Temika McCann
Course #6165
Week 3 blog
Week 3 blog
Communication Styles With Other Groups of People
I myself feel like when I am around other group of
individual who might be different from me. I feel that I do communicate
differently. If I am talking to family and friends, I feel free and talk a
little ghetto. That because I am more comfortable with them. When conversation
with a friends and family, you are able to express your true self when you are
with them on a continue basis. I also feel you can really express how you
really feel when you are in a deep personal conversation with them. I feel when
I am with my family and friend I can really be transparent with them when it
comes to different topics whether it is personal or professional.
If I am speaking to a boss, parent and peers, I act
different I will not speak to my peers, boss and parent using ghetto language,
I will be more conservative and professional. I will make sure I am speaking
with clarity and respectful. If I speaking with my boss I will make sure I am
carefully choosing the correct word and the tone which I am speaking in when
talking to him/her. If I was speaking to my peers I will make sure I am using
correct grammar and make sure they understand me clearly. When I
speak with my children and families I will be very respectful and ask them how
your day was going. If their child was
not having a good day, I will be very careful how I would say certain thing
when approaching the child parent about
any issue that nay have occurred that day. I will always make sure I am aware
of the child and family and make sure that I am not being bias regardless of
race, gender and religion.If people who are from another culture, I will find out how that particular culture communicate so I can make him/her feel more at easy. I will also be careful in choosing my words so I want make anyone feel embarrass because each culture communicate differently. For example, I had a Korean friend and he shared with me when his wife is around make sure that, I am not saying a certain word because if I say it and she hear me she might think we are dating, I was like WOW!. I feel it is very vital that we are being caution especially when people our from other culture than us.
I feel as an educator when I am communicating with a parent
or his/her family. If any issues occur that day I will ask is there anything we
can do as a team so that these issues will not happen again. I feel if something needs to be said I will
make sure that no one would be around, but me in the child and parents. I feel
that when I talking to parents I have to make sure I am respecting all culture
regardless of race, gender and religion. Over all we communicate very different
when we with others who may be different from us we have to make sure rather
they our parents, peers and studentship our all being treat with dignity.
Temika,
ReplyDeleteI think we all communicate differently with other people depending on the relationships and the tone of the conversations; like you said you feel more at ease around family and friends so you can let your hair down and speak freely. When we are at work we tend to communicate more professionally and at church for example we communicate more formal. Whenever we communicate we need to be aware of our own behavior patterns as well as the recipients. As a result of this class I find myself more in tune to other people’s verbal and nonverbal messages; I listen differently as well. I try to listen as well as hear what is being communicated rather than listening but not really hearing like when I’m at a boring staff meeting. I have changed my behaviors of communication to become a more effective communicator.
Temika,
ReplyDeleteI also try not to be bias while conversing with other families regarding their children's day. I tend to do the Sandwich process which is saying something positive about the child's day and skills, then something negative (the issue i want to discuss),, and then something positive again. This way the family leaves with a good feeling but also with the knowledge of the issue i wanted to discuss for better improvement.
Temika,
ReplyDeleteThe heads up about the cultural differences in Korea was interesting. It was nice for your friend to pull you aside and let you know the cultural concerns. Also, I agree with you that we speak to family much differently from others. Family are the one group of people that you can truly let your guard down and be yourself. It is always interesting to eavesdrop on other families when they are talking. They have their own ways of communicating and understand each other completely.
I can relate to your post. We all communicate different when we are with colleagues as opposed to friends.When you communicate with parents and administrators it should always be professional.
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