Communicating Differently

When communicating with people from different groups and cultures, I do find myself communicating with them differently. It is my belief that I adapt my speaking according to the group that I am addressing. For example, when I am communicating with my nail technician, who is of Asian descent, I find myself speaking very slowly, and clearly so that he will be able to read my lips in case he does not understand the language in which I am speaking. When speaking with some parents who do not understand some of the educational terminology, I find myself using simple terms in which parents can easily understand. When addressing my colleagues I am very sure that I take my time to pronounce words correctly and when I send out letters to colleagues and parents I make sure that there are not any grammar errors or mistakes.

        

Communication (Week 2)

Week Two Blog

The character’s relationships based on the way they are communicating is student/teacher relationship. Even though I could not here what was being said I could understand that the man was in the teacher position and the student were sitting in a listening. The nonverbal behavior that I noticed was that the teacher/students are relax, they are acting friendly toward one another, smiling, and given one another high five.

I did not have any assumptions about the characters in the show.  I noticed that the plot was in a school setting. I believe if I would have watched a show that I was familiar with I would have made more assumption about what was going on in the show.

An “aha” moment that I have learned about communication is that a lot of information that people received from a conversation is through body language or facial expression.