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    Words, sentences and body language are just a few ways we can practice communicating. The importance of communication is to express a message or emotion towards someone or something. In episode 3 season 11 of The Big Bang Theory, Amy expresses her concern of Sheldon’s, her soon to be husband, weird behavior to her friends; Penny and Lenard. Amy demonstrates her concern about Sheldon’s usage of low language in his dreams through speech accommodations, paralanguage, and kinesics; therefore, leaving

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    words being said, I believe it is important to establish a ‘relationship’ with the speaker to fully understand them. When I’m listening to others messages I tend to put myself in their shoes and try to experience from their view but also to note the nonverbal cues of the speaker. Aside from relational listening, I also notice my habits as task oriented. The task listening style is best used when I’m surrounded in a work or academic environment where my focus is primarily on factual facts. My listening

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    1. Some of the values of the culture I visited were the religious values. They were all Christians and most of them were from different parts of Africa. They believe in god and believe that he was the king of the universe, I could tell by the way they sing and the way they participated. They also believe in Jesus, based on how they had the statue of Jesus in the center of the church. They also saw each other as a community, as a church. They all looked really united and even though many of them didn’t

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    financial difficulties that create stress on a daily basis. In many cases, a person may be difficult if they are currently living through a difficult or troubling situation (2). Difficult or challenging behaviors may be related to a breakdown in communication or a misunderstanding. It is important to keep cultural differences in mind. What may be acceptable to say or do in one culture may not be so acceptable to another culture (2). Is the patient or co-worker really being difficult or can it be your

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    1.Where were you born? I was in the United States of America in Gary, Indiana. I was born in the United State of America in Gary, Indiana. My grandparents were born in United States of America in Gary Indiana. 2.What is your ethnic affiliation and how strong is your ethnic identity? My ethnic affiliation is African American. My ethnic identiy is very strong ethnicity and we as African American stays together. We have many outings in which we stick together such as family reunion, parties, and always

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    Occupational therapy is much more than enhancing activities of daily living to me. I see occupational therapy as helping people achieve daily freedom and making attainable goals to improve their physical and mental health while providing a professional relationship to encourage trust and reliability throughout treatment. Something as simple as tying shoes or being able to grab a fork to eat can make all the difference in the world to the patients an occupational therapist will treat. I have been

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    Speech Critique Assignment For the Speech Critique Assignment, my critique is on Xao Yang informative speech presentation. Xao chose to give her speech on Michelle Phan, a YouTuber and an entrepreneur. When Xao gave her speech, I was focusing on whether she covered all the requirements on the Speech Evaluation Form that includes Substance & Organization, Delivery, and other Considerations. Xao’s informative speech presentation was based on a successful YouTuber and an entrepreneur who serves as

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    Communication is incredibly important, it underpins any professional relationship with a patient. In any given specialty there is a need for good communication and there is an increasing emphasis placed on communication skills during undergraduate training programmes (both medical and nursing) however it is especially important within palliative medicine where patients are going through massive life changing events, often facing frightening times ahead in their not distant futures. Patients will

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    believe that communication played the biggest part in the movie. It shows the way that people from totally different backgrounds can communicate and even agree on issues. The various types of communication and behaviors within the film will be discussed. Key terms will be pointed out and highlighted, as well as described in relation to the examples extracted from the film. To begin with the film started out with a communication climate that was both tense and without verbal communication. This was mainly

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    and/ or drink? In Vietnam, if a group of people are gathered, food is present. They would usually eat after the business or social gathering. 3. Direct or indirect communication patterns? Vietnamese people are very direct when communicating. They present themselves as very straight forward people. Nonverbal Patterns of Communication Eye contact. Is eye contact considered polite or rude? Eye contact is very important in this culture because it shows respect. Tone of voice. What does a soft voice

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