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In week 8, you’ll turn in a 3-4 paper that focuses on conversations that you’ve been paying attention to this quarter because this person is valuable to you. Perhaps in the past, you’ve struggled with your communication with this person, or you would just like it to deepen. This person can be a parent, a boss, a spouse or partner, a friend, etc. — anyone who is meaningful to you. The rule of thumb for this paper is: choose a relationship in which the conversations are crucial. In contrast to your Applied Learning Journal, this paper is a deeper analysis and reflection applying all that you’ve learned about interpersonal communication since the beginning of the quarter. In particular, I’d like you to be aware of your perceptions in this particular communication experience (chapter 3 in “Interpersonal Communication”). Did the exercise of listening, being fully present with another person change your perception? Were you able to have a clearer sense of this person’s humanity by deeper listening and more open-ended inquiry? Their unique story? Your paper should include how you applied the different skills and information that you’ve gained from the different readings and videos and how these skills and knowledge affected the outcomes of your conversations. Your weekly learning journal entries can be used as a way of tracking your progress or writing about specific gains or hurdles you’ve encountered in your conversation/s with this particular person. However, your weekly learning journals don’t need to be about this relationship, but I think it will make your paper easier if you use them this way. 5 Elements to be included in your paper and grading rubric (use these elements as Headers): 1. Context of the communication experience. Provide a thorough description of the communication experience so your reader can fully understand who was present including the different social memberships. Cultures present. Who had privilege and why (week 7 will talk more about privilege) (10 points); 2. Listening skills – how skilled were you as a listener in this conversation? What did you do well; what could you have improved? You could go back to your Listening Self Evaluation to assess your skill level (10 points); 3. Verbal and non-verbal aspects – What did you notice about how you communicated verbally and non-verbally to convey understanding and respect? Did you notice any biases surface and if so how did you handle the situation? (10 points) 4. Passages from our texts – I’d like you to include two passages from our texts in your paper — one from each of the books. Select passages that were especially helpful to you. Weave these passages into your narrative making sure to cite source and page number. 5. Summary analysis of where you started as an interpersonal communicator at the beginning of the quarter and where you see yourself now. I suggest that you revisit your Personal Learning Plan goals. Have you made progress on your goals? Which ones? Where do you still see areas of growth needed? (20 points)
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