unit 1 - Communication and Employability Skills for IT P3/M1

P3 and M1

Barrier is when is when something or someone is giving in the way of a conversation. This make it very hard to communicate with the other person and there are a lot of different barriers.

General communication skill

Language differences

Language is a big barrier to communication because not all people speak the same language as us. If one person is from England and another person is from France, they will have a hard time to communicate because both people speak different language and it is difficult to communicate properly. They are different languages that we use like technical language which only the people who understand computers can understand and people who are less good with technology will not understand what you are talking about. You can reduce this from happening by looking for people who speaking the same language has you so that you can communicate better. You can also look for a translator that will translate what the other person is saying and a lot of companies use translator. You can also use google translator to translate the language for you.

Cultural differences

People around the world have different cultural and when people who have different culture differences, it will be harder for them to communicate with others because something in the first person culture may be something else for the second person’s culture. Different cultures have different barrier because different religious have different meaning to something. Two people who have different culture differences will have a harder time to communicate because they have different beliefs and different opinion. You can reduce this from happening by learning more about the other person’s culture and you will know what to say when you are talking to them. They can also learn your culture so that it will be easier to communicate with each other.

  

Interpersonal skills

Background noise

This is a barrier to effective communication and you will see this in a lot of places like a busy market, busy office or anywhere that has a lot of people who are talking in the background. When you two people speaking to each other’s, it will be harder for them to communicate properly if there is a lot of background noise because they need to higher their voice so that they can talk to each other. It is will be harder to communicate when you can’t even hear your own voice and there is a lot of different background noise such as someone who talks on the phone loudly, traffic noise and many more. You can reduce this from happening by asking the person that is being loud to quiet down however if the background noise is coming from a lot of people, you should go to a different place to talk with that person you are with. Choose a quiet place somewhere to star the conversation.

Body language

This is another barrier to effective communication and body language is important in effective communication. When you are speaking with another person, it is important that you have a good body language because if you don’t have a good body language when they are speaking, they will know that you are not listening to them also they will think that you don’t care about them. if you are using bad body language, the other person will have a harder time communicating with you because it is uncomfortable for them and they will misunderstand what you are thinking about them. Bad body language can lead to people being confused and they will not be interested in talking to you again. You can reduce this from happening by having a good body language which you can do by standing up straight and don’t play with your hands when you are talking to someone. Use hand gesture and have eye contact. Don’t bend your head down in a conversation.

  

Communicating in writing

Spelling and grammar

Spelling and grammar is barrier to effective communication because if you don’t use the right spelling and grammar, the other person that is reading will not understand what you are trying to tell them. If have a work that you want to give it to someone, it is important that you proofread the work for any spelling and grammar mistakes because you don’t want the other person to misunderstand your work. If you are having a hard time find the mistakes yourself, you can ask some to proofread for you and then you can fix the mistakes. To can reduce this from happening by using the spelling and grammar tool on your word application. It will correct mostly all the mistakes in your document however if you are writing in a paper, ask someone to proofread it for you.

Structure

Structure is another barrier to effective communication. When you are writing, it is important that you have good structure because the person that is reading the work will not understand and they will get confused on what you are talking about. If you don’t have a good structure in your writing, other people that read the writing will have a harder time with figuring out where the different topics are. If you don’t have a good   structure in your writing, people will not want to read your work anymore because it will look boring to read.

You can reduce this from happening by using some short sentence and some complex sentence also have a paragraph for each topic that you are talking about so that the other people can read without any problem. You can also put heading for the work you are doing so people know what they are reading about.