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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 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’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 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. 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 Ashford 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.