This week we did some pretty fun exercises, once again. What I liked was the circus game. The forfeits were funny and it's always nice to play some games. I also liked the culture warm up conversation and the magic tricks we tried on Friday (even though I sucked at it, and it's clearly not my future profession...). Don't quit your day job is what my American friends would say!
In my opinion, it was good to go through the tips of how to give a speech or ace a presentation. It's definitely important to know those things, and although I've heard those tips many times before, it was still nice to go over them one more time.
We also went over some communication skills, addressing people and so on. I'm already used to all the "Mr. & Mrs." stuff, thanks to my exchange year, but I assume it can't hurt to brush up those skills, too. By the way, Americans really do NOT understand that in some cultures people don't just talk and talk and talk all the time. I heard some people thought I was stuck up because I was such a quiet person. That's one thing I learned from my exchange year, and now I was reminded about it again: keep the conversation going and don't keep quiet.
The phrasal verb test was a good addition to this course, I think. I already knew majority of the verbs, but there were also some unfamiliar ones, or some that I haven't heard or seen very often. All in all, very useful.
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