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Assignment - Improving Communication (/10)

This document is an assignment on improving communication skills. It lists the author's strengths in communicating, including listening, non-verbal communication, open-mindedness, and confidence. It notes two areas for improvement: asking more questions and practicing clarifying and summarizing. The author rates their communication with their father at a 7 out of 10 and explains why this relationship is important. Four things are listed that could improve communication with their father: building common goals, giving and receiving feedback, asking more questions, and developing mutual trust.

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Assignment - Improving Communication (/10)

This document is an assignment on improving communication skills. It lists the author's strengths in communicating, including listening, non-verbal communication, open-mindedness, and confidence. It notes two areas for improvement: asking more questions and practicing clarifying and summarizing. The author rates their communication with their father at a 7 out of 10 and explains why this relationship is important. Four things are listed that could improve communication with their father: building common goals, giving and receiving feedback, asking more questions, and developing mutual trust.

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Assignment - Improving Communication ( /10)

1. List your strengths in communicating and provide evidence for


each. (4 marks)

1. Listening: I tend to listen more than I talk because I am adamant that the key to
fruitful communication is listening carefully and understanding what is being
said and not being said. In my group of friends, I am usually the last one to say
anything until I make sure that everyone was heard.
2. Non-verbal communication: I usually use my body to communicate ideas to
minimize the verbal intervention. Nodding, gentle claps, eye contact and
making approving sounds all helped me gain the trust of the person. This also
helped me sharpen my listening skills.
3. Open mindedness: I read the book “the 7 habits of highly effective teens”; and
one of the skills is seek to understand rather than being understood. This is
why when I am in contact with anyone for any reason; the first thing I do is
strip myself from any preconceived idea or prejudices; and devote myself to
see the matter from the point of view of the communicator.
4. Confidence: I can describe myself as a confident person; and the evidence is the
feedback I get from my peers, teachers and family members. However, being a
confident communicator enable me to say the right things at the right time.
2. What areas could you improve? (1 mark)

1. Asking more questions: I need to practice this more because the more questions I
ask, the clearer things become before me.
2. Practice clarifying and summarizing more: Just to make sure that I understood the
person in front of me, I need to summarize what they have said and get their
confirmation to avoid misunderstanding.
3. Think of a relationship that you would like to improve. On a scale of
1 to 10, with 10 being outstanding communication and 1 being
lousy communication, rate your communication with this person. (1
mark)
The relationship is with my father; it is now at 7 I reckon. I do not speak highly
achieved person language (that is my father); and my father does not speak young
lady language. For my father, achieving our potential is paramount, as it is for me, but
our routes are different.
4. Why is this relationship important to you? How could you improve
your communication with this person? List at least four things. How
will these changes improve your relationship with this person? (4
marks)
My relationship with my dad is very important to me because my father is my biggest
supporter and enabler. People say that I am him in a female version. I guess the key to
better communication with my father starts with building a common ground/goal. If we
both agree on what needs to be done and the time frame, this will mainstream our
communication and lessen our fights over details. The second things that would improve
our communication is giving and receiving feedback. Right now it is a one-way feedback
relationship; I must be able to give my father feedback on his ways with me. The third area
of improvement is asking questions. My dad has great ambitions and plans for me; and I
take these at face value. I need to be able to ask more questions to be able to meet my
potential and hopefully surpass his expectations. Finally, and most importantly, trust. This
is not to say that I do not trust my father; or he does not trust me. On the contrary, trust is
there. Nevertheless, I need to develop a new kind of trust between us: trust that my father
believes in me that I will do what I have said I will do; and I believe in him that he will let
achieve my goals at my own pace and by the method I see fit.

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