Developing Professional Communication Skills: Perceptions and Reflections of Graduates

HCS102A Professional Communication skills

CONTENTS
RESEARCH ARTICLE – 1.......................................................................................................1
RESEARCH ARTICLE – 2.......................................................................................................2
RESEARCH ARTICLE – 3.......................................................................................................3
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................5

RESEARCH ARTICLE – 1
Sonnenschein, K., & Ferguson, J. (2020). Developing professional communication skills:
Perceptions and reflections of domestic and international graduates. Journal of
University Teaching & Learning Practice, 17(3).
This study is being focused on perception of the graduates of their skills in
professional communication as communication is regarded as the most important skills set by
the employers who want universities to develop the communication skills of the students so
that they can fulfil the necessities of the working environment. Further, the article also
emphasized on the manners in which the professional communication skills are developed in
the graduates throughout their studies along with its value at the time of moving towards the
employment. Moreover, this article is being segregated into two studies being conducted in
Australia with the help of interviews of graduates. The graduates were both Chinese
Australian origin working in Australia as well as china throughout different sectors. It was
explored from the study that writing, presentation along with the inter-cultural skills were
regarded as most crucial by the participants. The authors conclude that even though it has
been determined that most of the respondents were contended with the manner they have
been evolved with these skills at the University of Australia, there were some international
graduates who required more support from the University for acquiring these skills. In the
final section of the article, the authors made suggestions that it is important that the academic
workers must be offered structured interventions for inter-cultural communication,
professional training and integrated learning.
It can be analysed from this article that it appears to be written to inform the educators
about the need of development of the students. Furthermore, the paper has significantly
defined the significance of communication skills. The information being presented by the
authors in the literature review section in regards with the present as well as noticeable
discerning in relation with the communication skills being motivated by varied descriptions
of stakeholders of their involvements developing as well as utilizing communication skills
were very informative. The article has also supported the disagreement for paying more
emphasis on significance of communication skills for employability. Other than this, the
article has also reflected on the suitability of the strategies pertaining to the development of
communication skills for both international as well as domestic graduates of China, the
effectiveness of these skills to the employers of these graduates and the further evolution of
the communication skills. Thus, it can be said that the data being presented in the article is
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