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Interpersonal communication: Responses are an opportunity for you to reflect on the content of the chapter and provide an application, analysis, and/or critique of the ideas
Reading Responses are an opportunity for you to reflect on the content of the chapter and provide an
application, analysis, and/or critique of the ideas in the text. Further, Reading Responses are a great way
to reflect on the content, and also create a useful study guide for each chapter.
This 2-3 page paper is a combination of 1) an explanation of the specific concepts in the chapter, any
specific definitions that are needed and 2) an application of the concepts, a critique, or an analysis of the
concepts as applied to your life or another example. You must explain the concepts specifically & clearly,
then you must apply, analyze or critique the concepts. Reading Responses will not receive full credit
if they lack specific explanations of the concepts from the text and/or direct connections to
personal examples/analysis/or critique.
Content of the responses:
Reading Responses need to be 2-3 pages in length (2 full pages & no more than 3 pages), must cover the
specific content of the chapter, and provide analysis, application, or critique (or a combination of all
three).
The following are a few suggestions for how you might approach the application portion of the reading
response entry:
A. Give examples of your own communication behaviors that relate to the assigned reading. For
example, you might describe how using one or more of the listening skills from Ch. 7 made a
difference in an interaction you experienced.
B. Analyze the reasons behind your own communication behaviors as these directly relate to the
assigned reading. Why do you choose to communicate in a particular way in a particular
situation? What factors and consequences influence your ability to share, be aware, and be clear?
For example, you might discuss how past experiences influenced your willingness to disclose in a
particular situation. If you find yourself not listening to someone else, you could write about
reasons why that happened.
C. Critique your own communication behavior using ideas from the assigned reading. For example,
you might discuss an example of your listening behavior and evaluate it in terms of the concepts
in Ch. 7. You might discuss an example of a conversation in which you were or weren’t sensitive
to the use of appropriate listening strategies.
D. Critique the ideas and suggestions presented in the assigned reading. For example, you might try
paraphrasing and then write about how well it worked for you. Did it help you achieve your
goals in the interaction and why or why not?
These are a few suggestions. Any one reading response might focus on just one of the ideas suggested
above or might employ several of these ideas, depending on the depth of your analysis.
Grading Criteria
1. You may receive credit for up to 10 reading responses. If a reading response does not receive
credit for any reason, additional responses may be written to bring you back to the maximum of
10. Please submit only one reading response for each class session (the one that is due in order
to receive credit). Reading responses are not retroactive; meaning if you miss one, you cannot make it up for credit. Further, if you do a RR on a chapter that is
not due, you
won�t receive credit for it.
2. At the top of your reading response please indicate the chapter or article upon which you are
reflecting, and the number of the response (label your first reading response #1).
3. Use of specific examples from your own communication behavior.
4. Make explicit connection to the reading. To a certain extent, you will be "sharing" with me in
these responses. However, there needs to be a course-related, academic component to that
sharing. Be sure to frame your experiences in terms of the specific concepts from the reading.
The explanation of the specific concepts according to the text should be at least half of
the Reading Response content.
5. CRITICAL THINKING. Your entries should relate examples of concepts (as suggestion "A"
above), but you should also go beyond this level (as in suggestions "B", �C�, and "D" above).
This is what I mean by "critical thinking."
For example, you could explore the following: Why do you choose to communicate as you do?
Are you able to support any generalizations about interpersonal communication? Do you see
any overall patterns to interpersonal communication? Would you like to change some of your
communication behaviors? Why or why not? Do you find the behaviors and ideas suggested in
the book and in class helpful? Realistic? Why or why not?
6. Organized, clearly expressed thought. Please use complete sentences and maintain a logical flow
to your ideas. Just because this is a response paper, don’t assume that your ideas can be
presented in a random, stream of consciousness fashion. My primary concern is that your style of
writing doesn’t detract from your ideas.
Feedback:
At the conclusion of the response entry, it is also appropriate for you to provide some feedback if you
wish to do so. You may want to ask for clarification of specific ideas. You may also want to provide
suggestions about how we can make your experience in class more productive. Tell me what works and
doesn�t work for you in class. The feedback portion of the response is intended to provide on-going
course evaluation in order to make this course serve you well. This part of the reading response, while
important, is not graded.
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