Reflection Essay

My aim in attending the Professional Communication class was to further my comprehension of

the fundamental efficient communication skills acquired from my previous writing
communication class. My understanding is that there should be a minor difference between my
present and previous class, thereby only acquiring a slight knowledge. However, I am surprised
to realize that there is still much to gain in developing effective and efficient communication
skills. I came to understand further improvement in proficient communication and writing skills
can be gleaned from this class.
The professional communication class begins by focusing on wider audiences' communication
skills through knowledge acquired for writing competent instruction. The following step
encourages adaptation in communicating succinctly through email correspondence while
similarly engaging in communicating elaborate details through memo correspondence all the
while being precise. The professional communication class emphasizes a different mode of
communication through a video presentation assignment that improves the students' active
speaking and listening skills. Finally, the class centers on writing approaches to technical writing
on various focus research and analysis.
Therefore, research and accuracy of my conceptual ideas also increase through continuous
growth. My vocabulary increased as well due to extensive research done on my ideas. The
increase in vocabulary helped increased my writing structure which improves the effectiveness
and efficiency of my communication.
Identifying and editing technical information has improved. This improvement came from
understanding your audience and developing your persuasion skills. The more I explored and
tried to apply my ideas, the more prepared I was. That confidence became apparent as my
knowledge of the material I presented increased. I constantly use different mediums to identify
and structure technical information such as instruction manuals, focus research, workplace
correspondence, and PowerPoint presentations to improve progress. Perspectives from different
media enhance my ability to communicate my technical information to my audience through a
variety of compelling approaches.
I have a hard time deciding which assignment I am most proud of because I thought they were
equally important. The video presentation task would be my choice if I had to pick just one for
this assignment. I selected the video presentation assignment since it was incredibly engaging
and entertaining. Additionally, it challenges me to communicate in ways different than writing.
The assignment I will add to the course is similar to the class exercises practices in class such as
Weebly and Zotero.