and success that I had in the second interview.

Mock Interview Prep

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-22 00:36:34 UTC

This interview prep was used as quick notes to remember as I didn't look at these during the video. It was only so I had a rough idea on what to say.

Reflection for Job Interview (Mock Interview)

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-22 00:36:57 UTC

Did I feel nervous? How did I show or hide it?
For the job interview, I did feel nervous as I was put on the spot with little time to practice to rehearse. It was visible that I was nervous as I kept smiling in the video. I tried hiding my nervousness by making eye contact with the interviewer and trying my best to speak clearly and concisely.
Did I feel prepared for the interview? Why or why not?
I felt pretty much prepared for the interview as I had previously made some notes for myself to refer back to but could not see them during the interview. I sort of thought that I would just think of something to say for the things I didn't write notes for.
Did I use eye contact with the interviewer?
Regarding communication, I thought that I made good eye contact with the interviewer but seemed to drift off at times.
In what ways did I adapt my answers to highlight the skills and qualities most relevant to the role, rather than just listing achievements?
The way that I adapted my answers to highlight the skills and qualities most relevant to the role was to bring up past experience and listing commitments rather than individual achievements such as playing soccer as a team and therefore working well with others.
What impact did my non-verbal communication (e.g., eye contact, posture, gestures) have on how my answers were received?
I thought my eye contact and posture had a positive impact on how my answers were received though I do think my posture could have been in a more confident stance in order to show my assertiveness for the position of a farmer.
If I could repeat the interview, what would I change in how I presented myself, and why?
If I could repeat the interview, I would firstly stop smiling and take it more seriously as in a real interview that would be a big red flag. I would also make sure that I am maintaining eye contact throughout the entire interview to ensure that I would be getting my message across. I would also fix my posture in order to show my assertiveness for the position of a farmer. I can also do things like prepare before hand with practice questions to make sure that I am not getting stuck on anything.

Interview Evidence of Planning (Podcast)

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-22 00:51:56 UTC

Interview Evidence of Planning (Podcast)

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-22 00:52:43 UTC

Interview Evidence of Planning (Podcast)

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-22 00:53:19 UTC

Job Found on Seek

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-23 05:35:56 UTC

Farmer

Interviewing Skills Reflection

nicholasmccance — 2025-09-23 05:37:52 UTC

- How effective were your interview questions in achieving your purpose?

I would say that my interview was successful in achieving my purpose as my purpose make the person I was interviewing a bit uncomfortable and awkward. E.g. When I asked Kyle why he didn't get into a volleyball team, he got quite nervous and wasn't quite sure what to say for a moment. For the audience, this was humorous as it was clear that I was trying to make an awkward environment and that Kyle was a bit uncomfortable.

- How did your verbal communication contribute to the overall tone and flow of the interview?

The main thing that worked well was the difficult to answer questions like the first two. When the questions were asked it instantly changed the environment to something that was a bit awkward and silly. When Asking the questions I tried to keep my tone quite flat to make myself seem more serious in asking the question. My intent was to create a humorous effect as I was asking a rude question in such a serious manner. The one thing I reckon I could improve would be smiling throughout the interview. If I didn't smile or laugh at all the humorous effect for the audience would have been way better and I would have been more successful.

- What role did non-verbal communication play during your interview?

Non verbal communication played well in my interview as I thought I was able to maintain eye contact throughout most of the interview. Showing eye contact is important as it makes it more effective at getting my message or question across. Eye contact aligned with my purpose as it helped the audience see that I had a humorous intent.

- How would you refine your approach for future interviews?

My strengths I think was the eye contact and the flat tone I used to ask the questions. Two adjustments I would make for this interview would be to keep my body language flat and serious the whole time and to find more curveball questions to ask to add to the humorous effect. I think it would also be good to create follow up questions to add more to the natural flow of conversation. If I where to perform follow up questions, it would add to the total dryness and seriousness much more.

Next time, I think that it would be very beneficial to have a range of follow up questions depending on the answer of the person I'm interviewing. This would ensure that I keep on bouncing back with more difficult questions meaning that the person I'm interviewing wouldn't be given much time to think of a good answer. This is good because an awkward silence and a nervous appearance would add much more of a humorous effect.