Critical Reflection CAA 25/11/17 (Portfolio FINAL)

For the past 12 weeks, I have “learnt, unlearn and relearn” the various communication skills through the Effective Communication module. I felt that the module assignments have helped me to improve my writing and verbal communication skill.

First of all, reader response has improved my ‘analysing’ ability and encourage me to think with my own perspective towards an article. Through this assignment, it has taught me to write my own views in regards to respond to the article by gathering reliable sources from other authors view. Furthermore, it polishes my citation and paraphrasing skill.

Next, I believe that the technical report is the highlight of this module. It has given my group an opportunity to write a report by identifying a real-life engineering problem. It deciphers our ideas, research, and observation into a formal report format, which it is a fundamental skill to learn and use it throughout our journey in Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT).

Lastly, I have been introduced to Garr Reynold presentation tips in one of the units of the module and learned the importance of preparation and rehearsal work before the presentation. During the presentation of the technical report, I used the Garr Reynold tips as a guide to prepare myself for the presentation. I am glad that this assignment had shown me what I am lacking in my presentation skill so as to improve on it.

In conclusion, this module is an eye-opening experience as I learned how to think analytically to write a report and present the content of it which is important for me as an engineering student. Although my journey for this module has come to an end, I strongly believe that it is not an end to my learning of effective communications.

Completed and Edited on:
25th November 2017

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  1. Brad Blackstone4 December 2017 at 19:03

    Thank you, Wei Jie, for this clearly organized, well focused reflection. You do a good job reviewing the key tasks in the module and expressing how you felt about those tasks. Of course, the essence of a critical reflection, in contrast to a descriptive one, as I had mentioned earlier, is that one reacts to the events/tasks explained. You do that but you don’t give an accompanying explanation of how the experience moves you forward. What in specific, for example, will you do to give the best possible presentation in the future?

    In any case, I appreciate all your hard work this term. Best wishes as you continue your learning journey!

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