Final Reflection

It has been 12 weeks and this module is coming to an end. Thinking back, I had learnt so much about written, verbal and non-verbal communication. Communicating in English has been a problem to me; I have to think of what I want to say in Mandarin, translate it into English, and reorganize the content so that it makes sense to others. After the peer teaching and oral presentation, I feel that actually I can do fairly well just like others.

Conducting a survey and writing a proposal to propose a solution is something new to me. Aaron has helped me a lot in editing the proposal as my English is not as good as him. In the process, I had learnt to write using the ‘you’ attitude for the proposal to be more persuasive. The few videos about presentation that Ms. Lim showed in class were very helpful in my learning.

I had learned through the resume writing that when you write using different words, though conveying the same meaning, it can put the reader looking at it in a different perspective and the feeling is totally different. I had found that my blog post is always not as interesting as others because it only generate very few comments. I guess it must be too long and the content is difficult to comment though I spent a lot of time writing one post, trying my very best to write a post with high quality.

Overall, it has been a pleasant experience taking this module but it could have been better if I were to take it in my earlier years of study. Working in a two-person team with Aaron has been a great experience; it is just much easier to schedule a time to meet, either online or face to face, thus increasing our efficiency. It would be great if this module can teach a little about negotiating skills and a bit of psychology as I think it will be helpful in a business deal.