Rowan D. Williams
once said: “Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.” With the
thirst to better myself always, effective communication serves as a means for
me to improve further and make me, not just a better communicator, but as a
better person on the whole. To me, effective communications is not just the
two-way communications, but being able to use that to bond with the people
around me, learn from them and understand them.
I am currently an editor with the Science Faculty’s
magazine. To get my content delivered to the readers, I have to be apt in presenting
the information in an easy-to-understand and appealing manner, a skill which I
hope to understand through this course. At times, I do find myself stumbling
with thoughts and being unable to portray them to the best of my ability. So I
do find it daunting to take on this challenge, with the aim of being able to
better myself.
More importantly, I am just a few steps away from beginning my
chosen career as a teacher. Having taken up this noble profession, I do strive
to be the best as I can be which my students will ultimately benefit from. One
particular aspect which I want to work upon would definitely be the use of
effective communication, which to me, would be to get my points across to my
listener(s) in a clear and concise manner. I strive to be able to engage my
students effectively, in not just the content, but imparting the correct values
to them as well.
Besides wanting to improve my capabilities that would be
crucial for me to be a more effective teacher, I would also want to improve the
way in which I interact with others. Being very outspoken and brash in my
speech at times, I tend to offend people with my words unintentionally. With
the aid of this course, I hope to improve the way which I carry myself and be
able to catch the grouses of non-verbal messages at the same time, avoiding any
social faux pas. This would also help me form better first impressions when I
am meeting new people. Being equipped with these skills would serve me well throughout
my life as I tread through the delicates of daily banters, be it in my future
workplace or just small talk with someone off the street.
Last but not least, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TOO ALL!!!
7 comments:
This post is well structured and easy to read (:
I often find it challenging to convey my thoughts and ideas across too.
Knowing that you hope to be a teacher who impart values to your students, and not just textbook knowledge inspires me too!
I must say that I am always very impressed by writers, in your case, a faculty magazine writer. Such magazines for instance tend to be usually for a wider audience and hence the discourses you make need to be carefully thought through in order to engage and sustain the readership! For sure, communication has to be effective through your write-up in the lexical items that you choose to convey your message, emotions and even ideologies as you take a certain positionality as you write. Hopefully, this module can help you enhance your formal writing and communication skills which may be useful for you as a teacher in future!
You and I are in tune about the desire to educate beyond the academia but also inculcate what we believe to be the 'right' values. It is heartwarming to find a future colleague with similar aspirations! Effective communication here plays a role in portraying our very first impression to the little kids as I feel that human are very critical beings and tend to judge (or even pass a sentence) on others just by basing on the initial interactions alone!
These skills are more than just to be used within the classroom. It is good that you are able to identify your faults and stay positive about changing them in the way you desire it to be. Let us work towards our aspirations step by step, starting with communication, comrade!
> Zhongyun(jo)
Yupx! Being able to directly translate my thoughts into words without any lose of meaning is what i hope to achieve.
As a teacher-to-be, i do certainly hope to inspire my students to achieve to the best of their abilities. I strongly believe this can be done by communicating well with them to impart my thoughts to them!
> Candice
Do really hope to learn more from this module that i can put into good use for writing the magazine! :) My formal writing skills had always been an issue too, something which i hope to correct!
It is good to know that teachers are aware of the changing tides of the way a teacher functions. We no longer just teach, but impart values as well. I do hope to be the best i can be for my students!
I am very glad you signed as a teacher, and in my opinion that would be a job you would most likely enjoy doing. (I've known Terence for 2 years now and I must thank him for the countless times i needed his help in my schoolwork.) No matter how busy you were, you always had time to help me tutorial questions; and these are the little non-verbal gestures that show how much you value friendship.
However, there have also been times i have been mildly offended "brash speech" but i can totally understand he was not doing it intentionally - and hopefully with the aid of this course, you would be able to improve on that!
>Alvin
Guess it is innate in me to teach others. I really enjoyed my teaching attachment last year as well. Got to feel what it is like in a classroom.
Yupx. Glad that you understood i was not intentionally mocking you. Opps. Just in the name of fun. One of my ways of communicating, which i hope to improve!
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