Final Critical Reflection

I have always appreciated the course of having such communication and presentation modules despite my poor English, communication skills and report writings. I know what my weaknesses are and I will still do my best to improve myself gradually, picking up the skills whenever it is presented to me. During lessons, I may be distracted from the lectures to take notice of how lecturers and professors present themselves to make sure the listeners are engrossed to their way of speaking.

After the course of the Effective and Communication module, I felt that I have improve myself yet another level of learning, knowing where it went wrong during my oral presentation and how to write a proposal report to a high-ranking senior in a company. I feel that if not for this module, I would not have experienced such wonderful experiences before joining the industry. Some people may think it is unnecessary during school to wear such a formality but we also can’t afford to have our first inexperience to be in the industry.

During lessons, we were also tasked to group with different various people during multiple assignments to improve our communications skills. This has helped me interact with more people and the ways of communication. We were also constantly writing different forms of statements during lessons to have a real-time interactive learning on the different forms of letter and report writing.

The fruitful takeaway of me finishing this module is that I have a lot of different experiences and a fun learning. Despite poor English writings, I learnt a lot of different skills and experienced a proposal report writing, which I think that it WILL benefit us in our future report writing and the boost in confidence for our oral presentation. 

Reflection on Oral Presentation ;)

The final oral presentation has finally concluded despite my lack of experience in full dress presentations. It was a wonderful experience to be able to wear a formal attire and a blazer to present in front of a class and it will also definitely contribute to my future presentation experiences. I’m sure we were told to wear a blazer and tie is to make sure we grab this opportunity to have a feel how the industry presentations will feel like to prevent awkward inexperience in the future. Chances like this do not come by occasionally as you do not have everyday projects and proposals to present in front of a big crowd. 

From this Final Oral Presentation, I have learned that being full prepared is a very important aspect in all presentations. My team and I had to do a lot of research to make sure our proposal is of value to our audience and in the meantime, also getting prepared for the presentation. Practical rehearsals are a need to further boost our confidence and accuracy in our teamwork. But, I still felt that we could have researched more information to elaborate more during the presentation itself. Compared to other teams, our attention grabber is also not as good. Time management allocation needs to be improved and the method of delivery can be more enthusiastic. 

Personally, I would have to speak up more to make sure the audience notices me and be more confident about my own project. Startups have been a difficulty to me and I plan to speak up and interact more with people and eventually my beloved audiences. I’m sure there will always be room for more improvement!

India’s SMART City Plans: Ultra Electric Bus Readers Response

I feel that the idea of having an Electric Bus as an ideal symbol will eventually benefit India into becoming a smart city in terms of saving natural resources like fossil fuels and also improving on technology which will definitely reduce inconvenience for commuters and also tourists.

The writer further describes that the plan of the Ultra Electric Bus was an idea born of India’s SMART city plans to shape its future. As the name states, it’s a fully electric bus that would eventually become a symbol of modern India. Tata’s Global Head of Design, Pratap Bose, also wants it to be a fundamental of India’s future as everything in a smart-city reflects what it wants to become. Bose wants it to be part of the ‘urban furniture’ to have commuters recognize it instantly. The writer noted that the Electric Bus was needed for its smart city’s symbol and also what the city is becoming.

The project was intended to be smart for both India and its public transport as advanced transportation system. The idea was to have something like New York cab, Routemaster bus or even Bombay’s yellow and black cabs, a powerful statement of intent in terms of design and innovation. With a striking graphic identity with high-impact highlights, it reflects an intelligent mode of transport by imitating current day gadgets.

The bold graphics and colours made it instantly recognisable. The 3D elements were key for the exterior and interior designs symbolizing the Indian architecture. This was to preserve India’s heritage culture and to remind passengers of an experience. Advanced user-centric features with well-thought layout which provision the life of the people in India. Graphics and front face of the vehicle were key and it should be easily identified in the country. A “Trust-bar” (Tata’s brand identity feature), an easily recognisable symbol of the brand is featured in the front face. Wi-Fi and charging points are also available to make commuter’s experience a memorable one.

I strongly believe that the Electric Bus will shape up India’s future in its smart city plans and also on environmental friendly technology. One point from being full electric removes the use of fossil fuels needed, being environmental friendly. Secondly, the use of new technology will present India as a smart city and also attract more tourists to take up its new Ultra Bus as one of its transports. The writer also states that ‘user-centric’ features of the bus were all carefully considered and progressive than ‘typical Indian buses’, together with wi-fi and charging ports at every seat. Despite this strengths, one of the weaknesses is that it may cause a strain to the electrical supply if most or even all commuters are connected to both the wi-fi and charging ports on the electronic devices. If an accident may happen, it would cost a lot of time to resume services and even more to gain back the trust of the people. Instead of having the much needed charging ports at every seat, designers can reduce the number of available ports to those who sits at the rear of the bus, in other words, traveling the longer distance commuters, or at the centre area of the bus with no seats for those who needs it urgently.

Supporting the life of its people became a very convincing way with the SMART bus being part of their ‘urban furniture’. In this competition of connectivity, it is easy to stray away from your culture, much less knowing where the company came from.

Ultra Electric Bus Summary

The innovative plans of the Ultra Electric Bus was an idea born of India’s SMART city plans to shape its future. As the name states, it’s a fully electric bus that would eventually become a symbol of modern India.

The project was intended to be smart for both India and its public transport as advanced transportation system. The idea was to have something like New York cab, Routemaster bus or even Bombay’s yellow and black cabs, a powerful statement of intent in terms of design and innovation. The bold graphics and colors made it instantly recognizable. The 3D elements were key for the exterior and interior designs symbolizing the Indian architecture. This was to preserve India’s heritage culture and to remind passengers of an experience. Advanced user-centric features with well-thought layout which provision the life of the people in India. Graphics and front face of the vehicle were key and it should be easily identified in the country. A “Trust-bar” (Tata’s brand identity feature), an easily recognisable symbol of the brand is featured in the front face. Wi-Fi and charging points are also available to make commuter’s experience a memorable one.

Supporting the life of its people became a very convincing way with the SMART bus being part of their ‘urban furniture’. In this competition of connectivity, it is easy to stray away from your culture, much less knowing where the company came from. 

The Importance of English for Me

To me, English was never an easy subject. Despite having mandarin the communication language in my family, I sometimes find it hard to communicate with somebody who speaks fluent English. I always used to try complicated English vocabulary in my sentences to communicate with someone to somehow show that my English was not that bad but as time went by, it felt more awkward with my sentences. So I realise that I should change that weird habit and keep to as simple as writing a normal essay. If I’m unable to apply the use of complicated words, I would just use simple words and tend to lengthen a sentence and eventually, a conversation.

English is also widely use and is the main language for most countries. Being able to speak English helps a lot in communication while being overseas too. Other than speaking English, writing English in the form of email, reports, documents, letters and many more also is important. Having being able to write in proper English can also show a person’s etiquette. No bosses of companies would want their employees to write them an email with poor English and bad quotations. To them, it may imply rude manners and/or poor communication skills. Whenever a receiver receives a well written email, the receiver will always be glad to read and reply. Having able to write English helps a lot in the future workforce as employers will also expect that we are able to write reports and emails to other companies. Being able to communicate with others in the workforce will ease our workload and also establish good relations with each other, regardless of colleagues or companies.