Alex's Effective Communication Critical Reflection
Hello! I am Alexander Quah, and I am writing this blog as a final reflection on my 13 week journey I had in the Effective Communication module. One of the goals I have set for myself at the start of the course was to improve my public speaking skills and raise my confidence level when speaking to a crowd. And I am very happy to say that the effort that I put in has paid off and I am able to see immense improvement I had since day one. This was made possible by Professor Blackstone, giving us ample opportunities to practice our public speaking in front of our classmates. I also took the opportunity to be my team's project speaker, giving myself more chances of getting used to the stage frights and nerves. I felt that during my final project presentation, even while feeling nervous and anxious, I was able to hold down the fort and keep my cool throughout. I would not have been able to pull through if it wasn't for the vast amount of practice we had for this module. Outside of the...