I Have Learned About My Self

Before this communications class I knew that I had strengths and weaknesses in my communication, but I did not know what areas I was effective and ineffective in. From my scores from the Interpersonal Competency Scale test, I was able to reflect upon which areas I strive in and which areas need more practice and attention in everyday conversation. In brief, I excel in empathy and appropriateness, and struggle with effectiveness, adaptability, and conversational management. From these scores I can reflect and analyze how and why I got those scores and what I can do to better my interpersonal communication.

I can remember sitting in class, feeling eyes burning through me, dodging inquisitive glances from all sides, and anxiously awaiting the bell to ring for lunchtime. As most people know, lunch is the most dreaded part of the first day at a new school. First day of school memories are still fairly vivid for me; my father was in the JAG corps in the Army and my family moved with biannual regularity. In fact, I even attended three different high schools. While this may seem highly undesirable to some, I learned an incredible amount about myself, the world, and other people through moving that I may never have learned otherwise. What I have learned about myself and the world will without a doubt contribute to my success in life and even law

I have learned how to ask better questions and to talk to my teachers when I need help or do not understand the concept well. I make sure that I have a relationship with my teachers and introduce myself at the beginning of each semester. Learning how to communicate with my teachers

As college students, we as students must have a fierce ambition to accomplish a balance between a healthy, steady social life and a bright academic future. Communication is an important tool in life, not just inside college that broadens our horizons and makes us more intelligent generally.

Within the graduate school setting, strong communication skills are vital when interacting with classmates and faculty. Perfecting communication skills in the classroom setting prepares students to communicate effectively with fellow colleagues and professionals (Fisher & Zigmond, 1996). An essential strategy to improve one’s communication skills lies in the ability to be an excellent listener. Klein (2009) asserts that effective listening involves more concentration and focus than any other form of communication. Engaging in active listening shows that the individual is truly interested in what the other party has to say. This in itself results in a mutual respect that fosters healthy communication.

Throughout this semester reading about different ways of interpersonal communication I came to the realization that there were many things I could work on to better myself as a person. Things I never thought about in depth until taking this class. Areas I have improved on throughout this semester are using I language more than the use of you language, what empathy was and how I choose to become better and lastly how I deal with conflict.

The benefits of learning proper communication skills and using the advice mentioned in the video is that I will have ample opportunity to practice and hone these abilities. They will allow me to stand out from my peers both in school and in my personal/professional life (Bethel University, n.d.). In the end, proper communication skills are needed to further my career path in life and will open up more opportunities for me in the long

Two tips that are most important to me are analytical thinking and effective communication. Analytical thinkers find importance in the smallest of things. It also pointed out, comparing new things to the old, I will apply this to this week and well as in the future. When I'm able to compare the new with the old, it helps me contain information better. Effective communication will be important for me, this week and going forward. I will start to apply effective communication by expressing my ideas as well as listening to the ideas of my classmates. I've learned that listening is an important key in communicating. Another tip that was pointed out was having a willingness and opportunity to learn (Bethel, 2013). I am open to any suggestions, criticism, and new ideas that are presented to

I felt like I also improved on my Interpersonal communications skills. Now, I did not have this skill as something to improve on but throughout the course of the semester, I have gotten better about understanding my classmate’s perspectives. For example, during the persuasive speech days, Pauly’s speech was on the gender pay gap. However, his stance was not necessarily the same as mine. I became to feel hostile but I knew that would prevent me from listening to his side unbiasedly. With keeping an open mind, I better understood his side of the argument. Although I may not

I have always struggled to show my ability to learn and expect myself the point of expressing myself was difficult. Putting my thoughts in clear to understand to put them in a manner that is coherent and correct according to others in my level of career. I can remember being told numerous times in community college to "organize your thoughts" or "provide more support and examples". These are the things that I have worked on and improved over the past couple of years and I feel that my work shows this I am more respectful and friendly. This class helps me research no only online and in a paper but people. People have the tendency of omitting information, but if you ask the right question and learn to read body language you are able to get more to properly do your

I was shy, and had no courage to face the students and communicate my ideas to the class. Nevertheless, being in this class has taught me a lot about how to interact with others. I have been able to learn how to interact with people using the crucial communication skills required. Now I can confidently stand in front of a class and present my ideas maintaining eye contact, ensuring there is careful selection of words, organizing ideas well bearing in mind that maintaining a good flow of ideas is equally important. Communication is a key aspect in social life and thus this experience was not just for academic purpose but it equipped me with an important skill in life. Developing effective communication has raised my self-esteem, which is an essential while facing the real

Over this summer course I have learned a lot about communication. I learned how significant nonverbal and verbal communication is, along with listening. I never fully understood how big communication is in our daily lives. I now realize that it is a huge aspect of how we continue in our lives. This course has showed me different levels of communication.

The exercises in this course enabled me to identify how I communicate and listen and where I can make conscious changes to improve my communication and listening skills. The most challenging exercise for me was the role playing with the conversation meter. When communicating with classmates that you have only known for a few two-hour classes, it is hard to exit the pretense mode of communicating. Identifying my own working style was difficult while identifying family members and co-workers was easier. I feel this is because it is easier to discuss someone else’s emotions than our own. Although all the exercises in this course will be valuable to my work and personal life there were a couple that stood out to me more. Learning to identify working styles of others will be the most valuable to me. As I recognize the characteristics, I can choose to respond differently in conversation in a manner that will resonance better with them. Another section of the course that stood out to me was identifying when an interaction falls into the Cycle of Waste versus the Cycle of Value. As I work towards putting conversations into the Cycle of Value, I can create better relationships with those around

Studying communications this semester I learned it is more than public speaking, but is focused on how to effectively share opinions or information to broaden ones perspective. In my communications class we focused on listening skills, interpersonal communications, and small group communication. Listening skills were developed when we did speech critiques on our group members. In addition, we listened to other speeches or Netflix shows to analyze communication methods. In class, we examined what makes up interpersonal communications including nonverbal skills, verbal skills, and development of ideas using evidence. In addition, we worked on own skills by writing and delivering 3 speeches on a topic of our choice that we are passionate about. This helped me define how I communicate my own opinions to others. Small group communication was matured when we worked on a group speech on how to improve articulation skills. I had to work on speaking up and

When a person is born there is a really no end to the learning that occurs from that point forward. There are the learning basics that occur from birth to about eleven years old but after that it’s mostly just learning on your own. Parents do what they can to lead us in the right direction but ultimately it is our own decisions that determine the path of our lives. In my lifetime I personally have made a lot of mistakes and have learned a lot of lessons over the years. Most of those lessons have been learned when I entered my teenage years when I sort of rebelled and worked to find myself. I guess you could say that I had to work extra hard in order to become comfortable in my own skin over the years. I’m