Final Reflection on Learning

" The Final Reflection on Learning."

ES2007S.

Professional Communication.

This is my module's code name.


I just apply this module from my senior's recommendation.

My senior said just "It's useful to you. That class help you to write the resume"

So I applied.

I think this class teach me just writing and job interview.

But it isn't.

Really this class teach me a lot of things such as voice, tone, posture, gesture, resume,

application letter, official writing of email, manner of job interview, presentation skills.

It really really helpful for me.


Before I take this module, I have a lot of presentation.

Because every semester I must have a presentation about my works.

(My works mean architectural projects.)

Whenever I have a presentation, I always try to do the best.

For example, I wear the formal cloth, have a rehearsal before presentation.

So I have a confidence in presentation. But actually it's not good.

First presentation in this module, the professor recorded my presentation.

At my presentation, my gesture looks like distraction.

Professor Radhika recommend the "TED".

TED is the website have many video clips like lecture.

After that day, I saw the video clips everyday.

With class, I learned many things like posture, gesture.

Also in class, other's feedback is very good opportunity to raise my specific aspect.

And Team project encouraged me to work with someone.



I want to be an Architect.

Architect have to represent my opinion to the client.

After 10 years, at that time I will appreciate this class to teach me very important things.

I gained a lot of lessons. It worth more than anythings.

Reflection on Team Based Research Project Proposal

Reflection on Team Based Research Project Proposal

I think that this will be a time of self-examination.

Look at the picture upper. The Blue guys working hard. White guy is not.
Unfortunately I'm white guy in this preparation of report about 3am rule.


When I was in Korea, whenever I worked in a group, I was leader. Actually I can't work properly if our objective is not same of my objective. I'm very willful person. It's sometimes helpful, sometimes bad. So I don't like working with perple who have other disposition of me.



But since I came here in Singapore, I'm not leader not anymore because I can't persuade my opinion in English. It makes me hard.


To make matters worse, All class have several team works. Architectural Design, Architectural Advanced Technology, Professional Communication, All things!. First I try to insist my opinion in my AAT class. It's worked but it's little difficult to persuade other teammates because of lack of language ability.


As time goes by, I'm tired. After my interim in Design class, I loose my passion frankly. All things are annoying. I'm changed to person who just living day to day.


When I work harder than other teammates in Korea, I think it's not right. But it had been our group. I'm very sorry to Diana. She have a passion about our subject.


Previous group is composed of Edmund, Diana and me. I think Edmund is our group's boss. We met several times in library, Singapore polytech. At that time we communicated well. But this time, We don't communicate with each other. Diana have a passion but she is not leader. We have no leader so our group's work is not allocated equally. It's natural going.


Sometimes teamwork can make a synergy but sometimes teamwork make a breaking of balance. The number of group "3" is cool but I think if member's number is 3, we have to opportunity to decide group's leader. It can be helpful to decide the roll of group.



Kwangyoung

Evaluating Intercultural Behavior

Evaluating Intercultural Behavior

During the recess week, I went to the Bangladesh to visit the parliament building which is my 

favorite architect Louis Kahn’s posthumous work. I try to write story that I experience.

Roughly I introduce about Banglash, It is one of the most poor country.

 It is more poor than North Korea. More than 80% of people have religion Muslim.

The thing especial is Bangladesh is scored 1st at the survey of how much they feel 

hapiness(hapiness idex).

But it’s not truth.

Many people have no their house and go about begging.

 Many disabled man is there because their poor levels of hygiene.

That’s why my guest house host suggest I don’t eat local food.

Neverltheless why they scored 1^st at the survey?

Guest host say that is a problem of their strong self-respect.

 Unless they feel happy, they say Yes, I’m happy in case they have an interview.

That point is very shocking for me. But that is their culture.  

The other thing shocked is about the woman.

Our group is composed of 1 woman, 2 men. Woman’s name is Moon.

Moon went travel as casual cloth at first. But it have a problem. 

Whenever people encounter our group, all people look at Moon, they try to touch her.

That’s why moon exposed her skin. In the Muslim country, exposure of skin means everyone 

can touch me.

 That is one of the culture of Muslim, woman’s right is low than man’s that.

 Woman have to cover their all skin except for their face. When they is with husband, they can 

uncover the cloth. Also they can’t shake a hand in case of meeting woman including all things 

touch their body. Looking woman’s face for a long time, it also be an impoliteness. Man and 

woman’s role is absolutely different so they don’t go together when they go road.

So like proverb, “If you go to Rome follows the Roman law.” We are going to follow the 

Bangladesh culture. We bought the traditional their cloth. After we wear the tradition cloth, we 

feel they treat us more gently. That is why they feel we respect them?

One day, French criticized heavily the habit of Korean eat dog meat. It’s very controversial 

problem.

but I think French try to understand their culture first.

The definition of CULTURE is a particular society at a particular time and place.

‘Particular’ is important. It’s not common things.

When we try to understand “particular”, we can start understand each other. 

Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts

Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts

  Last semester, I was in the eye of conflicting storm . That storm begins at the request of skipping lecture. That day, we have a Architectural design studio lecture. Most of students are staying up all night for preparation of lecture. Jihyun and me are not staying all night. We were attending school because we have to prepare of lecture at the early morning. Jihyun and me want to skipping lecture so we pursuade them.

 We said. "How about we suggest skipping lecture to the professor? because we don't enough preparation. They agree that. So we called to our professor. "Professor, How about skipping our today lecture? we don't arrange our idea yet, we are going to prepare all thing of our idea until next lecture."

 But Professor said "Is that request by unanimity consent?

We don't ask the other's opinion about skipping lecture so we called students who didn't being in the working room. We think that all students want to skipping lecture. But one of students who have done their job is not agree. So we told our professor. "All students agree skipping lecture excepts for one person."

 Professor said "I accept your request but if you want advice about your job, find me individually. As soon as we heard that, we leave for each home because we have no lecture. But Jihyun is sitting her chair and killing time. At that time, professor came at the working room and she advised students who had done their job. She hasn't finished preparing so she was just sitting. But professor told Jihyun you have to be advised so Jihyun receive review of her job unintentionally.

 Tomorrow, All students who were leaving with no lecture feel betrayed. Because they don't have their lecture reflecting of public opinion while they are ready to lecture already. Since then, They keep their distance from Jihyun. I want to resolving their conflicts. But they don't talking each other until the semester finish.

Below is summary of this event.

Their view

1. They did staying up all night for their lecture.

2. They didn't participate the lecture. (They prefer the value of whole value to the theirself.)

3. Jihyun did take a lesson alone. (Jihyun think solitary advantage.)

Jihyun's view

1. Jihyun is just sitting down.

2. Professor come to the working room suddenly and she enforce the discussion about jihyun's work.

3. It is unintentional situation and that's not advantage but disadvantage.

They think Jihyun is selfish person. But that conflict begins at the misunderstanding. If they and Jihyun have a communication about this event, Their relationship would be recovered. But they don't.

This is SOLUTION

1. No emotional. Be a rational and logical.

2. You must accept your part of fault,

3. Be the other side's point.

4. Resolving conflicts as soon as possible.

They think their problem only emotionally so they don't look their situation directly and they have bad emotion to the other. Also If Jihyun apologize her faults, the problems will be resolved easily. And if they think her view, it is not big problem. Long time after, they don't remember their specific problem, but their relationship is finish already. It is important to resolving conflicts quickly when they know their situation exactly.

First..

First is always amazing.