Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Final Reflection


























My friend introduced me to ES2007S telling me how useful it will be in preparing us for presentation and effective communication.I remembered the decision on taking this course was a huge hurdle to me. Communication is never my forte, getting in to this course will mean I need to step out of my comfort zone and speak in front of the class. In the end, I decided to take a big step forward and go ahead by taking this module alone.

When I was rushing for projects and deadlines for ES2007S, my friends asked me why did I take this course in the first place. I too questioned myself once or twice throughout this course. Having been through the whole ES2007S course, I realized I found the answer.

ES2007S taught me about techniques in effective communications, presentation skills and professional writing skills. Even though a lot of people think these are all common sense and taking up a course on communication is not necessary, I beg to differ. ES2007S provides a platform for us to practice presentation skills, where classmates and teacher provide immediate feedback to us. I found it extremely useful and really glad all the feedback are done truthfully and directly. Other modules in NUS do not provide such platform to share ideas on each other presentation. 

My friend once told me that nobody is born a speaker and even a good speaker need lots of practice in order to succeed. Through this course, I saw all the hard work put in by my peers and I see that those which are better in presentation did put in a lot of effort to improve too. This is an encouragement to me and remind me to put in extra effort to improve my communication skills even after ES2007S ended.

Really glad that my peers are all friendly and approachable. ES2007S is definitely one of my most enjoyable modules so far in NUS. :)







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  1. LIYING18 April 2012 at 08:22

    Hi Huiping, I agree with you about the point that ES2007S as a platform to practice presentation skills, which is personally the main thing that I take away from the course. I forgot to mention for my own post, but I do think that the feedback that we get from Dr Radhika and our peers were really useful in helping us to improve. Since different people notice different things, we are usually able to get opinions from various perspectives. Such opinions allow discussions on whether we do right or wrong, which eventually provide better feedback for us to improve on. As you have mentioned, such opportunities/platform are not that common in other NUS modules.

    That aside, I also agree with you on your last statement! ES2007S has been an enjoyable module for me as well(: Thanks for being part of this fun class! Wish you all the best in your future endeavours and of course for the upcoming exams! :D

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