Critical Reflection

At the start of the course, I have stated my goals that I want to achieve in this course which is to minimise my weaknesses of displaying limited sentence structure, vocabulary and grammar use in sentences. I too had a problems in conveying my ideas into words due to lack of reading and writing. However now, I do realise that the only effective way in learning and improving myself is to read more and practice what you have learned. By reading sample reports and articles and have guidance from Mr Blackstone and friends, it helped me became a better writer and a communicator among peers.

One of the problems that me and my group faced during the project would be finding limited sources of information in the internet. One good example was to find the electricity consumption of buildings in Singapore. To make our project feasible, we had to support our ideas with these information to let audience/readers understand the main problem of electricity wastage in Singapore. We as a group learned that with the shortage amount of time for the project, we had to learn to be quick and work smart in researching. So we had to change our mindset/perspective  in our research to find sources that are easily accessed and at the same time `meet our needs for information. We then changed into researching how electrical appliance cost in a electricity bill. Information as such were sufficient for the report.

Honestly, it was my first time presenting without a script. Although it is difficult, I did give a tap on my back for putting an extra mile to make our group’s presentation run smoothly. I have learned so much in this phase, from small details such as orientation of bullet points in powerpoint slides to major details such as handing over to the next speaker. I believe our strength as a team was to attract the audience interests in our presentation and include them as much as we can to promote our idea. My weaknesses were still trying to remember and interpret my script to the audience smoothly. With the habit of filler words as well, it shows how low my confidence is in conveying the topic I am presenting. I believe there will always have opportunity for improvement and I am glad that Effective Communication  has gave  me that opportunity.