Blog#6 Final Reflection on learning

This shall be last blog post and assignment before I graduate from NUS. ES2007s , in my opinion is one of the most useful module I have taken in NUS. I had learn the principles of good communication, intercultural communication, interview and CV writing skills, and making effective presentations in just 13 weeks. It is no doubt challenging but the skills I pick up for this module is going to help me in my future career.

The most memorable event for me is the mock interview.  That is because I was job hunting during that period and the mock interview provided me invaluable experience. Playing the role of both interviewer and interviewee, I was given the opportunity to look at the interview process from different angles. I enjoyed giving feedback to the interviewees and also received valuable feedback from the mock interviews. Thanks to ES2007s, I was able to land a job before I graduated.  I would certainly recommend this module to anybody who is looking for a job because the things taught in this module actually works.

Of course, the best thing about this course is that I made many friends in the class. ES2007s didn’t feel like an academic module to me, instead it felt like a place where we came to class to talk to friends and friendship is built upon mini assignments and projects. I am sure most of us will agree.

Well, that is the end of my post. I wish everyone all the best. Good luck and Bye!

Blog#5 Reflection on oral presentation

I was really excited to do a presentation on Intercultural communication because I am a foreigner myself. Together with Suren from Singapore and William from Sweden, we are an ‘International’ team in the class.

It was an exciting learning process for me and my teammates as we stepped into the teachers’ shoes and prepared the lesson plan for the peer teaching. There was much planning and research to be done. Compared to other project titles, our project is a bit more challenging because the topic is very wide and there are many things to discuss. After some brainstorming, we narrowed down on some of the more commonly discussed issues encountered in Intercultural Communication such as language barrier, cultural norms, contexting etc.To make the presentation more interesting, we agreed to bring in our own experiences to relate better to our topic.

In the end, I feel that my group did well for the presentation. Although I must admit that we did not rehearse as aggressively as other groups, our team chemistry was excellent and we engaged our audience actively through the quiz, examples and class activity. I was heartened to know that everyone in the class had learned something from us on intercultural communication.

As for me, while I do not think my performance is excellent, I think that I am more confident in public speaking as compared to what I was when I entered NUS four years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed the time working with my teammates and I feel that I learn a lot through the process of working towards this project.