Reflection On Communication And Communication

This semester in CT 2000 has been informative in the ways that the people of our earth communicate. Everything we do alters into the conversations we have with people from our tone of voice to the shoes on our feet. There are 7 concepts that we touched on in the class over the past months and they are all keys to being an effective communicator. We began the semester with The Self and Communication, then went on to learn about or practice Culture and Communication, Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, Listening, Interpersonal Communication, Small Group Communication, and Public Communication. To learn about self talk and communication, our first assignment for the class was to give a speech about ourselves accompanied by and photo collage.

If you listen, then you will be able to respond properly. To learn about listening we did an activity where we listened to multiple different songs and then responded to what we heard. After Listening to the songs we picked out the themes we thought they were trying to portray, how they made us feel, and the kind of rhythm and beats that the song had. This activity guided me in seeing that when talking to someone you can just listen to the words they say but you should pay attention to the context of the situation as well as the tones of their voice to get a clear understanding of what they are saying. You must listen or else communication will

It was definitely an interesting experience. Before the assignment I’ve always been nervous when teachers bring up group assignments because I never like to have my grades in the hands of others. Fortunately I got put with a group who seemed like they would get the work done on time. I took on the role of the facilitator so that I could be in charge and make sure everything made sense and got done. It went well we got everything set up and dates for everything to be done set on the first day. I then set up online sharing so that we could have everything in one place. In the end everyone got everything done, maybe not exactly on time which made my job difficult, but it turned out ok. One of our partners had to make up his portion at another date, but it all worked out. I still would prefer never to have to do group assignments but this definitely was one of the better experiences that I’ve