Acknowledge your and others’ range of linguistic differences as resources, and draw on those resources to develop rhetorical sensibility.

People can have different strengths and weaknesses in communication. For example, I may excel at breaking down complex topics, and a teammate may excel at creating diagrams in a way that allows for immediate understanding of a concept.

With this in mind, it makes little sense to assign a task that is a weakness for a specific individual. When working in a team, I have learned it makes the most sense to assign group members to the tasks that they gravitate towards. The tasks are then completed with passion, and by the personnel most suitable for the task.

Here is a sample of me and a team member conversing about the materials and layout of our Engineering Proposal Project. My username on the chat is DOM and my team member has a username of Habibi Snoop.

My team member (@Habibi Snoop) excels at computer drawing and displays. I (DOM) have prior construction experience so I was put in command of materials.

This is one example of acknowledging the abilities of myself and others. This Course Learning Outcome can be applied to many to other topics and situations. I am very glad to walk away with this skill. It shall prove vital in my career as an engineer.