Discuss potential barriers to effective communication
There are several barriers that can occur when it comes to effective communication.
One of these barriers is: Background Noise.
Background Noise
When you are trying to communicate with someone, or even a group of people, having noise in the background will make it difficult for people to hear what you are saying. If you are trying to give instructions and there is too much background noise these instructions can be misheard or missed entirely. In the work place you need ensure key instructions are given clearly to prevent any problems that can appear due to miscommunication.
Another example of a barrier is: Cultural Differences
Cultural Differences
In some cultures people communicate differently, you will need to adapt to this to help them understand easier. For example: In some cultures they read text from right to left, not only text but websites are right to left instead of our way of left to right. This barrier can cause major problems because they will not be able to read or understand what you are saying.
Having a Diverse Audience is another barrier which may occur
Diverse Audience
When giving a speech if you have diverse audience it will become difficult to keep all of their attention. If your audience is a mix of children and adults, the children may become bored of listening to you talk for a long time. If you decide to make it more appealing to children the information may not be in great depth and the adults may decide to not pay attention. Also if the subject of the speech is not what everybody in the audience enjoys, the few may become restless and start to cause disruptions in your speech making it difficult for you to deliver it.
Different Meanings
When talking to somebody you have to be clear with what you are saying because the same word can have two or even more meanings, for example: BlackBerry. Blackberry is not only a fruit but recently become one of the most popular mobile phone companies. If you ask somebody who is not familiar with the different types of BlackBerry's if you wanted them to buy a BlackBerry phone they could end up buying the fruit by mistake.
Another example of a barrier is: Language
Language
Not everybody can speak and understand English. If you are talking to someone who cannot fully understand what you are saying it will be difficult to give instructions. They can mishear what you have said and do something completely different to what you have asked. If you are the one listening to someone who cannot speak English, you can become restless trying to understand them and just ignore what they have said.
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