Reflection On Interpersonal Communication

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I took two classes for the summer of 2016, but the Interpersonal Communication class had me worried the most. I had a training with the army, and that required me to absence from school for two weeks. Unlike my other class, I didn’t have a chance to work ahead of the class with the instructor for the two weeks that I would be missing. Therefore, I was worried that I wouldn’t catch up with my classmates and end up failing the class. However, Ms. Anna was generous and extended the assignment due date for me; she even gave me an extra-credit assignment to replace the credits that I missed during my two weeks in training. Although, I took the Interpersonal Communication class to fulfill my requirements; I learned a lot of useful things that could …show more content…
In his book, Floyd emphasizes nonverbal communication as the “behaviors and characteristics that convey meaning without the use of words” (179). Before this lesson, I didn’t notice that regular people use nonverbal communication as much as nonverbal people. Nonverbal communication provides a better connection between two individual. Unlike normal communication, nonverbal communication requires us to observe the partner’s facial expression and body language than just words. Therefore, we understand our partner feeling and emotion better. The most memorable nonverbal conversation I had was when my grandma passed away. I noticed that both my parents were sad, especially my dad. He wasn’t crying like everybody else, but I could notice there were tears in his eyes. I understood that he was having a tough time and that I should be helping with the funeral instead of crying. By nonverbal communication, I was able to understand my father’s feeling without he told me about it. Therefore, I helped him around with the funeral to give him more private with my grandma. I would always nonverbal communication in the future to understand my partner, my family, and other people better. Nonverbal communication allows me to acknowledge other people’s feeling and emotion. Therefore, I’m aware of my behavior toward …show more content…
Anna’ class, and I’m grateful for all the useful lessons throughout the course. I made so many great friends and had many great moments together. I again want to thank Ms. Anna for the lessons about self-concept, nonverbal communication and listening. These lessons definitely will benefit me in my daily life as well as my career path. The self-concept lesson taught me that I’m the one who defines myself to other, and I have the power to create my self-concept as best as I could. The nonverbal communication lesson taught me that we all should pay more attention to people’s feeling and emotion during a conservation, rather than just their words. The listening lesson taught me to give people more time to speak, so I could understand their message better. Overall, I will always these lessons in the future to improve myself in both of my daily life and career

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