One Concept

Communication is one of the most important part of life through which we express our feelings to others. Before taking this class I thought there is only one type of communication that is verbal, but after this semester I understood the importance of non-verbal communication skills. Non-verbal communication includes gestures, behavior, facial expression, appearance, and body language. In fact, all of us do the non-verbal communication in our day-to-day life. It was interesting to know that this type of communication is continuous and is perceived to be more believable (Woods p 120). This was a great class that taught me to be the non-verbal communication skills and how to respond to those non-verbal actions. Also, from my experience and as read in the textbook it is true that the non-verbal communication can often establish new relations. For example, whenever a guy sees a girl the first thing before they say hello to each other is the non-verbal interaction. It can be either appearance, eye contact or a handshake. Non-verbal communication is equally important as verbal communication.

Favorite Thing About Class

The best thing I liked about this class was that we were learning the new communication skills every day. The blogging was the best part as there was a feeling that as if we were commenting on our friend's blog. But including all this learning the styles of loving was my favorite thing about class. I came across different types of relationships that a person goes throughout his or her life and learned three basic things to keep a healthy relationship. I always thought that commitment was most important in a healthy relationship but after reading the chapter I came across a fact that trust and honesty with each other are equally important as commitment. Professor Perez was an approachable almost every time I needed to ask any question or needed help, she replied to my e-mail within one day. This class was fun and engaging class in a sense of communicating and learning.

what I learned

This class is a great resource for a person like me to enhance the communication skills and with such a great professor Perez this class made more sense. She was always available for questions, either through email or online on yahoo. I personally liked how the textbook described styles of loving and non verbal communications aspects. I knew trust was important, as well as honesty. But from book I learnt that we should be honest to our partners about what we feel about them too. For example, if we think our partner looks bad in blue jeans, we should let her know honestly. Although she likes blue but if did not suit her we should express our opinions honestly. Another aspect of this class about blogging the discussions and commenting on random people's wall were also great. This way of using blogging I was able to make few online friends. Although, I never meet them but they still are important part of my life through these blogs.