Part 1-

Question 1: Why are these skills important personally and academically?

Question 2: What upcoming classes in your degree program will best help you improve these skills?

Question 3: Which Walden services will you use to help improve these skills?

Question 4: Who in your personal network can help you with this skill?

Part 2-

Part A: Personal Skills Inventory

How you can determine which skills to use as you answer the questions.

1. Identify which upcoming courses in your degree program will best help you improve the skill;

2. Identify one or two Walden services you will use to help you improve the skill;

3. Identify at least one person in your personal network who will help you improve the skill.

Part B: Communication Skills Essay

1. Write a section where you analyze your face-to-face communication skills. This should include:

a) An explanation of why face-to-face communication is important to you for your personal and academic settings.

b) Descriptions of the face-to-face communication skills described in the textbook that are your strengths and weaknesses.

c) Application of at least 3 terms from the chapters of the Dobkin and Pace textbook that you have read this term. Be sure to credit the textbook properly as described in the "How to Apply Terms, Module 2" PowerPoint located in your weekly resources.

d) An explanation of how you plan to improve your face-to-face communication skills.

2. Write a section where you analyze your online communication skills. This should include:

a) An explanation of why online communication is important to you for your personal and academic settings.

b) Descriptions of the online communication skills described in the textbook that are your strengths and weaknesses.

c) Application of at least 3 terms (different from the three terms you applied in the section above) from the chapters of the Dobkin and Pace textbook that you have read this term. Be sure to credit the textbook properly as described in the "How to Apply Terms, Module 2" PowerPoint.

d) An explanation of how you plan to improve your online communication skills.

3. Please make sure your essay has an appropriate introductory paragraph that eases the reader into the topic of the essay, provides a thesis statement and previews the two main points of the essay (the two main points are the two sections described above). Refer back to the Week 4 Worksheet on how to write an introduction and conclusion.