Self evaluation of my oral presentation

My notes:

Hello everybody, I’m going to introduce my research project presentation.

The topic is: the fashion of omegas.

First of all, I choose this topic because I thought it would be so interesting, current, special and obviously because I wanted to my research project related to biology,  It was the first thing I saw clearly.  I thought I would do it well because nutrition topics related to food always caught my attention.

Very briefly, my objectives were know more about omegas 3 and their benefits, know the degree of knowledge in our high school and do a comparison between the marketing of these products in different supermarkets and their price.

The project is divided into two big parts. The theoretical part and the fieldwork or practical part.

In the first part I explain what’s functional food, the different types, the ways to group them and the problems they tried to solve. In particular I explain what’s an omega and three different types: Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9 with their types, their sources of consumer and obviously their benefits. In the end I spoke about the valid legislation about food in Catalonia and the valid legislation about products with omega 3.

In the second part, I’ve done the fieldwork part. In this I did a study of omega-3 products marketed, differentiating between DHA acid and EPA acid and I compared this products with the same product without omega 3. I did it studying the labels of the products. I compared the price between different food brands and also I compared the results between three different supermarkets. At the end, I had different conclusions, like that the most expensive supermarket is the same which has more omega 3 products and best labeled.

I also did a study between a sample of our high school students. I studied the knowledge about omegas 3 in the sample and the consumption of these products in their house. I get and compare the results and had conclusions, like that vast majority think they know what are these products and more than a half are wrong.

I had some problems in this project to find the information like the valid labeling legislation in Catalonia, unlike US here this information’s private but in US or Canada is public and easy to find.

Also I have to say that some supermarkets didn’t give me permission to take the information from label product so I couldn’t study it.

I think that’s also interesting to tell some “funny” things I saw when I did the research.

-       The first of them was the labeling, the vast majority of this type of products don’t obey the legislation although it’s one of the simplest in the world.

-       The industry exaggerates the benefits of this products until unexpected places and they have come to say that the consumption of the product "improves mood of the consumer" or slogans like “the new vitamin: omega 3” when omegas are fatty acids.

I only need to say that is better to consumption natural omega 3 than functional food, and the benefits are much higher.

Presentation (10%): I used a PDF to expose my oral presentation. The PDF contains some pictures divided into sections which I speak. It's a good way to support the oral presentation and don't forget any section.
Body language and eye contact (10%): I struggled to look at the people face while I talked, but I don't succeed in this point, paradoxically I think my body language is good.
Structure (10%): I had an index in my research project but it was quite long, so I had to sum it up. I started with a short introduction about my project. After that I spoke about my theoretical part, of course in general. Lately I told what I've done in the practical part. I also spoke about the problems I had while I was doing the project. To finish, I've done a short part of conclusions.
Content (35%): The content was taken from the research project, I know that's not the same but I can't be objective this time because I was working in this project almost a year.
Language (25%): I think that my language was good, I know I used too many specific words for my presentation, and the words were a little strange for some people, but my project's in the field ob biology and these were the words that people use. I think I used phrasal verbs and I also think I tried to put one or two idioms, but I don't remember it. 

Pronunciation (10%):  I think my pronunciation wasn't bad, despite that it's either quite good. I'm aware that I've so much to improve and learn. 

Final Mark: I think that a good mark for me will be an 8'5