1,500 Word Essay (you can use 1st person context e.g. I, myself etc.) Task: 1. Identify the communication skills that are important for your area of professional practice and discuss why these skills are important. 2. Seek feedback on how you communicate (from someone you interact with regularly) concerning the communication skills you have identified (from task 1). This feedback needs to identify the strengths and areas of development concerning your communication skills. You will need to write about the feedback you received and how you can use this to enhance your communication skills within professional practice. Assessment criteria: The essay will be assessed based on the following criteria: Identification and application of communication skills in the professional role and context (20%) Evidence of an emerging ability to critically reflect and improve communication skills (10%) Evidence of wide reading (eg. use of no less than 10 academic references) and adherence to academic conventions of essay writing (e.g. writing style and referencing using - APA ) (10%)