Assignment Description
As 21st century global citizens, we live in a complex world that is filled with complicated communication challenges and problems. However, an understanding of how communication works can help us devise solutions to today’s pressing problems. For this assignment, you will compose a 3-4 page essay in which you will critically examine your own communication skills and practices.
After a brief introduction, choose and briefly describe two communication events from your own life in which you were directly involved. A communication event is a contained unit of communication (e.g., a meeting at work or school, a conversation on the phone with a friend or parent, a public speech, a commercial, etc.).
Next, analyze each event independently by using concepts we have learned in the course. For each event, define and apply at least one communication concept from your textbook. You must use at least one concept from Chapter 2, Communication and Culture. You may draw from any other chapter from the book for the additional concept/s.
In a substantive conclusion, reflect on how you aim to improve your communication with others by offering a detailed description that includes strategies that you learned thus far in this course.