Effective communication Reflection

Effective Communication, as the name implies, has taught me to communicate my ideas to others verbally and through writing.I feel that this module has brought students together through extensive team projects and assignments. Working well with people is one of the essential communication skills I had gained out of this module.

As part of this English module, students were tasked to do writing assignments. I have always enjoyed being able to craft my thoughts into writing. In this module, I gained valuable feedback from Ms. Lim and my peers on how to hone my writing skills – mainly on writing structure, transition paragraphs, and most importantly, writing concisely. During my years in Polytechnic, I was tasked to submit a handful of reports. However, I never had a chance to receive feedback from my lecturers to find out my strengths and areas for improvement. Through constructive feedback, and constant practice and application of basic communication principles, I was able to amend mistakes that I was making repetitively. I realised that I was more capable of crafting out diagrams and utilising tables to provide explanation in my technical report, rather than elaborating them with words with still delivering the message unambiguously.

Lastly, oral presentations allowed the transference of theoretical skills into applicable practice. Through the oral presentation, I learnt to equip myself with practical communication skills that will be beneficial in the future, such as professionalism in presentation, body posture, and tone of voice which I can improve on. Through the oral presentation, I feel that I can capture audience attention by lifting the atmosphere during the presentation.

I believe that this module will benefit me in my future career advancement through effectively getting my proposed idea, and message across to my client through professional writing and oral skills.