Critical Reflection on my learning journey

Over this period of 12 weeks attending Effective Communication classes, I believe that my capability to writing a presentable report has grown tremendously. My initial goals were to overcome my fear of writing and presenting in front of an audience. With the proper guidance and opportunities, I had achieved my goals.

I gained most knowledge on the assignment which I have to write a summary of a given article, a thesis statement and my response towards it. In total, it took me 3 attempts to conclude a well written post. My first draft was rather sloppy as my summary include unnecessary details with poor paraphrase and citations, also I do not fully understand the means of writing a good thesis statement. It is important to cite correctly to avoid plagiarism and plagiarism is a serious issue. My second draft shows slight improvement but was lack of reference. Finally, with the comments Ms Lim shared and the corrections I made, I accomplished my first graded task.

My biggest take away was from the oral presentation with my team mates. I was teamed up with 3 peers to brainstorm on solutions to an existing problem we faced for our technical report. In a short span of time, we were able to came out with a report and presentation. I felt fulfilled when the whole project was done and when my team was voted second best in class.

In conclusion, I am thankful that Ms Lim gave us extra assignment such as the peer teaching presentation, as her remarks has allowed me to developed better presentation skills and boost my confidence. I am pleased to say that this module had definitely benefit me in many ways.