Reflection Post

It feels like it was yesterday when I wrote my first post on “why developing effective communication skills is important for me?” Time really passes very quickly and it has come to the end of this semester.

After this course, I came to realise that effective communication is not just the verbal way of interacting with others, non-verbal cues such as hand gestures and facial expressions are equally important. Effective communication is still the key to maintaining a good relationship with future colleagues, peers and even family members, as it helps to leave a good impression on people and prevent misunderstandings from taking place.

The group research project undertaken for the module allowed for generation and clear organisation of ideas. By having to work in a group, it provided the interaction opportunities and developed our delivery and interpersonal skills through having to deliver messages and convince the group mates of the ideas.

The small class setting provided many chances for interaction between classmates. This allowed for exposure for working with different people and thus allows us to get used to working with different people which is highly essential in the future working life.

I believe the communication skills that I have developed from this course will be highly useful upon my graduation, such as writing a good resume and application letter for a job. This will give me an edge over others especially in the current competitive society.

Last but not least, I feel great knowing all of you and I really had great fun interacting with every single one of you, despite the stress that we got from having to meet the deadlines of the assignments and project. I do hope we can keep in touch and meet once in a while in the Science Canteen for a meal, or even at Macdonald’s for the convenience of the Engineers. =) Special thanks to Ms Happy for your guidance throughout this entire course.