Unit 1 Communcation and Employability: 2013

Assignment 2

Task 3

Lauren Fleming

In this report I am going to be explaining the barriers of General Communication Skills, interpersonal skills Written Communication and also how to reduce the impact of Barriers.

This part of the assignment 2 task 3. I am going to be explaining what is Barriers of Communication and The Barriers of Interpersonal Skills. In the General Communication Skill’s I am going to be explaining the Tone of Voice, Time and Lack of Concentration. In Interpersonal skills, I’m going to be talking about Low self-esteem and Background Noise and Body Language.

Lastly in Written Communication, I’m going to be talking about Spelling and Grammar, Using an inappropriate structure (format) and Identifying relevance.

What is Barriers to Communication?

This is an aspect of physical separation, status differences, gender differences, cultural diversity, and language that can impair effective communication in a workplace.

General Communication Skills

Tone of Voice

When you’re giving a presentation you should also change your tone of voice. For example when your talking really low and quiet, your audience would get really sleepy (tired) and not be interested at all. But if you raise your voice here and there, the audience would get interested (wake up) and listen to what you’re saying.

Time

This is very important when dealing with a big audience. When your presentation is really long (like an hour or more), your audience would get very bored, feed up and just not listen. But if your PowerPoint was not to long and not to short they would listen and not yawn right through the presentation.

Lack of Concentration

This would also be a very important thing when it comes to talking to an audience. When your PowerPoint doesn’t have any picture, video or animations. If it was just text, your audience would get very bored and just get feed up with the situation. But if your PowerPoint has pictures, videos and animations, your audience would find it very interesting and worth the listen to.

Interpersonal Skills

Low self-esteem

This is when a man/woman doesn’t have enough confidence to speak to a large group of people. This may vary a number of people; this is because they don’t like talking to a number of people. And only like a current amount (a hand full of people).

Background Noise

When you’re studying for an exam or something else, you would like a nice quiet place to study. But some people prefer to have background music while their studying. This is a barrier because you cannot hear the people around you.

Body Language

A lot of people that are presetting presentations to a company would use a lot of hand jesters and loads of eye contact while presetting the presentation. If you don’t use a lot of theses the audience would get very bored and not bother listening anymore (get distracted).

Written Communication

Spelling and Grammar

When you’re writing a speech or a report, you should use the proper English language and not use slang language. Always check your spelling before you present the information to an audience.

Using an inappropriate structure (format)

When you produce a report, you should always have it the right format. For example, you should start of with an Introduction paragraph, then your information and ending (conclusion). If you don’t get this right, your readers would get very confused and not read it.

Identifying relevance

This is when you’re excited about something, and you keep talking and talking about the subject. This doesn’t allow the other person to get their word in and get sick of hearing about the subject.