Description 
Throughout this sign language lesson I learnt how to finger spell the alphabet as well as taking part in group activities where we had to communicate by lip reading.

Feelings

I was very nervous with doing the finger spelling as ive never come across this before and it usually takes me a while to learn something like this, as we started to do the finger spelling, I then got the hang of it and actually then felt confident. During the group session again, I felt nervous as lip reading is not my best subject and find it difficult. After this lesson I realised how much deaf people struggle and how much they have to take in on a day to day basis which must be very draining.

Evaluation 
Throughout this session I would say I enjoyed learning this and found it very useful I enjoyed learning the alphabet, I didn’t particularly enjoy the lip reading. This has improved my non-verbal skills and my social skills and team work skills with other people in the class.

Analysis
I would say I should have put more effort into the lip reading and think about it before saying I can’t do it and try harder instead of moving on, i found it very beneficial with gaining more skills and knowledge which all goes towards my future career path. i will still have to go home and watch videos on YouTube to remind me as 1 hour lesson was not enough time to fully learn and remember the whole alphabet.

Conclusion 
If I was to do this session over again one thing, I would do is try harder with the lip reading and not give up thinking I can’t do it and challenge myself with the alphabet. like i mentioned above i will carry on watching videos which will help me in the future as i would have took the time to learn more in my own time.

Action plan 
In other lessons I will make sure I work and try harder at the tasks which will benefit me with my future career and interactions in the future.

Gibbs, G. (1988). The reflective cycle. Kitchen S (1999) An appraisal of methods of reflection and clinical supervision. Br J Theatre Nurs, 9(7), 313-7.

Throughout today’s lesson I successfully delivered my poster presentation on my research topic, how did the terror attack in 2015 affect Tunisia’s tourism. Firstly, I explained my research with the HNC students where I described what my research was, my key primary and secondary findings, conclusion and recommendations. I then went on to ask for their opinions and advice what they thought about the topic. I felt this was good for them as it gives them help for when they are carrying this unit out.

I felt quite confident with my presentation as I knew all of my data and research, I found was an interesting topic and with what is going on in the world now other people take interest in this topic to see other people’s opinions. When I was delivering my presentation, I was feeling a little nervous as thoughts was going through my head; what if people think this topic is stupid, what if people ask questions and I don’t know the answer too etc… but once the presentation was over, I was feeling fine and shocked myself with answering people’s questions with confidence. I felt I was very self-confident during the presentation.

Once this was accomplished, the other students gave me some feedback, which I was very surprised at as they were all positive and people said it was such an interesting topic and I explained my presentation very clear and they understood what I was talking about, they said it looked very professional, good use of references and good use of charts and pictures. These comments prove I must have good communication skills, listening skills and social skills.

In general, I was made up and feeling very proud of myself with my presentation and how well I did, this unit will 100% help me in future units and tasks as I have learnt to always prepare myself so when I have a presentation to make sure I know what I am talking about and take my time. So, I would say this unit boosted my presentation skills. If I had the chance to present my presentation again, I would be more confident ask them if they have any questions instead of them thinking should I ask a question or not?