What Is Communication Competence

The communication competency that I have mastered is communication appropriateness. The ability to employ a communication behavior that others and including yourself expect to be appropriate during an interaction. I think that communication appropriateness is very important because people can judge you by it and it determines your communication competence. Having an effective and appropriate communication shows that you have interpersonal skills and sociocultural knowledge. Knowing what is appropriate and not appropriate shows that I have respect for other culture and society.
The one competency that I need to improve is listening because when people talk about the same thing that I already know, I tend to not focus on the message and I