At the beginning of class, you will have ten minutes to write a summary of your reading for today’s class on “Critical Concepts.”
Before our next class, use Microsoft Word or another word processor to type your handwritten notes into a more formal summary. Make corrections to your handwritten writing as you type. Save your work on your computer, flash drive, cloud storage, etc. Always keep backups of your work.
Then, go to this blog post and scroll down to the comment box. Copy-and-paste your typewritten summary into a comment. Post your comment. To verify that your comment has posted successfully, to the Dashboard > Comments. It is each student’s responsibility to verify that his or her work posts successfully.
Zahirah Hutton
ENG 1101
2/2/2015
Summary:
I’ve defiantly got a better understanding of this course as a whole. Now that I know that I won’t be confined to one form of communication I can be more descriptive because something’s are just better understood through visuals or other ways besides writing. The whole concept of “WOVEN” is a great way or tie everything into one cohesive art form. Some how they found a way to introduce different types of concepts without emphasizing one specific thing. I personally like the whole presentation aspect of relaying information, to some this would be absurd but I have a valid reason why I say this. When you present something you learn how to adjust on the fly because sometimes you don’t know who your audience is an it helps you adapt. Another reason is because you get first hand feedback if your audience doesn’t seem engaged then you know that’s something you need to work on, I’m also kind of a leader by nature so I like the idea of people hanging on to my every word sort of a power trip if you will. After reading today’s article I strongly believe I will be able to implement each and every concept of critical concepts in my everyday life.
Shen LeCheng
ENG 1101
2/3/2015
Critical Concepts basically teaches us many ways of communications and help us understand the multimodal of communication. It is very important for us to express our ideas. “WOVEN” will be a great example of ways how we can express out ideas, through Writing, Oral, Visual, Electronic, and Nonverbal. Each way are unique and help us understands better differently.
Justin E.
ENG 1101
The “Critical Concepts” reading had given me a better understanding on how to properly communicate with others, and communication isn’t only done verbally. This is when “W.O.V.E.N” comes to place it demonstrates the different ways of communication which is written, oral, visual, electrical, and nonverbal. What stood out to me what rhetorical communication is dated back ancient Greece, which other consultants persuaded their audience and also got to know their audience by using different methods of WOVEN. I’m thrilled and hope to enjoy future lessons using this new method.
The “Critical Concept” reading gave me a different way to see communication. Communication is not only just done verbally, it is also done in other formes “WOVEN” starts to take place. Woven are different ways of communication which is written, oral, visual, electrical, and nonverbal. These are different ways people communicate with each other not only verbally but in other formes people would not expect it to be. Each way a unique style of communication, I look foward to use this in our lessons.
I learned many things after reading “Critical Concepts” and know I could talk very fluently about it. Something that was very easy to remember was that communication is Rhetorical and Multimodal. When we talk about rhetoric means that we make what we say, write, or design persuasive for a particular audience in a particular situation and to be persuasive we need to build logical and credible arguments. Three appeals are needed to have a good argument; Ethos that is based on your own reputation as reader, speaker and writer, Logos that is based on the logic of your argument and Pathos that is based on the emotion of your argument. When we talk about the second concept we need to start to think about communication as multimodal, or WOVEN: Written, Oral, Visual, Electronic and Nonverbal. Written communication is to be a good writer and to be able to interpret and use the texts others write, Oral is to be a competent speaker and listener, capable of giving individual and team presentations and respond the presentations of others. Visual communication is to be visually competent and to be able to design individual visual for documents. In Electronic communication you need to be competent in using electronic/ digital media and Nonverbal communication is to understand and appropriately use nonverbal communication. After reading and writing about these concepts I understand very well their difference and what are their purposes to improve the way we communicate each other.
I was really excited to come on the first day of class of the second semester. On the 25, I went to Washington DC to visit my friend Diego for three day at his college Washington Adventist University. The second day, a terrible announcement appear on my phone ” Your reservation has been cancelled please check your emails and reschedule your journey or request a refund”. Paralyzed, I didn’t think on anything beside that my first day of class will be lost. The only cause of this is that will be snowing a lot. Sadly, I reschedule my journey for Wednesday. Suddenly, my credit card stop working and I got really scared about that. However, it was just the bank securing my account. Finally, sitting at the Megabus in my way to New York a friend text me “Why you didn’t come to class?”
Our first reading, The truth behind common brain myths is a very entertaining read. In other words, my first reaction was that I remember some of this sayings by people and now I know if they were right or wrong. Each myth is really fun and it makes you want to read more. For example, “Playing games keeps your brain young”. However, the truth is the it won’t enhance overall brain function. Another myth is that “The bigger your brain, the smarter you are” and my reaction was that I always hear people saying this especially myself. In addition, is not a surprise that the bigger an animal’s body, the bigger its brain might be. Though, as it is said having a bigger brain does not guarantee more cognitive power. Finally, people are either “right-brained” or “left-brained” is a very funny and interesting myth. We use both right and left hemispheres of our brain to perform everyday task unless an entire hemisphere is completely removed.
Our basic Critical Concepts are composed of communication which is rhetorical and multimodal. The ability to influence and control others in a current location while multimodal is any kind of conversation that is not face to face. If we can effectively communicate using rhetorical skills then we increase our chances in whatever field we work. Communication is woven meaning written, oral, electronic, and nonverbal. In other words, creating artifacts to persuade audience with alphanumeric characters. Also, using spoken language which may be transitory or recorded. In addition, communication involves diverse media and tone in vocalization. Thus, we use our critical concepts in our daily routine improving it each day.
