It has been a fruitful journey ever since I undertake the module
effective communications. 12 weeks had passed in a blink of an eye and the
module is coming to an end. I had learnt a lot through this module, from
providing a reader’s response, to writing a technical report and lastly oral
presentations.
This module allows me to sharpen and understand how
important communications skills is. For instance, we are tasked to complete the
Reader’s response. This helped me to read and interpret the article in many various
way, looking past the words to search for deeper meanings and also allowing me
to pick up criticism skills and then provide information and research to back
up with the responses.
Having written numerous reports during my Diploma course of
studies, SIT allows me to unlearn the skillset that I have and equipped me with
more source of information to relearn the importance of writing a technical
report. From this event, I learnt that for a technical report, everything need
to be very clear and concise and must have a good flow of content so that the
reader is able to understand what the proposal is for.
My biggest take away from this module is the skills for oral
presentation. I used to think that oral presentations was just simply
presenting my ideas to the audience. However through this oral presentation, I learnt
that as a good presenter, we need to capture the attention of the audience. Not
only that, good eye contact is important as the audience would be able to get
your attention. Having good articulation and projection of our voice, portraying
better body posture, hand gesture and enthusiasm, it indirectly affects the
quality of oral presentation.
Lastly I would like to thank my tutor, Ms Lim, and my fellow
peers for always providing me with constructive feedback to improve my skills,
and also making my effective communications learning journey an enjoyable one.
