BA6

A studious and deliberate explanation/definition addressed to college students.

Understanding proper communication is critical to differing situations because communication provides the listener insight into your position relative to theirs. In other words, if you want another person to fully understand you and where your coming from, your communication should match that situation. Failure to adapt your communication style to a given situation, leads to confusion and misunderstanding (I.E. the first sentence). Often times your tone, word choices and approach will influence how an individual perceives your communication. One example, I attempt to rationalize with my 21-month-old son. If I tried, he would look at me with confused eyes and never understand the meaning communicated because it is too complex for him. As another example, let’s say I wrote a business proposal using primarily visually descriptive language. Odds are, who ever reviewed the proposal would likely throw it in the trash or burn it. The reason, in the world of business communication is cut and dry. No self-respecting businessperson would take seriously, a visually descriptive business proposal.     

A child’s diary entry

When my daddy and I go to church or out to eat, he always tells me to use my quiet voice and proper manners. My daddy says it’s important to consider, whom I’m speaking with and the situation.  I finally realize why my daddy always tells me this. Today I wrote a letter to my teacher and didn’t give much thought to what I wrote. After she read the letter, she sat me down and asked what the letter was all about.  I told her it was a letter explaining how much I love her class. After that, she pulled the letter out of her desk drawer and pointed out that it looked like a simple note not addressed to anyone. She said there was no reference to her or myself and that it was written in a jumbled mess. After she said that, I got all red and embarrassed. She said it was alright, and she taught me how to correctly write a thank you note.  When I got home I decided to write my little brother a note, to practice, even though he is only 5 years old. When I wrote the letter, I made sure to include my brother’s name and mine. But then I got to thinking that my brother can hardly read. So I drew a picture of a big heart and kept it simple, so he would understand that I love him a lot.