Analytical/Critical Reflection

At the beginning of the course, the goal that I had set for myself was to gain the ability to speak and write more confidently. During this course, I had many opportunities to improve my speaking and writing skills. For instance, there were plenty of mini sharing exercises for me to participate in during the lessons and these exercises have allowed me to build up my confidence with presentations too. Apart from that, I also aimed to acquire effective interpersonal communication skills through this course. I managed to achieve this goal as well. I would continue to speak and write in proper English to further improve my communication skills.

One specific focus on the project that I would like to reflect on is the brainstorming stage. During this phase, my team and I encountered several challenges. Firstly, we could not decide on a suitable problem. The moment there was a drawback in the problem that we had identified, we would dismiss the idea and think of a new one. So, we kept changing our problem statement which resulted in a lot of time wastage. After we had finally identified a relevant problem, we then faced difficulties proposing a viable solution. However, we did not give up. We kept researching and ultimately, managed to come up with an innovation for our project, and our team was even selected to present at the Presentation Showcase. From this, I learned that there will always be hurdles in life but, the difficulties I face will make me more determined to achieve my goals and win against all the odds.

The moment I opened Professor Brad's email and read that he wanted my team to share our idea at the Presentation Showcase, I had mixed feelings. I knew that this would be a great opportunity. The thought of presenting to a bigger audience in a larger room almost stopped me. My team was fifth on the presentation list. As I watched the first four teams present, I felt more nervous and anxious. My voice was slightly shaky, and I remember stumbling on a few of my words during my presentation as I was trying too hard to recall my content. However, I felt that I did better than the class presentation as I did not pause and managed to present all my content.

Altogether, effective communication has been a great learning experience for me.

Professor Brad with Team Energy Savers

* Edited on 13/04/2019, 01:09
* Commented on Aufal's, Syahiran's and Jordon's posts