I want to learn how to calmly and gently express my opinion and to be able to disagree politely with someone.

Part 2: Plan and Practice

2A. Surroundings I'll practice my communication challenge in a calm setting, such as my bedroom or workplace, where I feel at ease and secure using the time to practice and improve my abilities.

2B. People I'll pretend I'm speaking to someone in a nice and polite way during my practice session. I'll work on posing suitable inquiries and delivering acceptable, conversation-relevant remarks.

2C. Reflection My covert rehearsals gave me the chance to practice active listening, maintaining my attention on the problem, and using polite language, which prepared me for carrying out my plan. I was able to plan out alternative reactions and consider probable consequences by running through several situations in my head. This helped me get ready for the discussion and gave me greater faith in my ability to politely argue. I've been able to develop the self-assurance and abilities necessary to respectfully and successfully express my disagreement via practice.

INSTRUCTIONS

Part 1: Beginning of the Week you should have chosen a person with whom you share regular communication. So, you should have a few occasions this week to apply your plan. Under this heading for your submission, what you project will be your opportunities to implement your plan. You need to be on the lookout for when you will be putting your plan into place.

Part 2: Middle of the Week In this section, you will describe the setting and people involved in your exchange that was your implementation of your CCC plan. Include enough details so that the process of the exchange is understood.

Part 3: End of the Week Under this heading, you will have the opportunity to reflect on the process that you went through for your Communication Change Challenge. Use the following sub-section headings for your responses (see template). You will evaluate the impact of the project as it relates to interpersonal communication and the course objectives (COs). It is important here that you clearly demonstrate your understanding of the course concepts through application to your course project.

Remember that your patterns for communicating interpersonally have been developed over many years. Therefore, you should be neither surprised nor discouraged to find that changing your interpersonal communication behavior takes time. In order for you to take this project to its fullest potential, you may need to continue to modify, implement, and reinforce these new behaviors for far longer than the duration of the project. It is possible, however, to modify the way you communicate because the payoff is improvement to our communication and relationship outcomes. Changing interpersonal communication for the better is worth the effort.

3A. Topic Selection Reflection What course material did you use to help guide your particular communication change? Cite the information you found helpful as you write a paragraph summary of texts used.

3B. Implementation Analysis: Satisfaction Consider the implementation of your new approach to communication and share which of your communication changes particularly pleased you?

3C. Implementation Analysis: Dissatisfaction Consider the implementation of your new approach to communication and share which of your communication changes particularly displeased you.

3D. Implementation Analysis: Additional Changes Consider the implementation of your new approach to communication and share which of your communication changes you still want to work on.

Reference: McLean, S. (2018).Exploring Interpersonal Communication (2nd ed). VitalSource Bookshelf. vbk://9781453390429