Com200 Interpersonal Communication Paper

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Assignment 1 Aixel Garcia COM200: Interpersonal Communication Prof. Cheri Ketchum January 24, 2014 Being able to communicate properly is an everyday task, is not only about knowing the proper way to speak or listening, but it involve and could interfere with the message we want to get across. After reading the article “Close relationships sometimes mask poor communication” (2011), we can notice how different we might interpret one simple sentence like “it’s getting hot in here”. I remember one day at a family gathering, my brother was talking to his girlfriend and she made the comment “I’m hot” and my brother to be funny told her “of course, that’s why I’m dating you”. We laugh knowing that he was joking with her, but his girlfriend…show more content…
One day at work a co-worker originally from Mexico had car problems, she could not find a relative to go pick her up, so I offered myself and said to her in Spanish “Yo te puedo dar la cola” (I can give you a ride), once I said that she looked at me with a surprised look and replied no thanks, as soon as I saw her face I knew I had said something wrong, and immediately told her, I meant that I could take you to your house, at that point she agreed, but I had to asked her what did I say that she gave me that look, and she responded, you told me that you could give me your behind, and I we just started laughing. From that point on I started to be more careful with the thing I said to other Spanish speaker from a different country. Being able to communicate properly could prevent to put yourself in a difficult situation, so it is important of the choices of words we use to communicate with others. References Boroditsky, L. (2010, July 23). Lost in translation. Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868.html Close relationships sometimes mask poor communication. (2011, January). U.S. News & World Report, 1. doi:

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