To strengthen your communication skills here are some questions to ask yourself to determine how effectively you communicate:
Over the week think about these questions while in school, practice, home, or interacting with friends. Then give a reflection on the 5 questions, and then rate your level of communication from 1-5 with 5 being the best. Tell us how you could improve your communication using the five questions above. For your response to your peers include comments about what they do well of the 5 questions and also one area that you think they could improve on and why. Remember we are giving constructive criticism so our comments are not mean, hurtful, or rude.
D K
10/24/2012 07:33:52 am
I think that I am alright at making other people understand what I am talking about. I always trie to listen to the other persons point of view and not to let what they said stop me from listening to the full message. I trie to acknowledge other people about what they said. I dont always give good directions when I ask someone to do something. I dont always speak in a way that other people can understand. I dont always speak in a way that makes other people want to listen. I think that if I used all of these things then I could greatly improve my communication skills.
Ally
10/25/2012 08:47:16 am
DK
Havin
10/26/2012 05:55:34 am
DK
Pearl
11/2/2012 10:43:18 am
D K, I think you are good at talking to other people. You do all ways pay attention to people and you always acknowledge me when I’m talking to you. And I agree if you used all of the Qs you will be all good.
Toni
10/25/2012 08:17:11 am
I believe that most of the time I do take full responsibility when I say a message.1) 3 - The only time this week I didn’t was when I was trying to explain to my peers at the meeting.2) 4 - I respect other people’s point of views a lot of the time. I never had a time where I didn’t listen to the full message.3) 4 - I do believe that the people I talked to this week understood me and I always acknowledge the person I am talking to. 4) 4 - I always try to keep my meaning clear but sometimes I have to repeat the words multiple times because I have a hard time getting the words out. I never this week had that position where I would need to explain a specific action to them.5) 4 - I usually speak to people so that they can understand. I personally believe the subject I am talking about will capture the person’s attention. I also think that it matters on the person’s attention that they have at that moment. Most of the time if I have a hard time explaining what I them to do. So, then I explain it again so that I know that they get the full meaning. I can improve each of these by slowing myself down when I talk. I could also preplan for meetings instead of talking in the spur of the moment. I could also try and be calm when I talk instead of being really excited or quiet and tired.
Toni
10/25/2012 08:22:24 am
Jack
Ally
10/25/2012 08:51:27 am
Toni
Cecilia
10/26/2012 05:06:50 am
Toni,
Zoe
10/26/2012 11:14:03 am
Toni you are one of the best people I know about taking full responsibility about what someone hears better then a lot of people.
Tyler
11/2/2012 04:46:14 am
Toni i think you rated your self pretty fairly and its nice to have stuff explained rather then be told just to do it and i think that you do a good job of it thanks.
Ally
10/25/2012 08:43:58 am
I think I am pretty good at listening what other people have to say. I mean the more opinions the more comprise to other stuff. I think other people understand what I say. When I say stuff I try to make it as clear as possible so there’s no confusion. Respecting another person’s point of view is very important. I think I keep a good job of doing that. Communicating in a way that the other person that will understand is important and I keep a good job at that too. If I could rate myself on communication out of ten my number would be an eight. There are a lot of places that I could improve on my communication skills. One would be to acknowledge the person I’m talking to. Another would be taking full responsibility message being heard by the other person. This past week I have been trying to improve because what’s wrong with being successful in a category that you’re going to use all the time.
Havin
10/26/2012 06:00:33 am
Ally
Cecilia
10/26/2012 04:55:28 am
As I evaluated myself during this past week I would rate myself a 4 because I fallow all the things listed above but I don’t always speak in a way where other people always understand me. I like to call it C.C.’s language because only I seem to know what I mean, I’m either speaking way too fast or I don’t put my words into a sentence that makes sense to the people who hear it. I do respect and understand other people’s point of view for the most part. Very rarely do I disagree on what other people think in a situation. I do get to the point when I’m asking a question, also, I do take responsibility for what I say and what other people think I say. I may say one thing and the other person may hear something completely different but I take responsibility for it because things are misheard all the time. I know that it’s easy to take something and twist it into something else so I try and word my sentences very carefully when I’m in a place where there are a lot of people.
Cecilia
10/26/2012 04:59:32 am
(Cont.)
Toni
10/26/2012 09:06:36 am
Cecilia
Austin
10/26/2012 03:58:24 pm
Cecilia
Havin
10/26/2012 05:51:05 am
1. I think I take full responsibility for the messages that I send.
Lexi
10/26/2012 07:50:54 am
Havin, I think you are better at talking then you think. You always get to your point instead of beating around the bush. You could work on making sure that you can keep paying attention to the other person. Even if they are talking about something you are not interested in.
Havin,
Aidan
10/30/2012 01:51:44 pm
Havin, I agree with your ratings. But I really agree with Lexi when she says that you can try to pay attention to what the other person has to say even if it isn't about something you are interested in, for example, if we you were talking about WWII with somebody you would pay a lot more attention than if you were talking about houses for sale.
Pearl
11/2/2012 10:19:30 am
Havin, I agree with lexi you are way better at communicating than you say. You always make shore that you speak clearly. And you might want to work on pay atenchon to other people when they are talking. But other than that you are good to go.
Maddie
10/26/2012 07:03:50 am
I think that I’m a 4 because I do take responsibility of what the other person hears because if they hear the wrong thing and they are spreading that around I usually talk to them about what I meant to say if I said something wrong. I would have to rate myself a 3 on respecting the other people point of view because I usually stick with what I think. If anything prevented me from listening to their full message it would be because I would be sticking with what I believe. I would rate myself a 3 on if the other person felt heard and understood because sometimes I have to think about things for a bit before I respond. I do usually always acknowledge them. For making my request clear I would rate myself a 5 because I want to make sure I get exactly that. I would rate myself a 5 on speaking in a way that the other person can understand me. I think that I usually communicate in a way that the other person will want to listen. Overall I think that I could improve on everything a little bit but mostly on respecting the other person’s point of view.
