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Strong Interpersonal Communication Competence

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Having a strong interpersonal communication competence is a very valuable asset to have when interacting in one’s everyday life. Without a strong competence, one would expect to have trouble adapting to others, managing conversations, being involved in conversations, being empathetic towards others, being effective when conversing, and even being appropriate during interpersonal communication; therefore, as previously stated, it is a necessity to have strong interpersonal communication competence skills. I would say that my competence in interpersonal communication is very strong as I am able to be conversationally involved and appropriate. Overall, I am a great communicator; however, I could use improvement in my effectiveness, adaptability, …show more content…

Similar to appropriateness, I scored a near-perfect score of fourteen out of fifteen. Conversational involvement is the act of being involved by showing verbal and non-verbal methods of involvement. According to the workbook, conversational involvement is described as the ability to be exceptionally engaged in conversations by producing non-verbal messages in order to show the sender that the receiver is maintaining acknowledgement while the message is being sent. (Monahan, 2016) I scored so high because whenever I am having a conversation with someone I am generally very involved in the conversation whether this includes head nods or other forms of expressions non-verbally. For example, when I am being spoken to and I agree with someone I typically nod while waiting for them to continue. After they have spoken, I express my opinion/views on the topic and follow that with being more engaged in what they’re saying. Another example for how I am involved in conversations, is when my mother asks me small questions to make sure that I have heard everything she has said, almost like a mini quiz to ensure I am following what she is saying. I, generally, answer these questions with the correct answer; however, I do, sometimes, start thinking about other things such as what I have to do later in the day rather than listening. This category of communication is extremely important because it gives the current speaker a signal that the other person or people are following along with what he or she is saying. Without these clues during conversations, the speaker will often stop and wait for the person or people to give these

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