Hope that your week two of semester has not been filled with assignments yet but rather slack as mine!
Currently, I am in Year 2 Life Sciences. I have still got a year or two before heading to the workforce.
I was intending to take this module in my third year, however due to timetable clashes and a disappointing bidding session I decided to take this module as earlier than expected.
Why is Effective Communication Important to Me...
I believe effective communication is crucial regardless of whichever field or occupation one may belong to. That being said, a effective communicator should be one who is well aware of his/her audiences so as to deliver what was intended in the clear manner. I feel my future occupation as a researcher would require me to be able to share my ideas and solutions to my fellow colleagues. I also am prepared that this choice of occupation would mean endless meetings and presentations.
Besides these reasons, I also would want to be an effective communicator to the students who I am currently tutoring. Other than science, I also love tutoring. It has never been easy for me to get certain theories or ideas across to my students. They all would be just staring at me and saying 'huh' in chorus.
Hence, I hope I can improve my skills in getting my intended message across to my students over the period of this module.
Besides these reasons, effective communication is important to me as I always believe that I lack the confidence during presentations. I do not encounter such problem when having a normal conversation. I believe the problem lies when I have to memorise a script and say it exactly as it was written. The added pressure of not forgetting the words and the tense environment diminishes the little confidence I had earlier to zero.
So sometimes I feel memorising script is not such a good idea if you one to be an effective communicator. Therefore, effective communication is important to me as I want to be a better presenter. One who is able to speak with confidence and share one's work with pride.
To sum it up, effective communication is important to me as I believe it would make me a better speaker, one with confidence and clarity in both thoughts and speech. Furthermore, I want effective communication to be a skill of mine which I can declare with confidence and be acknowledged for.
I hope I have explained why I feel effective communication is important to me! Hope you enjoy reading my post!
Signing Off,
Farhanah
Besides these reasons, I also would want to be an effective communicator to the students who I am currently tutoring. Other than science, I also love tutoring. It has never been easy for me to get certain theories or ideas across to my students. They all would be just staring at me and saying 'huh' in chorus.
Hence, I hope I can improve my skills in getting my intended message across to my students over the period of this module.
Besides these reasons, effective communication is important to me as I always believe that I lack the confidence during presentations. I do not encounter such problem when having a normal conversation. I believe the problem lies when I have to memorise a script and say it exactly as it was written. The added pressure of not forgetting the words and the tense environment diminishes the little confidence I had earlier to zero.
So sometimes I feel memorising script is not such a good idea if you one to be an effective communicator. Therefore, effective communication is important to me as I want to be a better presenter. One who is able to speak with confidence and share one's work with pride.
To sum it up, effective communication is important to me as I believe it would make me a better speaker, one with confidence and clarity in both thoughts and speech. Furthermore, I want effective communication to be a skill of mine which I can declare with confidence and be acknowledged for.
I hope I have explained why I feel effective communication is important to me! Hope you enjoy reading my post!
Signing Off,
Farhanah
Hi Farhanah,
ReplyDeleteGlad to know that you are a fellow Life Science student in NUS. :) It is still a good thing that you are taking this module in Year 2. I bet that you will encounter more situations in NUS where you can apply the skills that you learnt from the module.
I really agree that practising effective communication is important in any occupation and definitely when you are intending to be a researcher. While I was in my second year in NUS, I had a short experience of doing research when I did my UROPS. During this period, my friends and family members will be curious and asking me to explain the details of my project and it gets pretty tough when you have to break everything down into simple terms to make it more understandable to others. I guess my situation was pretty similar to yours when you had to explain scientific theories to your students.
I also hope that through this module, you would also be more confident during presentations. I used to believe that memorising a script would help me say the right things and not fumble while presenting. But now, I feel that memorising a script does not mean that you actually know what you are saying. Instead, having more practices and being familiar with your presentation slides would perhaps lead to a more confident presentation. :)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and I really enjoyed reading them!
Xin Rui (I am in Year 3!)
Hello Farhanah,
DeleteI couldn't agree more on your point that an effective communicator should be aware of his/her audiences so as to deliver what was intended in the clear manner.
Many a times, even 'speakers' from various institutions or organizations fail to do so. One often forgets who he/she is addressing and get carried away with what they have to say. Hence, the message isn't delivered. So understanding the target audience and adhering to their listening capabilities is essential if we want to ensure the communication between both parties is efficient and effective.
And I can relate to your tutoring problems in a sense. I teach tuition to O Level students and at times i tend to be a little unclear in some of my concepts and they might not say it, but they facial expressions sure do show that they have no clue about what's going on.
Anyways, I hope this course can solve the various problems we have in our communicating skills and also strengthen our positive attributes!
All the best!
Suren Jeremiah
Hi guys,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. Really glad that you enjoyed reading my post and that we share the same concerns in the area of effective communication.
Farhanah