Nestor: Aspects of Communication
ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATION
Communication is one of the essential skills that a person has to have to be effective in this modern society. It let us all connect with each other in so many different ways. One of those ways of connecting with other people is our speech class. There we interact and practice our communication with others of different background. Our first-class project was divided into 3 groups to explain to the rest of the class a chapter of the book. Here, we will see the importance and some characteristics about these chapters along the way. Specifically, we will be talking about Intercultural Communication, Communicating in Groups, and Group Leadership and Problem Solving.
Our Chapter was assigned to be
Intercultural Communication. It starts talking about culture in general and
jumps to its structure. This structure is composed of dominant cultures: the culture
learned and practiced by the majority of people in a society and co-cultures: a
group of people within the larger culture who have common interests or values
that differ from the dominant culture. It continues talking about different
aspects of culture like sex and gender, race, ethnicity, religion, age and
generation in general, socioeconomic status, etc. The part of the chapter that I
was the one in charge to talk about is how cultures differ. This
part of the chapter is very important because it taught me that there are two
different types of cultures (collectivistic and individualistic) and they work
very different from each other. One is more united and think about everything
as a group and the other one has more competition and privacy. This chapter in
general explains how culture affects communication and the way people interact
with each other. From my point of view, our group presented this chapter very professional
and accurate in two days which was the time given to do the assignment. The second
group talks about communicating in groups. They start talking about different
types of groups which are family, social groups, support groups, interest groups,
service groups, work group and teams, virtual groups. The first presenter breaks
down the different types of family. I find very interesting how the second presenter
shows a different source to understand even more the interest groups. The
chapter continues talking about characteristics of healthy groups. One of the
characteristics I found very interesting was that healthy groups are synergetic;
the video explaining this was the perfect example of it and how it finishes
saying “Union is Strength.” The third group’s topic is Group Leadership and
Problem Solving. The beginning of the presentation defines leadership and task
roles as well as maintenance roles and the five rational skills which are:
Supporters, Interpreter, Harmonizer, Mediator, and Tension Relievers. They
proceed talking about the procedural leadership roles. Guidelines for meetings
leaders and participants are next and teach you what to do when attending a meeting.
The most useful thing about this chapter in my opinion is how they teach the
steps for problem solving.
Finally, these chapters show the
significance of communication. Going from culture, through different types of
groups and ending in leadership, we could see how communication is used and
applied.
Very nice!
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