Communication Skills Check-In Discussion

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, revisit and retake The Communication Quiz from Week 1 - How Good Are Your Communication Skills? Speaking, Listening, Writing, and Reading Effectively. (Links to an external site.)

· My Score was 46 this time around – (Today)

(36-55 You're a capable communicator, but you sometimes experience communication problems. Take the time to think about your approach to communication, and focus on receiving messages effectively, as much as sending them. This will help to improve your ability to communicate.)

· My Score at the beginning was 44 – (week 1)

(36-55 You're a capable communicator, but you sometimes experience communication problems. Take the time to think about your approach to communication, and focus on receiving messages effectively, as much as sending them. This will help to improve your ability to communicate.)

An important theme throughout this course is being a competent communicator, which is the ability to choose a communication behavior that is both effective and appropriate for a given situation. For this final discussion forum, you are required to do the following:

1. Complete the assessment and compare your results from Week 1 to today.

2. How are they different, if at all, from Week 1?

3. Identify one of your communication strengths, using and citing your textbook.

4. Identify one of your communication weaknesses, using and citing your textbook.

5. Explain how working on your communication weaknesses will improve your personal relationships.

6. Explain how working on your communication weaknesses will improve your professional relationships.

For this discussion forum, your initial post should be 300 to 350 words in length.