Every ending is a new beginning, as I reflect on the time
spent the past few months in the 'Effective Communications' module, I found
myself enjoying the process of improving my English and writing skills. Ever
since my secondary school days, I have never spent much time writing and
improving my English language. I am very grateful that the Singapore Institute
of Technology gave us the opportunity to revisit our skills in writing and
communicating effectively. Through the 'Effective Communications' module, I
realised that I neglected my writing skills over the past few years in the
military and polytechnic days. I am truly glad to have been given the
opportunity to learn and enjoy the experience of writing once again.
Through the useful documents and 'Symbaloo' website, I
realised there was actually so much more to writing. Three months ago, I never
even heard of terms such as reader's respond, thesis and APA citations. There
was so much more to writing that I never knew existed. I found myself drawing
deeper into the beauty of the English language. I particularly enjoyed learning
Assertion-Evidence Approach as I learnt how to create a presentation slides and
present effectively. I found the concept of building our presentations on key
messages instead of topics to be very useful and I definitely felt that it will
benefit me in the future.
On top of that, the class was tasked to share with one
another the different ways of presenting effectively that we have learnt. I enjoyed
the interesting concept of getting our own friends to teach us to be a very
interesting. The conversation was like learning communication through
communication which was very engaging.
The past three months I spent learning the module 'Effective
Communications' has indeed been a breath of fresh air from all the mathematical
and scientific modules engineering courses have. I have taken away important
skills such as being more aware of the verb tenses and sentence structures in
my writing. Learning from Brad has been a great pleasure and his constant
feedback has really helped me improve my writing significantly and appreciate
the art of writing. My new found interest in writing will definitely go beyond
this three months and I will definitely keep this blog to continue writing.
-Thank you, Brad, for all the time you spent helping us
improve. You have been a great lecturer and hope to see you around school!
Cheers!
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