Adjudicative competence

1. What are some examples of nonverbal communication? Explain the importance of nonverbal communication displayed during a speech. Justify your answer with specific examples from your own speeches and the speeches of others. Examples of nonverbal communication include facial expression, body movement, and eye contact. The reason why it is important to know to is to get a sense of a read on you as a speaker and as a listener of a speech. One example of nonverbal communication is something I do…

People can often be perceived differently depending on the type of information that is conveyed and the way in which it is interpreted. As a result, we communicate differently depending on the manner, place and time we choose to disseminate these information. Whether we use eye contact, body language and or haptics we are sending strong messages to those who are around us in a nonverbal way. As a result, several factors may account for the type of nonverbal communication that we use. Such can…

FIELD NOTES 3 In this situation, we can see that our context-sensitive action that is common in all three is raising one’s hand. This signals that the person intends to capture their fellow’s attention. In this situation, they wanted to obtain the waiter’s attention. However, considering that the waiters understand the gesture in a single context, they are prone to misunderstanding it in others, as shown in the context below. Excerpt 1: In the middle of their conversation, one girl was raising…

Interpersonal communication is a process for people to communication and talk to each other. Furthermore, interpersonal communication is a two-way communication and it involves at least 2 people, sender and receiver. Besides, it is a way of people to understand information, knowledge as well as it allows people to understand other people's thought, emotion, opinion and value. Interpersonal communication can be in form of verbal or non-verbal communication. The non-verbal communication is like…

Concerning the Toraja people of Sulawesi, Indonesia and the resentment the grew toward tourist when it came to altering ceremonies to attract tourist, Scollon and Scollon present the reasons for the resentment in the form of four cultural differences. These differences are ideology, socialization, discourse, and face systems. These four cultural differences served as motivation and explanation for the rejection of tourism by the Toraja people. Scollon and Scollon describe ideology as the groups…

The purpose of this essay is to allow myself, the nursing student to demonstrate understanding of how culture and health influence the nursing career, using a reflective essay. Australia offers a multicultural society, which simply means we are culturally and ethnically diverse. Nationally, we relate to more than 270 ancestries (Australian Human Rights Commission, n.d.). Cultural bias is pervasive, negative, or unconscious beliefs, attitudes or differences in understanding of a culture (Kirwan…

Communication: The Key to a Successful Relationship Communication is an essential element of everyday human life. It is important to all relationships as it allows people to share their thoughts, ideas, feelings and views with others around them. In order to maintain a healthy and successful relationship, communication must be involved. Communication takes many forms and is expressed in many different ways. Communication occurs within many relationships whether it may be between coworkers in…

Interpersonal skills are essential skills involved in communicating with or relating to another person, often on a one-on-one basis; these interpersonal skills allow people to communicate effectively and clearly [Mcconnell, 2004]. The scenario I’m reflecting on is a situation that I was confronted with whilst being a sales assistant at a convenience store. Upon this occasion, I had used interpersonal qualities to de-escalate the encounter. This incident occurred with an elderly man who came into…

Within the world there are many groups, a group is defined as "A collection of three to twenty people who feel a sense of belonging and common purpose." (Verderber, 170) Each group has its own construct, communication and reason for forming. In the movie 10 Things I Hate About You there are many examples of the different types of groups. One example would be an interest group, "A group composed of people who come together because they share a common interest." (Verderber, 171) In the high school…

I think it is important to study abroad because it rewards students with the invaluable gift of being completely immersed in oftentimes, what is a new culture. Having an intercultural experience is so extremely important in order to broaden one’s sense of cultural understanding, and cultural competency. I think living in the U.S., one can often become rather ethnocentric, and lose sight of just how diverse the rest of the world is, and because of that we view cultural differences amongst…