Lexi
10/26/2012 07:54:02 am
Maddie, I know that you are a great listener and can hold a conversation as well. Even when I know that we are talking about something that doesn’t interest you, you still listen. You might be able to improve on getting to the point faster. You tend to explain before even saying your idea.
Toni
10/26/2012 09:14:58 am
Maddie
Lexi
10/26/2012 07:43:15 am
1.I normally take it what is being said even if it isn’t a good or nice thing being said. I would give myself a 3.
Lexi,
Austin
10/26/2012 03:58:57 pm
Lexi
Tyler
11/2/2012 04:44:20 am
Lexi you are a good talker and listener i think that your rate is way you are at least a six not a four.
1. I take some responsibility unless it is a comeback that the other person is speechless.
Zoe
10/26/2012 10:37:24 am
Hannah I think you don’t always take entire responsibility of what you say but I think that’s the way people take it and not what you say but the way you say it so in a way you do but in a way you don’t.
Teresa
10/31/2012 09:38:23 am
Hannah-
Zoe
10/26/2012 09:27:51 am
I don’t think I take full responsibility for the message being heard from my friends because, sometimes I let my emotions and sarcasm in to the way I say it and that can really be misread then what I want it heard and my grammar is not always perfect so it can also be highly misread for example; if I meant to say I rode on my dad’s truck when I actually mean I rode in my dad’s truck.
Austin
10/26/2012 11:22:10 am
I think that my communication skills are pretty good. On the first skill I would rate myself a 4. I take responsibility for what I say and if someone miss heard or didn’t understand I would help them understand what I meant. For the second I would rate 3, I’m pretty good at respecting other people’s points of view and I usually listen to their full message because you don’t know what you could learn. On the third question I would rate a 3. On this skill you really don’t know how you do because it’s based on how they feel. How ever if some one is talking to me I’m usually listening. On the fourth skill I’d give myself a 4, this I have had practice with when my brother was younger you had to be vary specific if you wanted him to do something because he’d always find a loophole. For the last it would be a 3. Most of the time I speak in a way that most people understand but sometimes I use a word or phrase people don’t under stand.
Aidan
10/30/2012 01:47:02 pm
Austin, I almost agree with how you rated yourself. You are a good speaker/listener, and I do enjoy talking to you and you do talk in a way that makes me understand so I think you deserve higher than a three on the last one. I may call you a nerd a lot, but you are actually pretty cool.
Aidan
10/30/2012 01:40:20 pm
I believe that I have pretty good communication skills. If I were to rate myself from 1-5 on the five things listed, it would go like this. On taking full responsibility for the message being heard by the other person I would give myself a 4. I almost always read my messages and I try to imagine how the other person may read it, and I actually tweak what I say very often to make sure that the other person doesn’t get the wrong idea. My only exception to taking full responsibility for the message being heard by the other person is when I get lazy or if I just don’t really care. On the second one, respecting the other person’s point of view, I believe that I am a 4 yet again. I believe that I am good at this because I usually do take into view what they say and I respect what they have to say. I always listen or read the full message before responding, sometimes I re-read it to make sure I got what they are trying to say. On the third one, I believe that I deserve a 2.5. I am not as good at this one as I am on the first two, and sometimes I just ignore somebody or maybe I might just say “haha okay” or “cool” if I am bored or if I just don’t care. On the fourth one, asking someone to take a specific action to make my request clear, I think I deserve a 3. Sometimes I will kind of hint at what action I want them to take, but other times I just say exactly what I want them to do. On the last one I deserve a 2.5 because it all depends on who I am speaking to. If I want to speak to this person and I actually like this person, I am a 5, but if I don’t like the person very much then I am a 1, so I think I deserve a 2.5.
Jack
11/2/2012 02:50:25 pm
Aidan
Tyler
10/31/2012 08:22:29 am
I think that people sometimes know what i am talking about or if they do not know i explain it a little better. i think i good do better on a lot of things that have to do with talking like how we do are DQ we have to write a lot of words but sometimes we just don't have enough to talk about. I also think that if the world would be beater if every one good just talk to any one they meet without becoming shy and also being abel to talk about any thing. but i don't know that much because i don't talk to people very often or have some one talk to me.
Teresa
10/31/2012 09:28:07 am
Alright, communication. For the first one I think I’m taking full responsibility. Unless I’m telling someone what someone else said, but that’s a different story. So 5 for that. The second one, respecting a person’s point of view, I’d say I’m a 3. Sometimes I can shoot down people’s ideas. That’s something to improve for me. Number 3, I’m a 4. I try and let everyone be heard, because I know how it feels to be completely ignored. I’m a 4 for the next one. I may not be clear sometimes because whatever I said didn’t make sense or my voice was muffled. My mom is always getting mad at me for muttering. She says I get it from my dad. The last one is the same, a 4. I hope I speak in a way that makes people want to listen. And as far as speaking clearly, I’m pretty good. Sometimes I talk really fast. Plus I have 2 speech impediments.
Pearl
11/2/2012 09:58:43 am
1. I would give myself a 4 on this because I think of what to say to the person before telling them but sometimes things slip out. Over the week I have fixed myself a lot on this topic.
Jack
11/2/2012 01:54:20 pm
1. I think I am a 3 on taking full responsibility for what the other person hears when I am speaking. When my sister and I talk, I'll say something, then she will say "what did you say?" and I would think she just doesn't want to listen, but in reality I was mumbling and she couldn't hear me. Comments are closed.
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