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Reflection on the course

During the course of this module there is a huge emphasis on effective communication , at the start of this course I felt that my weakness are not being too serious and an over eagerness to talk in the middle of other people 's conversations. I also wanted to be better at expressing my thoughts better as I am a very quick speaker and tend to stutter a lot when speaking, which sometimes can result in others not understanding what I wanted to convey. Looking back at the past 2 months, I feel that I have gotten a little better at trying to communicate with others. First is active listening and non-verbal communication, I felt that these two helped me in my weakness in communication, as from active listening I can tell when the other party is being serous or not, as from the feedback  I received from my first post I learnt that not being serious in important conversations can be seen as rude to the other party, now I am paying more attention to the other party when speaking, and thin...
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                              Sometimes conflicts are bound to happen whether one likes it or not, and in this scenario usually one are put into a tough spot because attempting to solve this would usually require one to step out of their comfort zone and attempt to talk things out.                  During my final year in polytechnic I had a very bad argument with one of my FYP groupmate, and to me he is one of my closest friends. The conflict started off simple , I was using my laptop to play a game during break and he walks up to me and ask to borrow it for a while. I agreed but said I will do so after my game , then in between another of my friends walks up and just used my laptop after asking even though I gave him the same response as I did for my groupmate  as I cannot really stop someone from just straight up taking my things from me. My g...
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Listening skills and non verbal behaviour

Talking is not the only factor that is important in communication between people. How one acts and listens is also very important as it can affect the state of a conversation in a good or bad way.  Just earlier this week I saw an exchange between two people that emphasizes how non-verbal skills are a key factor in communication. While going home I witness two parents trying to talk to their child. The mother was trying to ask him about his grades but while she was talking the boy was using his phone and giving one word responses like 'ya' or 'yes' , which probably indicates that he was paying attention to what she is saying . I can see that the mother was visibly annoyed and was trying to garner a more healthy response from her child. However he was obviously more occupied with his phone and is showing bad body language as he was facing away from the person trying to speak to him. The father on the other hand was also minding his own business and not adding anything to...
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Strengths and weakness in communication

 Communication is the exchange or the passing of information or ideas from one person to another. It is one of the most important tools we have as we use it all the time when we want to share something with someone else.  As all people will have to communicate with others at some point in time, everyone has their own take on how to communicate with others,. I myself am no different and thus   would have my own strengths and weaknesses in how I do so. I believe that one of my strengths in communication is that I do not take what others are saying too literally and thus not feel easily offended. I feel that those who do take so tend to have a more unapproachable aura than others as people don not want to end up offending them with something that they do not mean. I feel that I tend to think about what others feel before I say something so as to not accidentally blurt out something that may come out as rude or unpleasant to them. I feel that it is a good strength to h...
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