SIE2016-Effective Communication-SEM03

In the article “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Christopher Tan (2017) reported that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has implemented a new road-crossing feature at two locations which involved fixing LED strips onto pavements by those pedestrian crossings. These strips would imitate signals of pedestrian crossings and could be seen throughout the entire day. According to an interview by the author, Gopinath Meno (2017), senior research fellow of Nanyang technological University, stated that the installation of the floor lights would enhance safety of those who constantly stared on their smartphones as they were unaware of the road condition.  Even though by implementing floor lights does enhance the safety aspect of the road users, i think it does not fully raise the awareness of the pedestrian safety. Pedestrian safety has been enhanced upon implementing this feature, however, it does not solve the issue of "Smartphone zombies". On...

In the article “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Christopher Tan (2017) reported that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has implemented a new road-crossing feature at two locations which involved fixing LED strips onto pavements by those pedestrian crossings. These strips would imitate signals of pedestrian crossings and could be seen throughout the entire day. According to an interview by the author, Gopinath Meno (2017), senior research fellow of Nanyang technological University, stated that the installation of the floor lights would enhance safety of those who constantly stared on their smartphones as they were unaware of the road condition.

Subject: My Communication Strengths, Weaknesses and Goal Dear Ms. Lim, I am Jason Huang, from Effective Communication Class03 and I am writing this email to introduce myself to you. I graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Upon graduating, I worked in the construction sector as a project engineer for nearly three years where I found my passion in building services and made up my mind to pursue a  bachelor degree in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services) offered by SIT. One of the strengths I have in terms of communication is that I am a good listener, I would always listen first, breakdown and understand before I move on to comment on the idea or information the other party is trying to bring across. On the other hand, another strength of mine would be the ability to communicate with my peers or colleagues. Through my experience in school, work and community, I encountered several opportunities to...