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.
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Dear Ruirui,
I am glad that you have enjoyed this module and picked up valuable skills from this module. I was impressed by your confidence in you and the eye contacts you made during the presentation. I would have given you full marks if I was the person judging you. You are also very well-composed during the Q & A. I guess you must have made lots of preparation to anticipate difficult questions from the floor.
I think you should not be afraid that you lack EQ. You have a heart of gold and is always helpful towards others. I find that this would already bring you very far.
Buddy,
Darren
Hey Rui Sheng,
I do possess the same flaws as you do. I do feel I lack the EQs and always using the wrong words. I am pretty weak in conveying my message across too. ES2007S is a good platform in helping me develop all those skills, that I lack. I agree that it provides me the direction where I need to head on to.
All the best to your future endeavours.
Hey Rui Sheng,
It is nice to note that you have learnt valuable skills that will be able to assist you now and in future, and that you have enjoyed this module throughly.
Like you, I also picked up valuable skills from the course. Most of all, I felt that the team projects in the module has shaped our EQ skills and communication skills tremendously, as you said that you lack this skills in your post.
There is still a lot to learn about communicating effectively in future, and I wish you all the best for your future endeavours.
Hi Ruisheng,
It is really very nice to see that this module had increased your confidence level and provide you the necessary skills in presenting yourself. I think that is the purpose of the entire module, to train people like us, from Science and Engineering, who hardly have much chance to do presentation.
I agree that after attending this module, I tend to pay more attention to the choice of words used and more observance of those non-verbal cue when communicating with people. These are definitely important skills for us in the workforce.
I hope we will continue to improve our communication skills and be better team player especially in the future workforce.
Cheers to you
Xinyi
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