Reflective Essay on Effective Communication

A Reflective Essay

This report is a reflective piece which will reflect upon my experience of education. This
report will utilise Driscoll model of reflection which will evaluate my experience of effective
communication and will help me improving my performance.
PART A
What?
The Driscoll model of reflection is used to reflect upon my experience
of working in a team of two individuals. In my experience, my tutor
asked to present create a short presentation and present it in front of
my entire class.
What is the
purpose of
reviewing this
situation
The purpose of re visiting this situation is to analyse the importance of
communication. Communication is the activity of conveying ideas and
messages from one end to other by using signs, symbols and language
(McNair, 2017). There are four types of communication which are visual,
verbal, nonverbal and mixed (Thompson, 2017). Understanding the process
of communication was important as communication helps in effective
presenting our ideas to the audience.
What happened at
that situation
My tutor teamed me up with a student and provided us a task to create and
present a power point presentation of ten minutes. For this presentation, we
used principle communication type which verbal. Verbal communication is
a process of conveying ideas using spoken words orally (Morton and et.al.,
2016). This technique was used by me in this task. The issue faced while
this task was my inability to verbally communicate effectively.
What I did or
observed at the
time of occurrence
of situation
While delivering the presentation in front of the class, I observed that I
don’t have appropriate knowledge and aptitude due to which I was unable
to effectively present my thoughts.
What was the
reaction at the time
of situation
When I was given this task, I was sure to excel but when I started to
present my workings in front of the class, I observed that presenting in
front of few individuals and presenting in front of whole class has a big
difference. Facing this situation my reaction was an unpleasant surprise.
What other people
did at the time of
situation
Not only me, but all my class mates faced similar situation and they were
also unable to communicate in front of larger audience.
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