Final Reflection

Frankly, ES2007S is the only module I had really enjoyed thus far in NUS. Not only because the effective communication skills I could learn from the class, but also its learning environment which was conducive and relaxing. Moreover, I could get to know so many friends.
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After 13 weeks of learning in ES2007S, it is time to write the final reflection about what I have had gained from this module.

Firstly, I learnt to apply 7Cs into communication especially through blogging. Every time I wrote a post, I spent quite a long time to think what and how to write. I was worried about writing something inaccurate whereby confused the readers. This had indeed trained me to communicate effectively. Besides, the comments given by Brad and classmates had been reminding me what mistakes I used to be ignoring. On the other hand, commenting on classmates' blogs had been urging me to read through their posts carefully so that I fully understood what they were saying before I wrote my comments. This might be because once I clicked 'submit', my comments would be shown to the whole world, so I considered twice for everything before I wrote them. As a result, I had learnt to be patient in communicating with classmates.

Secondly, the common discussion in class allowed me to practise to be a good listener. In the meantime, I tried my best to contribute to the class whenever I have opinions with regard to the topics being discussed. In the beginning the semester, I dared not to speak so much as I was worried about giving bad ideas. However, I changed and tried to voice out my opinions when I realised that Brad and all my classmates were so nice. Now, I tend to think that giving whatever opinions I have is better than just keeping quiet. This is what a discussion is about. We won't know whether our opinions are constructive unless we voice them out.

Thirdly, the peer teaching, mock interviews and project activities such as oral discussion and presentation had further enhanced my ability to communicate more effectively and interact better with everyone in class. For instance, when I acted as an interviewee while my classmates acted as interviewers, I kept reminding what I should do and should not do. I did the same for all other activities.

All in all, I have learnt many effective communication skills from this course. In fact, some of my friends outside the class have noticed and appreciated my improvement.
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Hey guys, I will still write new posts after this semester. I hope most of you will do the the same and come to leave some comments for me :D! All the best for your exams.