Evaluation of Personal Interpersonal Communication Skills and Expectations of Course

 In general, my interpersonal communication skills is rather good, this is based not just on my personal judgement but also based upon other people's judgement. My primary skill is in explaining and adjusting language to different people, though of course it takes some time to adjust. Some people have called me "Great Teacher" or "Father of the Nation" due to my exquisite explanation skills. This is because I always explain things in a very structured manner. This structure differs from some people who speak in a less structured manner, the structure in my speech and also writing, most of the time, helps others understand better what they have in the mind.

However, I have still some flaws in communication, such as when speaking to new people and speaking to massive groups of people. Granted, speaking to massive groups of people no longer constitutes interpersonal communication, however if there is a group communication the communication can mimic interpersonal communication where each person responds to one person taking turns. If this is done in structure, it would be much better. However casual group communication is usually done with less structure and there is a greater element of spontaneity. In that matter I struggle deeply.

When speaking to new people, I rarely take the initiative, at least this is based on my judgement on my most recent communications, or lack thereof, with the new people I encounter in university. This is because I often communicate with a purpose, now I understand that all communication can have a purpose. However, I have a different sense of purpose, that is for purposes which correlate with my values. Despite that reality, it is now my understanding for me to expand my horizons and reexamine my priorities in communication. On the contrary, this will take a long time to actually practice.

A final thing about my interpersonal communication skills is that I am rather awkward with my family. This is an unfortunate reality as I do view that ideally I should be close with my family and be able to communicate well with my family. The reason I cannot do that or have not done that is because my family is difficult to communicate with due to time constraints and work. As of now I do not see as a significant problem, despite still being a problem, and as such I do not have any plans to fix that problem in the far future.

My expectations regarding this course is that in general, I can improve my interpersonal communication skills. In what way are they to be improved? First of all, I want to at least maintain but ideally improve greatly my clarity and explanatory power. Second, I want to be able to take greater initiative in any communication. I do not want to be the passive communicant anymore, rather I must be the primary communicator and take control of all communication relationships in the interpersonal context. If my communicant asserts dominance, then I shall assert equal or greater dominance. That is all.

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