Letter of Advice

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 the Sample 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:

• 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:

• 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 University Library. If you need help doing research, visit
the 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 Writing Center’s APA 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 the Formatting Instructions for MS Word 2013)
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • 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 writing Introductions and Conclusions as well as Thesis Statements, please refer to the Writing Center resources.
• Must use each learning objectives as a header dividing each section of the paper.
• Must use the textbook as a source. The Integrating 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 Writing Center’s In-Text Citation Guide.
• Must include a separate APA References List that is formatted according to APA style.

Before you submit your written assignment, you are encouraged to review The 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, and Tutor 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.