PECHA KUCHA: Our last ECO II Project.

PECHA KUCHA is a short presentation that consists of 20 slides which are shown for 20 seconds each. The 20x20 format allows each presenter to talk for 6 minutes and 40 seconds on a personal project or interest of their choice.

PECHA KUCHA is a Japanese word literally meaning "Chit Chat".

20x20 presentations are awesome because they force the presenter to focus on the point and to say what it's really important. Pictures help listeners to follow and understand the presentation.

This year we made two PECHA KUCHA presentations. The first one was a practical work for Diction and we tried to answer the question "WHY CERTAIN SOUNDS ARE MORE DIFFICULT THAN OTHERS?". The second one is our last ECO II project and we will present it in our final exam.

Writing the script is the most difficult part of PECHA KUCHA presentations. You have to decide what you want to say and say it in only 20 seconds. It took us hours and days to finish both scripts.

Making powerpoint presentations were the best part of PECHA KUCHA. There are two ways of doing so: you can choose funny pictures or you can choose pictures which represent what you are saying. In our first presentation we chose funny pictures but for our second one we decided to do it more formal. 

My biggest problem is to memorize the script. I cannot study by heart and for this kind of presentation this point is crucial. Let's see what happens tomorrow in the final exam!!!