First International Conference in a While

First International Conference in a While

Today, I participated in an international conference and made a presentation in English for the first time in about two years.

It was an online conference using Zoom, but I was very nervous.

In particular, the problem was the question and answer session after my presentation.

I was not confident that I could answer English questions immediately and well.

Since the first question was simple, I managed to answer it.

However, I could not understand the intent of the second question.

Eventually, I had no idea what to say, and barely said "umm, it's a difficult question for me...," then the questioner said something like "okay" and the session was over.

I must study harder.

久しぶりの国際会議

今日は、約2年ぶりに国際会議で英語で発表しました。

Zoomを用いたオンライン会議でしたが、とても緊張しました。

発表はなんとか終わったものの、問題はその後の質疑応答です。

英語を聞き、即座にうまく答えられる自信がありませんでした。

1人目の質問は簡単な内容だったので、なんとか答えることができましたが、2人目の質問はうまく内容を理解できませんでした。

結局、なんと言ってよいかわからず、" umm, it's a difficult question for me..." と返したら "okay" のように言われて、質疑が終わってしまいました。

もっと精進します。