Argument Developing

     
     My main argument in the writing about 12 Angry Men is: To be a skilled listener is really important in communication; the two main listening skills are mindfulness and listen without judgement.

     The process of develope the argument above is not straight forward. When I was watching the movie, I found that there are too many amazing views in the movie that we can learn about. However, we have only 1-1.5 page to write about the argument. It is really hard to determain which point to use. So I decided to go throught the text reading first. When I was reading the text book, some ideas about the argument become more and more clear. When I read the part about listening, the principle of mindfulness really shocked me. That was the first time for me to recognize how important the skill of listening is, and how I lack the skills. For my own experience, I recalled many moments that I was being a bad listener, those moments that I brought my own emotions and own views into the listening process. Apparently, those conversations were all end up with conflict.

      Connecting with the movie 12 Angry Men, which has very good examples (examples about the misevaluation of the evidences due to being bad listeners) to support the idea about being a skillful listener. I determained the argument.

 

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Opening! My current communication style.

Hi everyone! 

Today's topic is communication style; mine especially.

First, I'm going to talk about my oral communication style. As a feeler who always cares about other's feeling, my overall style is to find out people's thought first, and then continue our dialogues. In other words, I always ask for feedback first, and then to get into deeper conversation. 

Without doubt, the way above is a really general concept about my communication style. There are details parts. For example, I will keep showing respect during my communications. One of the ways to show respect is to look into others eyes both during your turn to talk and the other's turn to talk. Another way to show respect is to give your partner feedback, a gesture or an appropriate interruption can both be a good feedback. It is like a circle, give others feedback and gain feedback by ourselves.

Other than show respect, I also express myself well during communication. If time allows, I will talk about everything I know about my topic. It can give people more information about the topic, and helps them think more about the topic, so that we can gain more benefit from our conversation.

For about writing communication, my style is trending to academic writing now. I will give a detail introduction about my writing, to lead the reader get a overall idea about what I will write about. Then, for the body of my writing, I will use sentences which connect each paragraph; it can lead the reader to read fluently. In each body paragraph, I usually state my view clearly, and provide examples to support my view. Through the way above, I can persuade people efficiently.

In conclusion, my oral communication style make people respect me, care about my thought, and both sides of the conversations can learn a lot through our conversations. I have a number of friends who like to talk with me or discuss many topics with me. Additionally, my writing could give the readers better understanding of my purpose, and they are not only about writing, they are about communication as well.