Intorduction to Communication-Creating “I” Messages
Project description
One way to improve your verbal communication is to own your own thoughts and feelings. You-language is a way of speaking that projects responsibility onto another person and tends to be judegmental. I-language, on the other hand, is a way of speaking that owns responsibility and is descriptive rather than judgmental. Study the following examples: YOU-LANGUAGE(“You make me so mad!) I-LANGUAGE(“I feel very angry when you interrupt me when I’m telling a story” Complete the following two parts of this assignment in one word document. First, show your skill at translating You-language messages into I-language messages. Secondly, apply this skill to your own communication. PART 1, 1.You are so slefish. 2.You don’t understand a word I’m saying. 3.You are too nosy; mind your own business. 4.You totally humiliated me in front of our friends. 5.You never help me around the house. PART 2, Think of a You-language statement that you find yourself using when you communicate with a friend, family member, spouse, or romantic partner. Compose a paragraph that explains the situation in which you have used this You-language message. Consider how you would translate this You-language statement into an I-language message.
