Communication

• Do you find yourself communicating differently with people from different groups and cultures?
• If yes, in what ways do you communicate differently?

-It all depends on what group of people I am speaking too. If I am at work and speaking to my supervisor or parents, then I'm speaking professional and making sure that all my sentences are grammatically correct. I also make sure that I'm making eye contact and not speaking the whole time with my hands.

On the other hand, if I'm speaking to other colleagues and or family and friends then I am a little more relaxed with my speaking habits. I may use my hands to describe something, I may not always remember to allow the other person to go back and forth in the conversation. Speaking with this group of people is more relaxed than it is when speaking to parents and or supervisors.

Based on what you have learned this week, share at least three strategies you could use to help you communicate more effectively with the people or groups you have identified.
- The first strategy is to get to know and become familiar with the people or groups that I am speaking too. "Try to withhold judgment long enough to gain a deeper understanding than first impression allows" (Gonzalez, Mena- J. 2010).
- The second strategy is to determine or identify what the communication is going to be about. "Men are more likely to report; while women are more likely to establish rapport" (BeeBee, S.A & BeeBee, S.J & Redmond, M.V 2010)
- The third strategy is to "designate rules that are associated with social rules until they are broken" (Vockovic, A. 2008).



Resources

Gonzalez, Mena- J. (2010). 50 Strategies to communicating and working with diverse families. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

BeeBee, S.A & BeeBee, S.J & Redmond, M.V (2010). Interpersonal communication: Relating to others (6th ed.) Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon

Vockovic, A. (2008) Multicultural Education and Technology Journal, 2(1), 47-59
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