Reported Speech

Mr Jurong revealed that he had a bad habit of procrastinating. For instance, when his mother gave him a task, he would respond with a "wait" even when he was not doing anything important.

He further commented that his parents and girlfriend had advised him to change his habit. Mr Jurong also realised that he must kick his procrastination habit as it might affect his work ethics in the future. Therefore, he claimed that he had started to carry out the tasks assigned to him promptly and had become more proactive at managing the tasks at hand.

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Self-Introduction of Nurul Sharfirin

Dear Professor Blackstone

I am writing this e-mail to introduce myself to you formally. My name is Nurul Sharfirin, but you may address me as Nurul. I am a first-year civil engineering student in Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT).

In 2011, I graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a diploma in intelligent building technology. Upon graduating, I worked for the Housing & Development Board (HDB) as an estate executive for six years. I tended to numerous feedback and complaints. Common issues faced by the residents were spalling concrete and water seepage. Some of the difficulties I faced include not being able to determine the source of the water seepage and not being able to answer the residents’ queries due to my lack of technical knowledge in buildings. These situations made me wonder why such problems occurred and I wanted to know if something could be done to prevent these problems in the future. Having these thoughts ultimately led me to enrol in this programme.

Working for HDB gave me the opportunity to converse with various groups of people, which include the management, supervisors, colleagues, contractors, and residents. Therefore, my communication strength would be my ability to adapt my communication style to different audiences, which includes people of different generations. Apart from that, I would think before I speak so as not to offend the listener or convey the wrong information.

As for my communication weakness, I can be a poor listener at times. When someone is talking to me, I would be thinking of a reply instead of listening to the person attentively. Therefore, I sometimes would misinterpret the message that the speaker is trying to relay, which may result in misunderstandings.

I hope that by the end of this module, I would gain the ability to speak and write confidently and acquire effective interpersonal communication skills.

I look forward to your upcoming lessons. Thank you.

Best regards

Nurul

CVE 1281

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* Commented on Syahiran’s, Yong Xing’s and Jayce’s Introduction Posts

Welcome to My Blog

Greetings!

My name is Nurul and the purpose of this blog is to improve my oral communication and written skills.