Critical Reflection(1c)

Module Learning: 

After attending Professor Brad's session, I learned how to value the input I receive from my peers. This enables me to think about myself critically from a third-person perspective rather than only receiving feedback from my own perspective, which could lead to a biased point of view. For instance, in one of the first few lessons when I was completing the Summarize Reader Response drafts, I was able to receive input from my Prof in addition to my peer's feedback.  I was able to gain more insight into my writing style and work on how I should write better. 

One of the lessons I've taken away from receiving feedback is that I've always loved to cram a lot of information into a paragraph, making it long and difficult for the reader to understand what the whole paragraph is about. To help with this, I could consider breaking out the topics into separate paragraphs. This will save the reader from being confused and ensure that my remarks are concise and clear.

Due to my propensity to cram everything into a paragraph, my sentence structure was another problem I encountered. I've always believed that packing everything into one paragraph is an effective and efficient strategy, as it appears to me that it is a brief and sweet paragraph.  Unfortunately, the sentence structure is incorrect as a result of my careless use of numerous complex-compound sentences in a paragraph. To make each point clear and brief, it is therefore best for me to divide the paragraph into simple sentence structures. I believe that my communication abilities would benefit from this as well. My tendency to communicate everything I wanted to say in a single statement also hindered my communication. Through unlearning my habits, and relearning the fundamentals, I should communicate by stating each issue clearly and effectively. I should also use the appropriate linguistic transitions to let the audience know that I will also be transiting to the following issue.

Project Learning: 

I've discovered that it's crucial to hear out everyone's ideas during a research project in order to choose the most ideal one. I must take into account many viewpoints of my group members in order for me to attempt to understand another person's perspective, even if I do not agree with them. One example was choosing an innovative idea to work on our research project. All of us had different ideas. We had to debate on which idea was the most ideal to pick from. One of our team member's ideas was an excellent idea, however, it doesn't relate to the mechanical aspect. Even still, I appreciated the thought of his effort to share with us. Another challenge that I have yet to overcome is citing my sources and written material in accordance with APA 7th edition. I had to pay close attention to every detail when it came to the formatting and the type of source I was citing. It had to be clear to provide clarity to the report on often complex topics. It also makes reports easier to read and understand.

I often get anxious before giving a presentation, so managing my anxiety was difficult for me. As a result, I often did not perform to my utmost potential while delivering the speech. Hence, I notice that being well-prepared and remembering the main points to say helped me better manage my nervousness during the presentation. As we show ourselves professionally to the audience, particularly when presenting to stakeholders in a firm to propose ideas, body language also plays a significant role. For instance, I will always refer to the slides to remember the key ideas to discuss. However, while I stand in front of the slides, I will be back facing the audience as I refer to the slides. Hence, to avoid that from happening, I must thus locate a sweet place in the room where the triangle strategy will be applied in order to prevent it from happening. This allows me to present without my back facing the audience, while still being able to view the slides and the audience from the most left and right corners.