A module offered in NUS (National University of Singapore),
ES2007S Professional Communication: Principles & Practice...
The main aim of the course is to become an effective communicator in various social settings, but most especially, in the workplace.
This blog serves as a medium to share my ideas that developed in the course with my classmates, and of course to interact with them.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Reflection on Learning
16 years ago
4 comments:
Jia Yi- where are the others' comments? I shall have to investigate. I fully sympathise, being a 'fellow listener' as we are so often unappreciated and undervalued. When you say your family is conservative, do you mean that they told you to be polite and listen rather than thrust yourself upon the world? The good news is that we don't speak before we think so there should be less chance of causing offence and may be perceived as more trustworthy. Hence, become a repository of our more garrulous colleagues' secrets- a good position to be in.
Teacher-Fiona
Hi Jia Yi,
Sorry for the late comment. I was only able to obtain your URL today. I find your blog very easy to read and can relate alot to how you feel talking to your superiors. I also have the same nervous jitters when having consultation with my lecturers and sometimes i completely forget my questions when i am talking to him thus leading to miscommunication.
I would like to commend you in the detailed way you described your experience of ineffective communication with your professor and also providing the background of yourself which you believe has contributed to your incompetence in communication. It has enabled me to better understand and enjoy the read of your blog. :)
Dear Mrs Richardson,
My family is conservative in the way that when my elders (sad to say, I am the youngest in my nuclear family) speak, I should not talk back; I should not talk unless I am sure of what I am saying. Thus, overtime, it became a habit for me to keep things to myself and became a submissive person.
Fortunately, as I grew older, I have learnt to protect myself and to voice my opinions, regardless of happy or unhappy thoughts. Although there are more conflicts with my family, we communicate better now.
Hi Hui Ming.
I have the same sentiments and face the same problem when speaking to my superior, especially to my professor in-charged of grading of my final year project!
I get nervous easily when I speak to my superior (if they are not very approachable or nice) and tend to stumble and my brain will "blank out". This poses a huge problem for me because I will be having a presentation for my final year project soon (next year) with the examination panel, which consists of three examiners known to be from "hell", who will give us a very hard time during the Q & A session after the presentation.
Hope that we can apply the lessons or skills learnt in this course and help us deal better with such situations.
Jia Yi =)
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