Task 3: The Importance of communication skills for engineers
“Communication skills are an essential component in the education of
engineering students to facilitate not just students’ education but also to prepare
them for their future careers.”
- Marc Riemer, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University (2007)
As communication skills are used daily among people when they interact, it is vital that engineering students are equipped with not just technical skills but the ability to communicate well. This is because it allows them to be more confident in delivering speeches in which they would have the ability to translate technical concepts into simple language in an engaging, confident manner to their classmates or future clients and bosses. Furthermore, it would cultivate the students to take upon leadership roles where it is one of the key parts for them as they progress in their careers. Examples would be knowing how to manage a team, coordinating with colleagues and teaching engineering skills to technical and non-technical individuals.
The blogpost well written as it addresses the points stated in the quote. Marvin further elaborated on the main point of the quote, communication skills are an essential component in the education of engineering students.
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He ended the blogpost by starting off the sentence with "Examples" seems unusual to me. When quoting multiple examples, I usually start off with "Some examples" instead of "Examples".