Communication is needed for our everyday life. We need to communicate to let others know how we feel, what are we thinking about and what we want. Without effective communication, misunderstandings may occur every now and then which results in unnecessary arguments and misunderstandings which could have been rightly prevented.
Firstly, effective communication skills are important for me as they will allow me to better understand the intention of others. Effective communication will reduce misunderstandings which are usually caused by the different interpretations of a single message. For example, there were many times where my friends actually misunderstood one another due to text messages used in SMS or MSN as they could not differentiate the tone used in the message. In fact, they may not have been angry at all but because of such non-verbal tools, misunderstandings may occur.
Furthermore, being able to communicate effectively will allow me to speak more confidently in job interviews and meetings. When we are self-confident, we will be able to perform better and impress everyone. This is very important especially at work as we will meet different people every day. As simple body language tells a lot about what you are thinking, being sensitive and conscious when interacting with people will prevent any unhappiness during work
Lastly, effective communication skills are lifelong skills that one can master. These skills can even allow us to improve relationships and build stronger bonds between family, friends and colleagues. Hence, developing effective communication skills are important to me as I want to be more confident of myself and improve my relationships with others.
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Hey Li Yun,
ReplyDeleteI certainly agree with you that effective communication skills are a confident-booster during job interviews or meetings, and these skills do enhance our relationships with people. With such skills, I believe that it does bring out the best in everyone.
However, I think that effective communication skills may not be mastered by everyone as it requires a strong command of the language, and language is not something that everyone can master. On a side note, I think that communication may be a difficult experience for people who stammer – a kind of speech disorder – too.
Best regards,
Wei Tian
Hi Li Yun,
ReplyDeleteBrilliant post! I totally agree with the SMS/MSN part of your post. I have cousins and friends who reply SMSes with one-word answers. Like for example when I ask, " Hey man, Happy New Year! How you doing? It's been a long time since we chilled, wanna meet up nxt wk?", they'll reply, "Sorry bz". At first, I was really taken aback by the coldness of their answer, and was slightly hurt in fact. However, after communicating with them more often through SMS/MSN, I realize that that's just the way they type their messages, in a minimalist fashion. In person, they are very different, more friendly and amiable. So knowing the different styles of SMSing will teach me not to judge somebody prematurely.
Hey there LiYun!
ReplyDeleteThis is a well-structured and logical argument for why effective communication is important for every one of us. Your presentation of the post makes it easy for the reader to follow and understand.
I like the point that you highlighted where non-verbal tools such as MSN and text messages
are problems of today's communication. These 'virtual' communication tools do not carry a tone with them and often cause confusion and misunderstandings.
Besides the 'virtual' tools, another form of non-verbal communication tool would be body language, which you also mentioned. I agree totally that simple body languages do contain huge amounts of details in them, and we should all be taught this 'language'.
Therefore, I believe that we would definitely benefit from the effective communication skills since communication plays such an important part in people's life.
Hi, I agree with you wholeheartedly that effective communication helps to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. I had quite a few experiences of being misunderstood by others and I myself misunderstanding others. In addition, I feel that the increase usage of nonverbal communication such as MSN and SMS has indeed created more misunderstandings between people. Lastly, I hope that you would be able take the best out of ES 2007S lessons and bring your communication skills to greater heights.(commented by ramani d/o challiah)
ReplyDeletehi tian,
ReplyDeleteperhaps effective skills is only a life long skill for those who can managed to master it but not everyone exactly.
hey Liyun
ReplyDeletei agree with you that communication is a lifelong skill that can be cultivated. and as you mentioned, body language is indeed important because ultimately, actions speak louder than words.
but in today's world, not only our actions need to be communicated appropriately, but also our written messages, SMSes etc, as you mentioned in your post. written messages can indeed be misinterpreted in a whole myriad of ways. thus, improvement in this area is much needed for most of us.
let's work hard! see you in class!