Letter of Advice
For this assignment, you will write a letter of advice to either a
newly engaged couple or a group of coworkers. Imagine that either the engaged
couple or coworkers hear that you are taking a course in interpersonal
communication and want advice regarding how to communicate in their personal or
professional relationships. Based on what you have learned in this course, your
personal experience, and the five learning objectives we have covered, what
advice would you give them regarding how to communicate effectively? How can
you use what you have learned in this class to offer a couple or group of
co-workers advice to have more positive relationships? Write your paper in the
form of a letter. Please review theSample Final Paper.
Instructions
Use the list of learning outcomes to write your letter. The course learning
outcomes you will need to cover are listed below:
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Explain the principles of and
barriers to effective interpersonal communications.
·
Analyze the role of
communication in developing and maintaining one’s self-concept, self-image, and
self-esteem.
·
Differentiate appropriate
levels of self-disclosure and emotional intelligence in various relationships.
·
Describe strategies for using
communication techniques to resolve interpersonal conflicts.
·
Analyze the impact of gender
and culture on interpersonal communications.
For each of the five learning outcomes, create a separate heading
that states the learning outcome that you are addressing. Then, address the
following for each segment:
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Explain the principles of and
barriers to effective interpersonal communications. Why do the principles
matter? How can your couple or group of co-workers overcome the barriers you
have listed?
·
Analyze the role of
communication in developing and maintaining one’s self-concept, self-image, and
self-esteem. Begin by defining each term and then explain how these three
notions of the self potentially impact the relationships of your couple or
group of co-workers. What advice can you offer to help them develop a positive
self-concept or build each other’s self-esteem?
·
Illustrate the importance of
self-disclosure and emotional intelligence in various relationships. What role
does self-disclosure play in the relationships of your couple or co-workers?
How can their relationships be improved by them becoming more emotionally
intelligent? What connections can be made between emotional intelligence and
self-disclosure?
·
Evaluate strategies for using
communication techniques to resolve interpersonal conflicts. Explain one or two
potential conflicts and then present at least two strategies for addressing the
dispute(s).
·
Analyze the impact of gender
and culture on interpersonal communications. First, define these two key terms.
Then, explain the importance of gender and culture in relationships generally
and for your couple or group of co-workers specifically. What advice can you
give to become a better communicator based on the information you have
presented?
Content Requirements
You must address all five of the learning outcomes and the questions listed
with those objectives. For each objective, be sure to define key terms and
relate those ideas directly to advice for your couple or co-workers. The point
here is for you to demonstrate how these ideas can be utilized to help people
in their relationships. Try to offer specific advice they can integrate into
their lives.
Begin your paper with an introductory paragraph that has a
succinct thesis statement and that previews what you plan to cover in your
paper. End with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis and restates your key
points.
You must use at least five scholarly sources to help you make your
points. At least three of these should be course readings and two should be
academic articles you have found yourself by doing research in the Ashford
University Library. If you need help doing research, visit the Ashford
University Library, which can be accessed through the Library tab in the
left-navigation menu, in your online course.
You must also draw on personal experience to offer advice or to illustrate
points. It is acceptable to use hypothetical examples and/or your personal
experiences for either your couple or group of co-workers. We simply want to
see that you can apply what you have learned to some potential “real world”
experience.
The Final Paper
·
Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced
pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted
according to APA style. For assistance, visit the Ashford Writing
Center’sAPA Essay Checklist for
Students.
·
Must include a title page with
the following: (For further assistance with the formatting and the title page,
please refer to theFormatting
Instructions for MS Word 2013)
o Title
of paper
o Student’s
name
o Course
name and number
o Instructor’s
name
o Date
submitted
·
Must include an introduction
and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear
thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. For assistance on
writingIntroductions
and Conclusions as well asThesis
Statements, please refer to the Ashford Writing
Center resources.
·
Must use each learning
objectives as a header dividing each section of the paper.
·
Must use the textbook as a
source. TheIntegrating Research tutorial
will offer further assistance on including supporting information and
reasoning.
·
Must use two additional course
articles/videos and two academic articles the student has found independently.
A total of five sources must be used in the paper and be on the reference list.
·
Must document any information
from a source in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’sIn-Text
Citation Guide.
·
Must include a separateAPA
References List that is formatted
according to APA style.
Before you submit your written assignment, you are encouraged to
reviewThe Grammarly Guide:
How to Set Up & Use Grammarly tutorial, set up a Grammarly account (if you have not
already done so), and use Grammarly to review a rough draft of your assignment.
Then carefully review all issues identified by Grammarly and revise your work
as needed.
Final Notes
This is a formal paper and should utilize proper grammar, complete sentences,
and paragraph transitions. However, you will write this paper in the format of
a letter to the newly-engaged couple or group of co-workers. Feel free to
address the people you select directly throughout the paper.
After you have written the paper, please review the grading rubric
to ensure you have met all of the requirements.
Need more help?
In this class, you have three tutoring services available: Paper Review, Live
Chat, andTutor E-mail. Click
on the Writing Center & Library tab in the left-navigation menu, in your
online course, to learn more about these tutoring options and how to get help
with your writing.
Late Policy: Written assignments (essays,
journals, presentations) are due on the specified days in the course. Written
assignments will be subject to a late penalty of up to 10% per day up to three
days late. If written assignments are submitted after 72 hours past the due
date, instructors can give a penalty up to and including a grade of zero for
the assignment.
