Final Blogpost

The semester is coming to an end. I spent the past twelve weeks learning what I first deemed as "what everyone already know, but few have mastered". Indeed, it was not an easy task.

After twelve weeks of continuous learning of communication skills and applying them to real life situations, I am glad to say that this module has helped me tremendously with many aspects.

Firstly, having had a group report done, and prepared an oral presentation, I have witnessed first hand how the communication skills that we learn in class was put into use. For example, many times during the group work, there had been conflict of ideas and opinions. Also there had been times when communication simply broke down between two parties. However, it was when the two people involved took a step back, and reflected on better ways to handle the situation, that we saw the dynamics of interpersonal relations in play. I saw my teammates practise active listening, constructive exchange of ideas, and contructive criticisms.

Also, as I am in the midst of applications of further studies, the skills that we learned in writing resumes and curriculum vitae helped me tremendously. I avoided many unnecessary mistakes and am now able to present myself to my future employer text-book perfect letters. The course has also prepared me very well for interview sessions that i foresee coming. The course had helped me to build my confidence and aid in my preparation for the interviews.

All in all, I found this module very insightful and definitely useful.