Descriptive Reflection on my Strength, Weakness and Goals for Communcation
Lim Mei Jiuen
Year
1 Student
Singapore
Institute of Technology
Sustainable
Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services)
Blk
322
Choa
Chu Kang Avenue 5, #10-06
Singapore
520322
14
September 2017
Ms
Lim Lay Hoon
Tutor
SIE2016
Effective Communication
Singapore
Institute of Technology
10
Dover Drive
Singapore
138682
Dear
Ms Lim
Subject: Descriptive Reflection on my Strength, Weakness and Goals for Communication
My
name is Lim Mei Jiuen, and I am writing in to submit a descriptive reflection
on my communication strength, weaknesses and my goals for the effective communication
module. During my time studying in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Hotel and Leisure
Facilities Management, I had interned in a property management company. My
experience in the company builds up my interest in the facilities management of
a building. This helps me in making the choice to further pursue my studies in
the Bachelor in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services).
One
of my strength in communication is my ability to be empathetic. This aids me
when communicating with others. During team projects, I am able to think in the
point of view of others, and be receptive to their ideas. I understand that
everyone has their own ideas and values and, I should respect their inputs.
This helps in producing a more productive team discussion.
During
presentation, I tend to use filler words such as ‘then’ and ‘like’ frequently.
This makes my presentation unprofessional. The usage of filler words affects
the fluency of my presentation, resulting in a disruption of conveying the key
points to the audience.
For
technical writing, I am poor in summarizing. I often have difficulty in prioritizing
the important points of an article to include in a summary. This often results
in me exceeding the word limit given.
My
goals for this module are to increase my confidence and fluency for
presentations through practice. I also hope to refine my report writing skills,
increasing my ability to write formally and professionally.
I
believe effective communication is important in our daily lives, and helps us to
deliver and receive the correct information. I look forward to learning more
about it from you in the coming classes.
Yours sincerely,
Lim Mei Jiuen (Ms)
Year
1 Student
Sustainable
Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services)
Hi Mei Jiuen, Abby here!
ReplyDeleteI think that the post you did was very interesting and gave me a very good insight of yourself, as well how the multiple projects you did in Ngee Ann had gave you the opportunity to sculpt your communication skills. I do agree with what you stated about your strength in communication as I see that with you in our day-to-day encounters. As for your weakness, I agree to a certain extent as I feel that it is human nature to use filler words when you are nervous, but fret not, in time to come I believe you will make improvements! I think that what you have written did satisfy the requirements of our assignment, however things you could improve on would be being more concise and grammar. For example. you could brief us at the start of your paragraphs for "Strengths" and "Weakness" like how you did with your "Goals". In conclusion, I believe your post was well written however there is still room for improvement.
Hi Mei Jiuen,
ReplyDeleteI notice most of the people have the tendency to use filler words when speaking and I am currently facing this issue as well if you have noticed it during my peer teaching presentation. I realized that filler words are used to prevent awkward silence while trying to recall certain information, having uncertainties or simply when you are feeling nervous.
Regarding technical writing, i do face the same problem as you and i strongly believe in both cases, only through practice, can we learn from our mistakes and improve from it.
As for your strength i think that it is important to have this thinking as having a team member who are not approaching problems with open mind will only slow down discussions and might even create unnecessary conflicts between members due to disagreements. So, keep it going!
Hope that I have been of great help with some of my views and suggestion. Let us help each other as peers to strive for better communications skills.
Regards,
Ming Liang
Hi Mei Jiuen,
ReplyDeleteJosiah here! Good work on your first blog post. Thanks for sharing a little bit about yourself as well as your strength and weaknesses.
There are some grammatical errors that you have made in your post. In your second paragraph, you mentioned strength when it should have been strengths. You also forgot to jump a line when staring a new paragraph and it may prove dangerous for future assignments if you forget to do so. You could also better define your weakness section by letting the reader know that the paragraph will be about your weaknesses.
All in all, I think you did well in letting us know more about you and also about your strengths and weaknesses. Hope that we can do well in this modules together.
Regards,
Josiah
Hi Mei Jiuen,
ReplyDeleteSean here!
Congratulations on your first blog post! Thanks for sharing with us about yourself, as well as your strengths and weaknesses in terms of communication.
Regarding your strengths, I definitely agree that empathy is one of the most important trait that someone must have. It enhances inter-personal relationships, and in a project group situation, being receptive to all ideas is definitely paramount to the greater of the groups' final work.
For weaknesses, I too like to use filler words such as "erm" or "um" or sometimes even worse, dead silence. This definitely shows the unpreparedness of the presenter.
This was a very good write-up for your first blog post as it was structured and paced appropriately, and I applaud you for it!
Here's to our betterment of our communication and presentation skills in this module.
Regards,
Sean