Sia Ming Liang
Stamford Bridge Road
Blk 555 #02-321
Singapore 730555
13 September 2017
Ms. Lim Lay Hoon
Lecturer
Singapore Institute of Technology
10 Dover Drive
Singapore 138682
Dear Ms Lim,
Subject: My strengths and weaknesses in Communication
I am writing you this letter to do a short introduction of myself, as well as to discuss some of my strengths and weaknesses in communication.
My name is Sia Ming Liang. I previously graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Clean Energy and I am currently pursuing a Bachelor's in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services).
My name is Sia Ming Liang. I previously graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Clean Energy and I am currently pursuing a Bachelor's in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services).
In this highly interactive society, I believe that it is essential to equip yourself with good communication skills, be it through verbal or written communication. It enables you to express yourself well and to bring your point across to others in a clear and concise manner.
Being a mindful person, I am able to sense the mood or tension in conversations and thus, I am more cautious with my actions and words. I remember of an incident whereby I celebrated as I scored well for my exams in front of a good friend of mine who did badly. It was obvious to me that he was very annoyed by my action. Since then, I have made a point to be more sensitive to others and to know how to react in certain situations.
On the other hand, my greatest weakness is that I do not have enough confidence when speaking. This leads to me not being able to form my sentences well and therefore, not being able to express myself well when communicating with people around me. This happens especially when I am doing presentation and it is something that I am constantly trying to improve.
As for my goals, I aim to become more confident as a speaker, and also to enhance my communications skills. I believe the only way it can be done is through practice and by having more interactions with others.
Yours Sincerely,
Sia Ming Liang (Mr)
Student
SIE2016 Group 6
Hi Ming Liang, Abby here!
ReplyDeleteI think that this post you have written was very well structured and concise. I like the fact that you introduced your main topic sentence and then followed up by providing a real-life experience to support your point. I believe that your content fits our assignment perfectly as it gave a good insight of who you are, how communication is of importance to you, as well as your strengths, weakness and goals for effective communication. I do agree to a small extent in what you stated as your weakness. I believe in time to come, you will be able to build up your confidence to speak publicly as I found that it took you a relatively short period of time to open up to me and also our group in our group discussions. In conclusion, your post was well written, had a relatively friendly mood and was interesting.
Hi Ming Liang,
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with your point on equipping oneself with good communication skills as it will allow you to bring your message across clearly.
I admire your strength as being a mindful person because there are times where I am insensitive and hurt the feelings of others. It is key to empathize others as we could be oblivious and unknowingly affected them. As we learn to observe our surroundings better, we are able to understand and react according to circumstances.
Similarly, to your weakness, I do not have much confidence when speaking, but I believe that through more practices, we will slowly build up the confidence level and be more fluent in our communication skills.
Let’s learn to speak up with confidence in order to communicate better and thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Best regards,
Aloysius
Hi Ming Liang,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your first blog post! I agree with you that communication is highly essential in any industry, ours for example, requires us to share our thoughts and ideas, and being adept in communication definitely will help us in our careers.
Being sensitive to other people's emotions is certainly a very good trait as I, for one, have had many experiences where I am bound to hurt others, even when I do not mean it.
Regarding your weakness, I too, do not have much confidence during presentation, or even for day-to-day class activities/conversation. I define myself as an introvert, but I agree with you that through practice, our confidence levels will gradually increase.
I feel that your first blog post is well-written as you have provided with examples from your past, and there is adequate and appropriate paragraphing as well.
Here's to our journey on improving on our communication and presentation skills together in this module.
Regards,
Sean
Hi Ming Liang,
ReplyDeleteI find that your blog post is clear and concise with your personal experiences as examples to support your explanation for your strengths and weaknesses.
I agree that effective communication skill is important in today's society and you have done a great job in explaining that. For your strength, it is admirable that you had learnt from your previous unhappy experience, reflect on it and make a note to work on it and avoid making the same 'mistake', resulting in it being your strength.
As for your weakness, many of us faces the issue of the lack of confidence when we just started presenting. I agree that practicing more will helps to increase our confidence level. Being prepared and clear of what we are going to present helps in increasing our confidence too.
Overall, I feel that your blog post has met the requirements of the assignment. Looking forward to work together to improve our communication and presentation skills.
Regards,
Mei Jiuen
Dear Ming Liang,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the good effort you put in your first blog post. It is a descriptive piece of writing that is both sincere and thoughtful, and I appreciate your sharing.
In your post you’d clearly described situations that led to you being keenly aware of some communication faux pas and how you are working on polishing your communication skills in the said areas – good job there.
That said, I noted a few areas for improvement in your writing:
The introductory paragraph could be improved, as it seems rather abrupt to merely state the content of the letter without indicating the purpose why. The rationale for the letter only became much clearer in paragraph three (beginning with “In this highly interactive society…”). You might want to work on the placement of the paragraphs in your writing to ensure a coherent read for your readers.
The paragraph on your strength could do with some ‘strengthening’. You shared that you are a mindful person, but the example you used indicated otherwise. What could clarify would be to, in my opinion, share the example and illustrate how it has illuminated your awareness in this area, thus enabling you to constantly police yourself in terms of your actions and words when communicating with others. You could also include an example how well you are able to do this at present to further support your statement of you being a mindful person.
There are also a number of minor language problems that you need to work on. Am highlighting two examples below:
• “I remember of an incident …” >>> can you spot the problem here?
• “… I have made a point “ >>> what about here?
Beside the above, do relook the subject line. It might confuse the reader as s/he would be expecting you to share a few strengths and weaknesses, rather than your ‘greatest weakness” and strength in your writing.
Other than that, your first post is a good attempt, and I enjoyed my read. I look forward to reading more of your blog posts, Ming Liang!
Cheers,
Ms. Lim