According to Wiemann, Takai, Ota, & Wiemma (1997) the “history of communication competency could be traced back to ancient Greece, where speech oratory and eloquence werethe main educational themes. Asristotle’s five canons of rhetoric is [sic] probably the earliestmodel of competent communication” (p. 25). In today’s world, competency continues to be oneof the core areas in research, interpe…