Now how can you blame Darren for pouring cold water while Derek was sleeping.. Haha..
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Looking back and looking ahead..
When I bided for this course, I was looking forward to developing effective communication skills, to improve my on EQ, and to learn how to write an outstanding resume for my job applications. At the start of this course, I felt that it was important to develop such a skill as it would not only prepare me for the working world in the future, but it would also help me on every level of communication that I would encounter in my everyday life.
As communication is everywhere in the world and it determines the relationships between people and between organizations for example, it is hence a very important skill to have. By saying this, my views on the value of effective communications has not changed and I still feel that effective communication is of high importance.
Working together with Stephany and Joanna on the group report and oral presentation has helped me learn to communicate effectively. With the knowledge of the 7Cs and active listening, I attempted to use these new skills throughout my interactions with them during the group meetings and class discussions. It is because of having paid close attention to these aspects of effective communication that working together with them was efficient and enjoyable.
The experience of the oral presentation that we had has taught me that I have a lot to improve on. Having more confidence in myself and being able to remain calm would help me keep my train of thoughts, thereby remembering the key points I was set out the present, and finally organizing the sentence structures in my head before answering questions.
Apart from the report and the oral presentation, when it comes to emailing my professors now, I pay closer attention to the choice of words used and the sentence structures to avoid any miscommunications. Also, having seen some video examples of good and bad job interviews, I have a better knowledge now of what I have to pay closer attention to and what I should avoid when it comes to an actual job interview.
Personally, I feel that I lack EQ skills and there have been occasions where I have offended people through my choice of words, and not being sensitive to other people's feelings. In addition, due to my poor command of the language, I feel that I am unable to convey certain thoughts and ideas effectively across to people during conversations or meetings. After having gone through this course, though I have yet to perfect these skills and have a long way to go, I would have to say that at least I have a direction to work towards to and improve as much as I can through everyday experiences from paying close attention what I have learnt from this course.
Finally, I have to say that the experience and knowledge I have obtained from this course is golden and it would benefit me ultimately in more ways than one. I have to thank Miss Goh for all the guidance she has given us in this course and to all my classmates for your support and patience with me.
As communication is everywhere in the world and it determines the relationships between people and between organizations for example, it is hence a very important skill to have. By saying this, my views on the value of effective communications has not changed and I still feel that effective communication is of high importance.
Working together with Stephany and Joanna on the group report and oral presentation has helped me learn to communicate effectively. With the knowledge of the 7Cs and active listening, I attempted to use these new skills throughout my interactions with them during the group meetings and class discussions. It is because of having paid close attention to these aspects of effective communication that working together with them was efficient and enjoyable.
The experience of the oral presentation that we had has taught me that I have a lot to improve on. Having more confidence in myself and being able to remain calm would help me keep my train of thoughts, thereby remembering the key points I was set out the present, and finally organizing the sentence structures in my head before answering questions.
Apart from the report and the oral presentation, when it comes to emailing my professors now, I pay closer attention to the choice of words used and the sentence structures to avoid any miscommunications. Also, having seen some video examples of good and bad job interviews, I have a better knowledge now of what I have to pay closer attention to and what I should avoid when it comes to an actual job interview.
Personally, I feel that I lack EQ skills and there have been occasions where I have offended people through my choice of words, and not being sensitive to other people's feelings. In addition, due to my poor command of the language, I feel that I am unable to convey certain thoughts and ideas effectively across to people during conversations or meetings. After having gone through this course, though I have yet to perfect these skills and have a long way to go, I would have to say that at least I have a direction to work towards to and improve as much as I can through everyday experiences from paying close attention what I have learnt from this course.
Finally, I have to say that the experience and knowledge I have obtained from this course is golden and it would benefit me ultimately in more ways than one. I have to thank Miss Goh for all the guidance she has given us in this course and to all my classmates for your support and patience with me.
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