This week's assignment
is very hard for me to write. Who am I as a communicator? "We are
certainly born with some ability to communicate...we begin learning how to communication
during the first days of our life."(O'Hair, 2012, p. 5). I was asked to be
evaluated as a communicator through my view and others' view. I asked my husband and a mother of a child who enrolls in the learning center where I am working to fill out those three quizzes. The results as below: me (L-g1, VA-Moderate, C-Moderate), my husband (L-g1, VA-Moderate, C-Moderate), the mother (L-g1, VA-Moderate, C-Moderate). I was surprised because I expected the results would not be the same as the assignment says. I am so glad to
know that I and others see me the same as a communicator who would put the
relationship in mind, trust and concern with other's feelings the most, and
maintain a good balance between respect and consideration of other.
I have no doubt
that I am a friendly person, and easy to make conversation with other and trust
other by natural. I am not shy to say things in the front of strangers and
could talk with people at the first meeting if there is a suitable topic for
hours. All these features seem fit the test. I believe that I as people-oriented
listener and moderate verbal aggressiveness communicator am being developed by
nature, not by training.
Have been
learning the past four weeks, as a communicator, communicating with children
and parents and colleagues I would be different. While communicating with
children, I need the verbal skill and nonverbal skill to deliver a message in a
friend and trust way. Whatever I am instructing or making safe environment, I
am the model for children to understand and be understood. while communicating
with parents, I need to listen and respect parents. I could understand parents.
I could get their trust. I could know who they are. These communicating skills
I needed would foster a positive relationship with parents. Having a positive
relationship with parents I could provide their children in the best way to the
development in well-being. As for communicating with colleagues, I need all
effective listen skill, verbal skill, and nonverbal skill to communicate
competently for the achievement our goals such as working successfully as a
team member in the workplace. The communication skills are not inborn and
entirely natural. "The best communicators never stop learning." (O'Hair,
2012, p. 5).
Reference
O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2012). Real communication an introduction. (2nd ed.) Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's