Reflective Analysis on Communication Challenges

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People often assume that proper communication is simple. This is not the case, as I have come to find out in this course. At the beginning of the course, I experienced several communication challenges, with the main challenge being inconsistent speech flow. This is because I often had to look back to the paper where I had written the speech, especially when quoting other writers within my speech, such as the director of operations for John Hopkins Medicine, Lawrence Su. Additionally, maintaining constant eye contact with my audience was another challenge since I had to go back to the speech paper to ensure I remained relevant to the subject of the speech. Additionally, repeating hard words was another challenge I faced, to get the proper pronunciation of these words. A good example from my speech is the word feasibility.
Although there were a lot of communication challenges in my first week of this course, I believed that this course would help me become better at communicating and speech presentation. To improve my communication skills, I set some personal and professional goals, which I tried to meet as this course progressed. Additionally, I discovered there was a lot to be learned about communication, which made me revise some of my initial goals and add on them. Some of these personal goals include; fluency in speech, the proper pronunciation of words, and proper use of non-verbal cues. I was able to properly pronounce most words as the course progressed and use non-verbal cues efficiently. Fluency and consistency in speech presentation are the challenges I am currently having, but I am determined to work on them.
Additionally, I desire to maintain eye contact with those I speak to and ensure every word I say is clearly heard by those listening to me. This is what I have been working on in my interpersonal communication abilities. Most of my friends claim that I have improved my speech clarity. I am proud that I get along well with most of my friends, for we always ensure everyone expresses themselves well. Implementing what I learned in class has helped me become more open-minded, especially in understanding others from a cultural and social perspective.
For a long time, I did not know the impact of nonverbal communication until I properly understood the effects of nonverbal cues in this course. Through this course, I have improved how to send the right message, both verbally and nonverbally, effectively. Moreover, I can now be able to clearly decode other people’s nonverbal messages, knowing when to act or speak from the way they express themselves facially. Through nonverbal communication, I can now clearly know when someone is afraid, surprised, or even lyi...