Effective communication

 According to the article by Tan (2017), “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be implementing a six-month trial project by installing LED strips on the pavement to improve the road safety feature. It aims to resolve the hazards caused by the 'smartphone zombies' phenomenon. ‘Smartphone zombies’ refer to people who walk without taking their eyes off their phone. While the implementation of LED strips aims to improve the safety aspect of the pedestrians, it possibly poses potential problems that the article did not address. The authority should focus on a different approach in order to raise people’s awareness of road safety. First of all, the project might lead people to be over-reliant on the LED technology. Barber (2017) explained that the traffic lights help the pedestrians by directing them to react accordingly but it cannot check the safety of the road for them. Pedestrians are required to check t...

In the article by Tan, “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be implementing a six-month trial project by installing LED strips on the pavement to improve the road safety feature. The aim is to resolve the hazards caused by the 'smartphone zombies' phenomenon. Smartphone zombies refer to people who can’t take their eyes off their phone while traveling around. While LTA approach on the LED strips is to improve the safety aspect of road users, it possibly fails to educate and raise the awareness on pedestrian safety of road users.

In the Straits Times news release, “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road” by Christopher Tan (2017),  the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be implementing a six-month trial on streets LEDs in hope of resolving the hazards caused by the  'smartphone zombies' phenomenon. Smartphone zombies refer to people who can’t take their eyes off their phone while traveling around. LTA claimed that the LEDs will be visible even in daylight, and it will also resemble the conventional traffic lights at the pedestrian crossing to guide the 'smartphone zombies'. LTA further mentioned that each pair of the LED strips costs around $10,000 to $13,000 and it will be installed in high human traffic areas around Singapore to obtain feedback from the general public before officially releasing it to other parts of Singapore. LTA believe that by implementing the LED strips to be fixed onto the floor will improve the safety aspect of road users. However, imple...

Dear Professor Blackstone, I am Toh Wei Jie from the effective communication class group 1, and I am writing this email to formally introduce myself. I have graduated in Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a diploma in Hotel and Leisure Facilities Management. Because I have chosen to embark on a career in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), communication skills are essential for me to communicate with my colleagues well. I am a good listener and I think that it contributes to my communication skills. For example, in order to hold a strong conversation, it is important that I put in the effort to listen and understand what the other party is saying so that I could give my opinion to it. If I do not give my attention to the other party, it would pose a disrespectful image and eventually made the conversation experience a bad one.  I do not have a strong grammar  which pose a disadvantage for me when I communicate with others. Sometimes, I could not structure a sentence properly ...