Journal Paper

Communication

Please respond to all the following items in your reflection journal.

How do Communication skills connect with the course material this week? How did Communication skills help you with your research this week?

In this week, we have to compete a research essay. We need to be precise, clear about our assumptions, results and questions required to answer during research. I have to listen an audio interview for my research essay. I put so much focus to understand meaning behind voice tone, pitch and expressions. Not only words but emotions were also transmitted while listening audio.

· Write down at least one specific aspect of Communication that you need to still develop and describe how you could work on developing that aspect.

Effective communication has many aspects required to be taken care off. Effective communication is vital skill in every career. In this course we are learning about effective communication but clearly this cannot be achieved overnight. Effective communication have five basic aspects know as listen, trust, focus and control, clarity of message, confidence and influence. In my opinion I lack focus and control in my communication skills. I get panicked and lose control in unexpected situations. In crisis every team member especially, leader have to be composed and collected. I am using calming techniques in small panicking situations in daily life to be able to compose in real unexpected situations.

· How does Communication connect to achieving your career goals?

My career goal is to be entrepreneur. To achieve this goal, I have to communicate with variety of people in variety of situations. These people may be from different background and social classes. They may have behavioral issues but I have to work with them for my own benefit. I have to stay focus and calm when working with difficult people and difficult circumstances.

· Based on your work in the course as well as general education courses at Grantham University, explain what Communication means to you.

We tried to learn everything about communication during all our educational career. Communication is an art of sharing our thoughts, emotions, views, and requirements with most suitable works and body language. Message, concept, or view in mind of person initiating communication (sender) should be conveyed using most accurate method so that listener (receiver) get full understanding.

· Describe a specific assignment, presentation, or project you worked on in one of your past courses that allowed you to develop your Communication skills?

In my school life our social studies class contributed greatly in polishing my communication skills. In this class we undergo several activates which lead us to enhance our skills. Especially I want to mention one week we were assigned a task. In that task we were required to ask three questions from school fellows other than our class fellows and friends. This activity required personality analysis of person in our mind before choosing appropriate question. We had to be calm and understanding about mindset of people and their knowledge background to select question. This activity makes us realize importance of body language for both parties engaging in communication.

· Write down at least one question you have about your organization, your research project, or this course in general?

What is the importance of body language when communicating in second language?