Chapter 7 Interpersonal Communication: Conversation

Written by: Wayne Ho Shing Fai

      Hi, everyone! I would like to share with you guys what did I learn from this chapter - Interpersonal Communication: Conversation. :)

So,what is conversation?!

 Conversation is the essence of interpersonal communication. It is the communication between two or more people who give out their thought and talking with each other.

Conversation do have process too, whether face-to-face or online.There is 5 steps in this process: opening, feedforward, business, feedback, and closing. Of course, there will be some changes in the process, depending on the specific of any communication act.

Besides, there are four principles of conversation: turn-taking, dialogue, immediacy, and flexibility.

Both speaker and listener exchange cues throughout the speaking-listening process, it's called conversational turns. It enable the speaker and listener to communicate about the communication in which they are currently engaged.

When our lecturer was giving lecture about the part of the principle of turn taking, he called somebody to give examples on each of the conversational wants in order to make us fully understanding about this part. :)

Dialogue is conversation in which there is genuine two-way interaction, each person is both speaker and listener, sender and receiver. Of course, if a person be the speaker, the other one must be listener, there is no real interaction between participants.

Principle of Immediacy

Immediacy is the creation of closeness, a sense of togetherness, of oneness, between speaker and listener.Immediacy strategies are use to attract someone and make him/her like us.

Principle of Flexibility

Because conversations vary depending on the people involved, the topic being talked about, the context in which it takes place, and a host of other factors discussed throughout this text, the effective conversationalist needs to be flexible. There's some simple steps to increase your flexibility: Analyze the specific conversational situation, mindfully consider your available choices, estimate the potential advantages and disadvantages, and competently communicate your choice.

So, these are what I had learned through this chapter~

Hope you guys are fully understanding about this chapter.

Thank you! :)