Principles of Communication: Discussion

Principles of Communication: Discussion

Description:

In this discussion, you will review the five principles of conversation and apply the concepts from the textbook to a real world situation.

Objectives:

  • .Explain the principles of cooperation, politeness, turn-taking, dialogue, and immediacy in conversation.

Instructions:

Step 1: Respond to the following prompt:

  • You are sitting in on your first weekly meeting at a new job. You are the least experienced associate in the meeting. A senior-level associate has been dominating the conversation but you would like to interject to make a point that would be valuable to the discussion. What cues would the speaker use to maintain his or her role of speaker? What cues might you use to indicate you would like to assume the speaker’s turn? Describe how the process of turn-taking varies in informal and professional situations.

the book used in class is Devito, J.A. (2020) Essentials of Human Communication 10th edition only needs to be a paragraph long

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