Singapore Institute of Technology provides Technical
Communication as a module for all engineering students so that they are well
trained in their communication skills before entering the society. As numerous
amount of feedbacks reflect that local engineers are not able to have a fluent
conversations with foreigners. I realized that there is actually a huge
difference in standard between a polytechnic and a university in terms of technical
communication modules. University teaches you the correct way of presenting and
writing a report as compared to polytechnic where you are only focusing on
presentation skills.
Through this short 20 hour module, I was able to gain quite a
lot from it. There are two very important things that I gained from this and
they are the communications with my fellow classmates and improved presentation
skills. Being new course, telematics do not have a huge number of people
studying it and therefore is possible to know almost everyone or have at least
have a bit of interaction with them. However, I find it hard to make new friends
as I tend to stick with only people I am already close and comfortable with.
Despite that, this module has helped me solve that problem. With the help of
this module I was able to work and interact with people that I found hard to
approach.
To add on, this module also improved my presentation skills
by overcoming my stage fright. Throughout my polytechnic days, I was scared of
presentations and I hated it as I get nervous easily. When I get nervous, I will
stutter every word that I say and mess up the whole presentation. With the help of in-class interactions with
our professor and classmates, I was able to project my voice and reach out the
class. Therefore, I really appreciate what this module has provided me with.
