Final Reflection on Learning

  Time flies, 12 weeks has passed by so quickly. This blog post marks an end to the "Professional Communication" course that I am taking. But what I have taken away from the course will definitely be beneficial for the rest of my life.

  Look back to the time when I just joined the course, I was expecting a course that is full of presentation only. I had that mentality because I am mapping ES2007S to my core module CG1413 that I did not take on the previous semester. And that module I was told to only do presentation for the project of CG1103 because CG1413 is bundled to it.However, after being through the course for the first few weeks, I realised I was completely wrong. I could still remember that Dr Radhika asked us to talk about what each of us wants to take away from this course. My answer to that is polish my writing skills and presentation style since I am already quite confident in presentation.

  To my surprise, not only I learnt what I wanted but so much more than that.For the very first stage when we are doing peer tutoring, the style is completely different from a presentation. I have to present my materials and engaged the audience at the same time. It is a huge jump from just presentation because interacting with audience will definitely increase the level of nervousness.

  Gradually, I start to learn more about communication. Communication, I understood it to be just verbal communication between two or more parties earlier. But from the enriching course that I have been through, I understood that non-verbal communication is actually playing a more important role in professional communication. This is because others is able to understand the true intention of your verbal speeches from your non-verbal cues.

  Perhaps, the biggest take away from the course is that not only I am able to realised my mistakes and areas that I am lacking, but also I have digged out the potential in me. All this will not be possible from the feedbacks and suggestions that I obtained from Dr Radhika and my fellow classmates.

  In conclusion,I would like to present my appreciation towards Dr Radhika and my fellow friends in ES2007S for the fruitful 12 weeks that I have spent with all of you. I would sincerely accept all your comments towards me and improve myself bits by bits from now on.