From the critical concepts reading, I learned about how we can use rhetoric in our writing to pertain to a specific audience. We can use rhetoric in our writing to make our argument persuasive using ethos, logos, or pathos. I learned that communication is multimodal and we can remember that by using the acronym WOVEN which stands for “written, oral, visual, electronic, and nonverbal. Using a WOVEN approach creates new ways of communication.
Summary:
The WOVEN communication concept is an acronym for Written, Oral, Verbal, Electronic, and Nonverbal. I found it interesting that the “E” was electronic. I recall learning about the other forms of communication, but not this one. Electronic communication is communicating over the internet or through text. This form really shows how much we have advanced as humans.
Another interesting fact that I think is key to learning communication is the fact that nonverbal communication can be translated clearer than verbal communication at times. A simple head nod, “shh” or stare can be easier to understand than words actually leaving the sources mouth. From my own experience I believe that this is half way true. When I was a child a stare or bad eye from my mom was very clear to understand, and I knew it meant to behave better. Today on the other hand, when trying to express feelings with someone I find that words are so much more meaningful than a silent treatment or a facial expression. Communication is now easier for me when I get actual words from someone and they tell me how they are feeling.
The Excerpt from WOVEN Text is not only interesting but also very successful when making sure to break down the critical concepts of communication. It was pretty easy to understand the concepts, however, Oral communication, Electronic communication and Nonverbal communication stood out the most from reading the excerpt. Those three concepts stood out the most because as a teenager, we tend to use a lot of electronic, nonverbal and oral communication in our everyday lives, especially electronic communication. While reading the text, it was clear that our communication is rhetorical. In order to have great communication skills, you have to have strategies to become very persuasive, mainly in a situation in which you need to prove your case is accurate. The WOVEN strategy for communication skills is useful and should be secondhand.
“If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn’t have been worth the Nobel Prize” –Richard Feynman.
This quote came to my mind while I was reading “Critical Concepts” which describes the fundamental concepts of communication itself and the tools that a good communicator must possess in order to effectively transmit the information which can take place in many different ways. To begin with, let’s start with the basics of communication which can be separated into two fundamental concepts which are communication is rhetorical and multimodal. When we said that communication is rhetorical means that the communicator is going to persuade or convince a particular audience or reader depending of the way that the communicator is going to express that could be in a form of a book or in a speech. In order to accomplish the task of convincing people of your work first the communicator has to build a solid and credible argument which also has to be followed with an example or support. In addition, the communicator has to make some strategies such as think deeply about the audience and the information by asking himself or herself some questions, for example, who is my audience?, what is the prior knowledge for the audience?, and what is the most effective way to organize my information? the result of these question will be a more organize and clear argument which is going to help to understand better the information to the audience. The second fundamental concept is that communication is multimodal which means that it can be expressed in many different ways such as in writing or speaking. However, there are more ways that the communication can be transmitted, and in order to explain them, there is method called WOVEN which is the acronym for Writing, Oral, Visual, Electronic, and Nonverbal communication. First, let’s begin with Writing which is the combination of alphanumerical characters and the organization of the rhetorical information, most of time can be described with words. Next, Oral is the way to speak in a proper way using flexible method of speech and clearness of the argument such as conferences, conversations, or presentations. After that is Visual communication which is the way to communicate through images combining design and layouts such as posters, advertisement, or flyers. Then, We have Electronics which is the modern method that is using nowadays because of technology which can be described in a form of emails, online journeys, or websites. Finally, Nonverbal communication which cannot be expressed in words, however, this particular communication combines gestures and body movements such as eyes contact and using hands this can be fundamental in oral presentations and interviews.
Critical Concepts Thinking
On the first day of my English 1101 class, we were given a linked of a handout to read for the following class. So, I clicked on the linked and I noticed the heading, “Critical Concepts”. The first question that came across my mind was, “What does Critical Concepts have to do with writing?” I proceeded to read, then I came across WOVEN: Written, Oral, Visual, Electronic, and Nonverbal.
Thinking of communication as in a written, oral, visual, electronic, and nonverbal way, will increase one’s ability to communicate in a more effective manner. As a result, one would become a good writer, a competent speaker, visually competent, competent in using electronic, and able to communicate nonverbal through facial expression, body language, eye contact, etc.
At the end, thinking of communication as WOVEN will definitely make a person a more effective communicator.
The reading Critical Concepts have given me a better understanding of how we communicate with others. Communication is rhetorical, wich means that all forms of communication is ment to persude the particular audience in a particular situation. If you want to argue persuasively, three apeals are considered the minimum for a good argument, these three are called “ethos, logos and pathos”. Ethos is based on your own reputation and credability as a writer or speaker, logos is based on the logic of your argument, and pathos is based on the emotion of your argument. Another important concept is that communication is multimodal or WOVEN: written, oral, visual, electronic and nonverbal.
Reading itself reminds me one more time, that communication is a key, especially in a field that i am planning to work for. The basics of communication show that communication is rhetorical and multimodal.
We can use rhetoric concept in our writing or speech to make our argument persuasive using ethos, logos, or pathos. If we will talk about the second concept we need to start to think about communication as multimodal, or WOVEN: Written, Oral, Visual, Electronic and Nonverbal. You can basically figured out the best way of expressing yourself. Written – is to be a good writer and to be able to interpret and use the texts others write, Oral – is to be a competent speaker and listener. Visual communication is to be visually competent and to be able to design individual visual for documents. Electronic – you need to be competent in using electronic/ digital media and Nonverbal communication is to understand and appropriately use nonverbal communication. So according to this information you can more effectively use your “best communication channel” or develop a new one.