To define communication in simple language, it is the process of getting your message across to others clearly and thus effective communication means doing this process efficiently without much ambiguity.In today's fast world, effective communication definitely has high importance in every aspect of our lives,be it at out work place or among st friends or when dealing with the outside world in general.
Personally,I feel that I need to improve on a lot of areas inorder to become a better communicator.For example , I have the tendency to take control of a conversation be it with a group of people or with a particular person .Thus, I want to improve on my active listening skills so that I can hold my audiences for longer periods of time. I also find myself in situations where I cannot that accurate when it comes to conveying a particular message and so I tend to drag the conversation much longer than needed. Moreover,I have always had an initiation problem when it comes to talking with people I have never spoken to before.As I recall the experiences of my first class in es2007s , at first I was given a sheet to fill stuff by interacting with my classmates and for sometime I din't know who to approach because I honestly did not know how to start a conversation with any of my classmates.
On the other hand ,I feel that when I talk, I have the ability to get the attention of my audience without much effort through various verbal and non-verbal modes of communication such as my hand gestures or the tone of my voice or my body language . I also have always been a confident speaker and I rarely have experienced situations where I am at a loss for words or unsure of what I am saying.Also, I always manage to convey my emotions about the topic effectively.
Nevertheless, I feel that I have little experience when it comes to formal communication such as interviews or peer teachings .I really want to know what it feels like to be on both sides of the table.In a nut shell , I am keen to know how it feels to be the interviewer and the interviewee .
I would like to reiterate the fact that effective communication is indeed one of the key skills that everyone wants .Naturally ,I also want to improve and so I do hope that by the end of this module I manage to become a better communicator.
Personally,I feel that I need to improve on a lot of areas inorder to become a better communicator.For example , I have the tendency to take control of a conversation be it with a group of people or with a particular person .Thus, I want to improve on my active listening skills so that I can hold my audiences for longer periods of time. I also find myself in situations where I cannot that accurate when it comes to conveying a particular message and so I tend to drag the conversation much longer than needed. Moreover,I have always had an initiation problem when it comes to talking with people I have never spoken to before.As I recall the experiences of my first class in es2007s , at first I was given a sheet to fill stuff by interacting with my classmates and for sometime I din't know who to approach because I honestly did not know how to start a conversation with any of my classmates.
On the other hand ,I feel that when I talk, I have the ability to get the attention of my audience without much effort through various verbal and non-verbal modes of communication such as my hand gestures or the tone of my voice or my body language . I also have always been a confident speaker and I rarely have experienced situations where I am at a loss for words or unsure of what I am saying.Also, I always manage to convey my emotions about the topic effectively.
Nevertheless, I feel that I have little experience when it comes to formal communication such as interviews or peer teachings .I really want to know what it feels like to be on both sides of the table.In a nut shell , I am keen to know how it feels to be the interviewer and the interviewee .
I would like to reiterate the fact that effective communication is indeed one of the key skills that everyone wants .Naturally ,I also want to improve and so I do hope that by the end of this module I manage to become a better communicator.
Thanks for the effort here, Sai, and for sharing your ideas. You provide lots of concrete evidence to support your assertion that there are a number of areas where you need to improve your skills. You also frame the discussion well in general statements about the value of comm skills.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few language problems:
1) Thus I would want to improve on my active listening skills so that I can hold my audiences for longer periods of time. >>> Thus, I want to improve on my active listening skills so that I can hold my audience for longer periods of time.
2) On the other hand I feel... >>> On the other hand, I feel...
3) Nevertheless I feel >>>
Thus I would like to reiterate >>>
4) Thus I would like to reiterate the fact that effective communication is indeed one of the key skills that everyone today wants and thus naturally it would be something that I would also want to improve upon. >>>
I would like to reiterate that effective communication is indeed one of the key skills that everyone wants. Naturally, I also want to improve. (Do you see why this sentence is more succinct?)
I appreciate your effort, Sai!
Hi Sai,
ReplyDeleteYou have a good start of the post with the precise definition of communication. You have also identified your strength and weakness and i believe you are ready to embark on a learning journey towards being an effective communicator. Let us learn from one another from the peer teachings in the coming weeks. And by the way, i think you are pretty good at striking a conversation with people, perhaps you are just lacking some confidence? All the best for this module and i look forward to learning more from you and the class as well! Cheers!:)
BRAD: Thanks for highlighting the areas that I need to improve upon in my blog post.I trust that now my post talks about the topic in a better fashion .
ReplyDeleteYONGSHENG: Thanks for the encouragement and I look forward to learn more from you as well .
Hi Sai,
ReplyDeleteI like the way you have gone about constructing this post. Starting with a simple and accurate definition of communication and by including anecdotes such as that of the first ES class, you have made the post engaging. However, I would like to point out that in the line, "As I recall the experiences of my first class in es2007s , at first I was given a sheet to fill stuff", the phrase "fill stuff" seems a bit colloquial and it would have been better to use the phrase, "answer questions about our classmates" or an other alternative. Nevertheless, having interacted with you, I feel that you are a very confident and engaging speaker. I can relate to your predicament as I also struggle to start a conversation with an unknown person and I am sure that at the end of this course, we will come out as effective and better equipped communicators. All the best :)