Monday 23 September 2013

Communication barriers

Noisy environment - This will make it hard to hear the other person so people will stop communicating there and will not see each other for a while blocking communications. To prevent this you should try to meet up in quiet locations, if you can try to make the noisy environment quieter so you can hear each other properly or find alternate means of communication.

Too far away - Will make it more difficult to find a way to communicate because you will not be able to speak to each other properly or work out hand gestures so understanding meaning will be harder. To prevent this you try to meet in person regularly or find alternate means of communication such as messaging or phone them so you can talk properly.

People not listening - Can't communicate since they won't know what you are talking about and you will have to keep repeating yourself and it will get annoying so they will probably stop communicating. To prevent this you should listen to everyone and only talk to people that will listen to you. You could also find out why people aren't listening to you and try to improve on your weaknesses in conversation.

Lack of interest - people will stop listening because the other person is boring or just not interested or been talking for too long to maintain interest. To prevent this you should show interest in what people are saying and make sure you are interesting so that people will pay attention to you. You can do this by adding humor in what you are saying or change your tone of voice so it sounds more interesting.

Different language - People can't understand what the other is saying and one word might mean something different in that language so you might insult them accidentally which makes communicating very difficult. To prevent this you should talk to people that speak the same language or try to learn different languages so you can at least communicate a bit with people of other cultures.

Eye contact - No eye contact makes it difficult to know who the person is talking too so people will either lose interest or stop listening. To prevent this you should try to maintain eye contact as long as you can while talking to people but don't stare so you don't intimidate people.

Being deaf/blind - You won't know if someone is talking if you are both deaf and blind so communication is impossible. You should describe things to blind people properly and use lots of hand gestures to deaf people.

Speaking too quiet will mean other people can't hear you so they will probably stop listening, making communication difficult. To prevent this you should try to always speak loud enough for people to hear but not too loud so that people won't want to speak with you.

If you are too tired you don't try to communicate with other people so they won't bother to try to comunicate with you either so the communication will stop. To prevent this you should try to get enough sleep so that you can enthusiastically talk to people and if you are tired try not to sound moody or uninterested in what people are saying.

Cultural differences mean that in one culture a certain hand gesture might mean something good but in another culture it will mean something bad so you could accidentally insult someone and there will not be good communication. To prevent this you should try to learn differences in cultures so you don't accidentally insult people etc and if you don't know what something means don't do it.

Poor written work with spelling/grammer errors will mean that people won't understand what you have written and could think it means something else so they will write back about what they thought it was and you will be confused because it has nothing to do with anything that was previously said. To prevent this you should check what you have written and make sure everything is spelt correctly so people can read what you mean for them to read.

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