SPCH 277N Week 2 Discussion; Listening Analysis

Week2Discussion:ListeningAnalysis RequiredResources Read/reviewthefollowingresourcesforthisactivity: • Textbook:Chapter4,reviewChapter5 • Lesson • Minimumof1scholarlysource(inadditiontothetextbook/lesson) InitialPostInstructions Readthelessonforthisweek.Then,completetheListeningExerciseintheListenUp!sectionof this week's lesson. Use this exercise to evaluate your listening skills. Then, address thefollowing, using theprovided headingsto formatyour post: • ListeningScore o Statethe resultsoftheexercise andwhatsurprisedyouwiththe questionsand results. o Considerhowyourlisteningstrategychangeswhenyouareinteractingwithadifferentculture, thenshareyourreflectionwiththeclass. • Example o Usingthe informationfromtheexercise,describe aninstancewhenyoufailedto beaneffectivelistener. o Also,inthis section,includeanexampleofwhenyoufounditdifficulttolistenwhencommunicatingwithsomeonefrom adifferentculture. • Reflections o Respondtothefollowingpromptin fullsentences,makingconnectionstothe ideascontainedinthelisteningchapterassignedfortheweekaswellasincludinginformation from an outside source. Explain your thought process and provideexamples to give further explanation to your description of why you felt the wayyou did. ▪ Shareatimewhenyouexperiencedabreakdowninthe listeningprocess. ▪ Whatdoyoubelievewasthe reasonyoufailedtolisteneffectively? ▪ Sharepotentiallisteningbarriersthatmighthavebeenpresent. ▪ Whatcouldyouhavedonedifferently toimproveyourlistening? o References: Place yourtwoAPAcitationsinthissection. Follow-UpPostInstructions Respondtoatleastonepeerortheinstructor.Furtherthedialoguebyprovidingmoreinformation and clarification. WritingRequirements • Minimumof2posts (1initial &1 follow-up) • Minimumof2sourcescited(assignedreadings/onlinelessonsandanoutsidescholarlysource) • APAformatforin-textcitationsandlistofreferences Grading ThisactivitywillbegradedusingtheDiscussionGradingRubric.Pleasereviewthefollowinglink: • Link(webpage):DiscussionGuidelines CourseOutcomes(CO):2,5,6DueDates • Recommendedcompletiondateforinitialpost:By11:59p.m.MTonWednesday • DueDateforallposts:By11:59p.m.MTonSunday • Postsmustbeonseparatedays P.170Ch4NonverbalCommunication “Weuseactionsandgestures,intentionallyandunintentionally,tocommunicateourideas,thoughts,emotions,andreactionstooursurroundings”. “Ourculturalbackgroundinmanywaysplaysasignificantroleinhowweseetheworldandourselves,includingwhatweexpectfromourselvesandothersonhowtobehaveandinteract”. “Languageandculturepermeatenonverbalcommunication,andinmanyrespects,languageisourbehavior”. p.175 “Nonverbalcommunicationchallengesourperceptionandunderstandingofcommunication”. HelloClass, ListeningScore The listening score I received from the “Listen Up!” is 39 out of 48. I can agree with thisassessmentbecauseIknowmyselfwell enoughtoknowwhereIfallshortsometimes.AlthoughIreceived a B in my listening score, I know that I have a lot of room for improvement. Mylistening stylecanand does changedepending on thesituation. I findthatIcango fromDefender, Covert Attacker, to Realist. As I stated before, I know exactly what I need to work onwhenitcomes tomy listening skills. I have noticed a long time ago how my listening strategy changes when interacting with differentcultures.Growingupasamilitarybrat,welivedinmanydifferentplaces.Dependingonthebasewelivedonatthetimedeterminedhowweinteractedwithothers.Formostofthepeopleonbase (in the 80s), each community and culture were based on where you were from. Then thesubcommunity was based on heritage, race, and culture. When living at Fort Benning in Macon,Georgia, I had to listen and learn many new phrases and meanings. For example, in Clevelandwhen children count for hide and seek, we would say “one-one thousand, two-one thousand,three-one thousand… and so on. In Georgia I learned that children count in different ways there.They would say “one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi…and so on. Other childrenwho were from the same region I was from, explained to me the different sayings and culture inwhich I had found myself in. After being frustrated and confused the first few days, I was able toadapt fairly well. The first month there consisted of many questions and listening very closelyfrom me and the other children. We were trying to get use to each other’s accent and words suchas soda/pop. I also began to learn Spanish from my neighbor’s kids. I began to make manyfriends. Example A time where I failed to be an effective listener was when I was living in Phoenix, AZ and I hada dispute with one of neighbors. This neighbor was from a Mexican culture as I am not. Ourchildren use to play together often. One night their family had dinner at our home. The wifebecame upset because her husband kept complimenting on the dinner I cooked and ate threeplates plus dessert. The more he ate, the less she ate. My husband I were confused because all Isaid was thank you very much and changed the subject. Next thing I knew, I was accused oftrying to steal her family. She was so upset that began to speak in both in and Spanish. I verylittle Spanish and a hard time understanding and keeping up with her. I never had anyinteractions with her husband before or since. I tried to explain to her that cooking in my familyis our way of extending good fellowship and friendship. The reality is, that I don’t think that itwasaculturething,butitwasdefinitely awkward. Reflections Nonverbal communication challenges our perception and understanding of communicationaccordingto(McLean,2018).Ifindthistobeanaptstatement.Inmyhousehold,thisseemstobeadailyoccurrence. One would believe that raising children with special needs would have this issue constantlywith the special needs children, but no, I have this issue with my husband on a daily basis. It is almostnever on the same subject, but the breakdown of communication is at least once per day. There areseveral barriers that affects the flow of communication according to (Juneja, 2015). In my household,thiswould be true. An example of a barrier or challenge is when my husband wakes up in the morning. He is not amorning person by any means. Every morning I have to spend 45 minutes in waking him up. Once he isphysically awake, my husband may hear me, but is definitely not listening. This morning, I was asking forhelpwithgettingthechildrenreadyforschoolsinceIhadameetingtoday.Ialsoneededtostraightenupthe house since nobody messes up the house. When my husband got up, he started to becomeaggravatedsinceIwasupset.Themomentheraisedhisvoice,allofmylisteningprocessbrokedown. The reason why it broke down was because I felt that I needed to address his tone of voice towards mefirst. One of the listening barriers that were in the way was emotions. I know that I could have taken adeep breath and ignore the tone of voice. I also could have not asked for help in the first place. Usually,things do not escalate to anyone raising their voices, even if it was only five minutes. There was a lot ofnonverbalcommunicationbetweenthetwoofusbeforeanythingverbalcameoutsuchasdeepsighing,eyes rolling, body tension, and so on. Between my husband having a long day yesterday and my busydaytoday,leftalotoftension.Acupofcoffeeandfiveminuteslater,listeningcommunicationswerere-establishedonboth sidesfortheday toofficially begin. References: Juneja,P.(2015,December).MSGManagementStudyGuide.CommunicationBarriers-Reasonsfor CommunicationB:// McLean, S. (2018). Chapter 4: Nonverbal Communication. In Exploring InterpersonalCommunication(2ndEdition, pp. 171-175).FlatWorld. (Juneja,2015) (McLean,2018)