10 September 2017

Dear Ms Lim

Introduction of Self, Strengths, Weaknesses and Goals.

My name is Lim Wen Wei, currently pursuing the degree in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land). Having graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a diploma in Environmental Management and Water Technology, I chose to enroll in SIT’s degree program to hone my knowledge and technical skills in engineering.

The strengths in communication that I believe I have is the ability to read body language and understand the various tones and words to use to on different people. Through my experience in work, school and army, I have had various opportunities to interact with people from all sorts of backgrounds through different modes of communication. I understand the vast difference tone can make while communicating with another party. An example that I had faced before was while sending emails to people from different departments of a company. The difference in the words I used could either make the message sound like a request or a demand, of which the latter often got a poorer response and even criticism.

A weakness in communication that I have is that when it comes to conversing with others, regardless during informal conversations or speaking to an audience, I face difficulty expressing my thoughts into words even after practice or memorising what I want to say, which leaves me with fillers or awkward silences. Being unable to convey my message coherently, I have been in situations that although my message was meant to be positive, the outcome received was stale or even slightly negative, leaving me feeling awkward.

A goal that I have for Effective Communications will be to develop myself into a confident speaker to be better prepared for the things that I am required to say. As communication makes up the 87.5%, I would like to gain as many learning takeaways from this module to meet the 87.5%. I wish everyone in this journey with me all the best.

Regards

Wen Wei

Comments

  1. samuelSeptember 16, 2017 at 5:20 AM

    Hi Wen Wei,

    I feel that your post is well written and organised. Besides that, your past experience that you've shared in your post about interacting with different people is relatable as i have personally faced it before.As for your strengths, I'm delighted to hear that we shared similar strengths in terms of having the ability to understand the other party through listening.

    To conclude, I hope to see you achieving your goal by the end of this trimester. See you around!

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  2. UnknownSeptember 16, 2017 at 8:52 AM

    Hello Wen Wei,

    Very interesting strength you've got there, it is something i hope to achieve because reading people through body language opens up a lot more communication opportunities towards that particular individual and the ways to approach him/her.
    I believe your weakness is one of the common ones among the majority, i had faced that in the past too, thus i understand what you are going through.
    I wish you best of luck in overcoming your weakness and achieving your 87.5% goal for this module!

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  3. UnknownSeptember 16, 2017 at 12:51 PM

    Hey Wen Wei,

    Having the ability to understand the use of words on different people is something I lacked. Sometimes my misused of words lead to misunderstanding. I faced the same challenge too, no matter how many times I practice my speech, I will still end up with lost of words during presentation. May we work on our issues with the help of this module! Have fun learning!

    Signing off, Ashley

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