Reflection of Summery

I thought that writing this summary was very similar to the summaries I had written in the past. My approach to writing this summary was to read material first. Then point out was the authors main points are. Then I tried to figure out what parts of the supporting information will be useful to me.

I think the hardest part of this assignment was the actual reading of the article because these articles are not targeted for us to read as college students. they are more targeted for their colleagues in their field. These articles have several parts to them. Each part has subparts in it. In my article I had small summaries of the of the key concepts so it wasn't really a flow to it. While reading the articles it was hard for me to stay engaged even though I was reading something that was in my area and that I would like to specialize in the way the article was written in the language that was used made it difficult to understand. I think the easiest part of this whole assignment was the actual writing itself, after I read through the article and picked out what parts to use everything else just came together.

I really wish I had a stronger background in intercultural communications before I read this article. Right now I have a working knowledge of briefly interpersonal and small group communications. I do have a general idea of what intercultural communications entails but not enough to fully understand how research is done to study it and what elements are used to study it. I think having a full knowledge of your discipline and what you want to specialize in really helps understand what you're reading and summarizing.

Overall I think I learn how to summarize better I think the readings that were assigned to us before we got started on this assignment really help as preparation for how to read and understand research articles. I also think that the peer-reviewed help a lot sometimes having someone who does not understand you or your writing style gives the best feedback. Learning how to do peer-reviewed in a non-confrontational manner works really well. I really learned how to receive feedback better without being so defensive.