
Studying in CG1413, I can develop my communication and teamwork skills by being in team with people from different cultures. Therefore, I could recognize my weaknesses and then tried to make improvements. Reviewing the two projects I have just done, I would like to evaluate my own performance base on the following criteria:
- Contribution to the projects
- Listening actively to other members
- Working harmoniously in a multicultural team
- Resolving conflicts
It is very difficult to do something that you do not have passion on it. I have to admit that I feel more passionate doing the CG1102 than the CG1413 project. That is the reason why my contribution to the two projects is unequal. In CG1102, I discussed actively, tried to give ideas and kept thinking about the project after the meeting. On the other hand, lack of interest doing the CG1413 project in the beginning, I just tried to finish what I was asked to do without the willingness to give more inputs to the project. I just felt more interesting in this when it was near to the presentation. Therefore, I would like to apologize my CG1413 teammates for not being a good team member.
In every discussion, it is not good if I appear unattentive while people are presenting their ideas. Therefore, I tried to implement what I learnt about listening actively to encourage my teammates in giving their ideas to the discussion.
This semester I had chances to work in a multicultural team so that I can apply what I was taught about intercultural communication in real life. In spite of differences in languages, cultures and working styles, I managed to work harmoniously with my teammates. Although English barrier is a big problem preventing me from communicating actively with other teammates at first, I tried my best to improve my skills so that my English is no longer a problem towards the end of the semester.
Resolving conflicts is one of the important skills in teamwork. However, fortunately, there are no conflicts arising in my team in this semester. Although I do not have chances to resolve any conflicts, I hope that I will be able to do so in the future base on what I learnt in this module.
Finally, after studying module CG1413, I learnt so many useful skills for communicating and working in team. To all my friends, I would like to say thank you for having a good time working together, I hope we will have chances to work together in the future.