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one student said he could get higher marks by doing an individual assignment.(12) Do you think that group assignments are a good thing for your learning?Eighteen students thought group assignments were good for their learning. Forexample, one student said, “Yes because we also need to learn to solve conflicts inour team and learn to work with people and that way we learn to work as a team”.Only one student did not agree, saying “I do not think I can learn too much fromgroup assignments, and they are not necessary. If I did a group assignment,different people are appointed to complete different sections. Therefore, I find groupassignment not very useful”.(13) Have you done many presentations since you started University?There were 17 students who had done some presentations. One of them said, “Yesand all the presentations have been done in English”. Only three students had neverhad any presentations. One of them said, “No, not yet … The accounting course ismore about theory and accounts calculation, so I did not have opportunity to do apresentation”.(14) Do you like giving presentations?Thirteen students liked giving presentations. One of them said, “Yes, because inorder for you to present you have to understand it very well, not only what is on theslides but what is behind the slides you have to know think it is a good exercise forstudents”. However, 7 students did not like presentation. One of them said, “Even if Ihad a chance to do a presentation, I did not want to do it, because my personality isquite shy and I do not want to talk in public. The second reason for not wanting to dopresentations, because I am not a very confident public speaker, and I feel myEnglish is not good enough”.(15) What are the main problems you have with presentations?The answers to this question varied. Some students felt that language was a bigproblem; one student said, “To sum up, at first, the language is the main problemwith my presentation”. Others felt that the problem lay in not having the righttechnique; one said, “I think the main problem is learning how to make the slidesmore interesting … it is difficult to manage the time”. Some students felt nervousand one of them commented, “Secondly, my personality is another main problemwith my presentation”.(16) Do you like to work with other international students as a group?Four students preferred to work with local students. For example, one student said,“I prefer local students because most international students are lazy”. Eight studentspreferred to work with international students. One of them said, “Yes, because wecan learn about a culture”. Four students said they do not care. One of them said, “Itdepends … For me, the greatest thing is the personality”. Only one studentpreferred to be in a group with mixed international and local students. He thoughtthat international students are funny and interesting, but local students have somestudy methods and are familiar with local news and social knowledge.(17) Do you think that the group will achieve better or worse results if some or all ofthe group is made up of international students?Two students thought they would get a worse result if they worked with internationalstudents. One said, “Probably worse”. Nine students thought it depended on thecapacity of the group members. One of them said, “If they have good workingmethods and a hard working personality, then it’s fine”. Four students said theycould get better results. One said, “Yes, I think that I will achieve better results, if Ican get good group members”.5.1.3 Education Management System75