Q1: Lesson 3: Communication Barriers

Opportunities; misunderstandings; conflicts

Enumerate three (3) reasons why we should care about communication barriers:

Language barrier

A barrier in which the communicators speak different languages in an attempt to interact.

Semantic barrier

A type of language barrier where there are different interpretations of the meanings of the words (i.e., slang and jargon).

Syntactic barrier

A type of language barrier involving grammar mistakes like verb tense shifts, spelling mistakes, and differing sentence structures.

Physical/Environmental barrier

A barrier that comes from our surroundings. It is any physical limitations that interfere with the communication process (ex., distance between people, volume, poor lighting, technological issues, etc).

Physiological barrier

A barrier that comes from the body. It is physical maladies that prevent messages from being received correctly (ex., use of sign language, headache, sleepiness, etc).

Emotional/Psychological barrier

A barrier that comes from the mind. It prevents people from fully expressing their emotions and feelings to one another (ex., vulnerability, difficulty in understand POV, lack of trust, etc).

Cultural barrier

A barrier that occurs due to differences in culture, the message may be understood in unexpected ways.