Before I took up this module, I thought communications? Shouldn’t that be easy? Everyone knows how to communicate. But through this course, I came to realize that they are in fact very complex, in terms of interpersonal relationships, cultural context and so on. There is so much more to be learnt from this topic and our lecturer, Miss Goh has exposed to us to various communication techniques through hands-on such as writing our resumes, minutes, business letters, blogs and our formal report. And it was also through the feedback that I have gotten from Miss Goh that I have learnt and digested some of these skills. The soft skills I have learnt in this course definitely cannot be picked up from your ordinary textbooks. It is certainly one of the most interesting modules I have ever taken.
Learning how to communicate verbally and non-verbally is also one of the most important take-home messages for this course. Through my course mates, Nie Jing and Mario who are certainly the best team mates around, I have also learnt how to work better in a team and was given a chance to improve on my communication skills. Thanks to them for tolerating me and helping me out on my share of work when I was busy juggling with my schedule and making this project experience a great one for me.
Although I did hope that my presentation skills would improve after this course, I do not deny that I was very disappointed with myself during my oral presentation. But as the saying goes “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” And hopefully with more presentation opportunities, I can improve on my skills and to come across as a better speaker in future.
But nonetheless, I have enjoyed myself tremendously throughout this course and thank you everyone, especially Miss Goh for making this course a enriching and fun one for me. =)
Sunday, April 12, 2009
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