It
is always the saddest moment to end a module in which you have learnt much from
the course as well as fostered many friendships with the classmates.
I
started this semester choosing ES2007S as one of my modules because of the following
reasons:
- ES2007S is different from my Statistics core modules which I thought I hope I can do better as compared to the difficult cores modules.
- ES2007S will be teaching us the essential skills which would be important when we step out to the working world.
- I do not want to graduate from university with only the textbook’s knowledge, but without any improvement in interpersonal skills.
At
the start of the module, I constantly reminded myself to open up more and be
more active in class discussion (I hope I did). Through various class discussions,
it developed our critical thinking as well as to interact more with our
classmates. From the blog posts, I have tried to refine my writings and hope
that it will improve as the course progresses. Peer teaching and proposal
writing have also given me several learning pointers such as the different ways
of presenting and also to work well as a team to obtain the aim. Without the communication
between the group mates, nothing is achievable. Finally, at the final oral
presentation, my group chose took a risk by presenting without any visual aids
and we make it appealing to the audiences. Through all these components of the
course, as well as all the small activities, it all summed up and made me improve
in terms of interpersonal communication as well as professional writing. The
professional pointers will also be put to good use in the near future.
I
am very thankful to Brad and my fellow classmates for all your advices and
pointers throughout the course of this module. I hope I am no longer a socially
“awkward turtle”, but now a professional communicator. (: