Blogpost #1: Strengths and Challengers in Communication (Final)

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Communication takes place in our daily life. To be an effective communicator, we must understand that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a key to communicate with others. For this blog post, I will be describing my strength and challenges in communication, as well as two objectives that I hope to achieve by the end of this course.

Firstly, my strength will be that I have the tendency to observe one’s non-verbal cues. An example would be during a conversation, I tend to be more aware of the speaker’s facial expression and whether they are displaying signs of boredom or excitement. Another non-verbal cue I would be aware of is their tone of speech, as the tone of the speaker can give away their level of interest in the current topic.

Next, I will be describing the two challenges that I face while communicating. Firstly, I have the habit of staying in my comfort zone. I find myself preferring to talk about topics that I am more interested in which can limit my conversation with others. Secondly, it has been a while since I last presented in front of a crowd after graduating from polytechnic. Since then, I have grown more timid and this led to a drop in my presentation skills. This is a challenge because the lack of confidence affects my ability to bring across to my audience. An example would be during the composition module in trimester one where I had to present to the class. I was unable to present confidently and fluently despite being well prepared beforehand.

Lastly, I will be stating the two objectives that I would like to achieve by the end of this module. One, I would like to be able to step out of my comfort zone. In order to accomplish this, I will be interacting more with my classmates who may have different perspective and interest from me and discuss about their interest rather than my own. Two, I would like to improve on my confidence and being able to get my point across to my audience. This would also improve my presentation skills which will be useful not only as a student but also when I enter the workforce where presentation skills are a necessity. To obtain this goal, I will take the role of presenting more often and be more aware of my own non-verbal cues when I interact with my classmates as practice.

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