Blog 3 Assignment

Blog 3 Assignment 

           Why yes, I find myself communicating differently with colleagues at school, in my neighborhood, workplace, and family setting. The platinum and Golden rules take into consideration jargon and emblems to fit the current conversation being held. “If the symbols are well-chosen, the code shared, and the messages sent as intended, the interaction has high communicative value, and misunderstandings are less likely” (O'Hair et al., 2018).

            I certainly communicate differently with friends and family members because we have multiple cocultures in common. “Cocultures are smaller groups of people within a larger culture that are distinguished by features such as race, religion, age, generation, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation, economic status, educational level, occupation, and a host of other factors” (O'Hair et al., 2018). For example, my daughters attend Duke school and my nephews attend Spring Valley Elementary. Education from different perspectives one private and the other public exposes them to different experiences the same as I. I’m appreciative of the opportunity to experience and support each other’s learning differences. Another example is that my religion is different from others in my cocultures. It’s helped me learn how to communicate differently to with people of other religions, especially during the holidays. I’m careful not to use hate speech and wish a person of another faith an inappropriate salutation.        

            The three strategies I would use to communicate more effectively with people, different groups and cultures are the following:

1. Deliver effective communication so that I am understood.
2. Be a good listener- To apply
3. Know when to seek extra support.

            I know I am a visual learner I must understand that others may not be. We have several multiple intelligences we can apply to education. However, if communicating is not understood learning is not met.

Reference

O’Hair, D., Wiemann, M., Mullin, D.I., & Teven, J. (2018). Real communication: An introduction (4^th. Ed). New York: Bedford? St. Martin’s.