Here, at last, at journey’s end, I now look back with the benefit of hindsight upon this module and what it has meant for me. It has certainly been an eventful and productive semester, the many colourful characters I’ve been acquainted with contributing to the fact in no small part.
ES2007S has taught me a multitude of practical skills. I knew not how to write resumes and application letters before, not to mention a proper business proposal. My abilities in face-to-face communication have also been honed through our lessons in active listening and the ample practice we have had in making and sustaining good eye contact. Breaking bad news to people has also become easier since I was introduced to the strategy of using buffers. With regard to the “7Cs”, six of which I was already proficient in prior to taking this module, I have finally learnt the value of conciseness, the last “C” that had previously still eluded me.
Class interactions have been a blast. I have never witnessed a noisier tutorial, nor one that, without form or structure, facilitated such a level of creative discussion and spontaneity. In our online interactions, my comrades have also displayed the utmost courtesy in their comments on my blog, for which I thank them profusely. I am, in particular, pleasantly flattered by some of their compliments and reciprocate with goodwill of my own.
Overall, it has been an enlightening three months. My literacy with blogs and facebook has increased and while I have always been an apt writer, I am now a better speaker.