Potential barriers to effective communication

When using efficient communication methods sometimes barriers can occur and it causes all the effective communication and information to be lost by the user or audience.

Interpersonal skills

When trying to read out a presentation to the audience, there could be a background distraction somewhere that is causing the audience to lose focus, it will be difficult for people to hear what they need to hear, which they could miss out on vital information about the particular conversation or even the whole conversation will then be difficult for the user to understand and focus on.

Technology failure

You could be showing a presentation slideshow to an audience and then suddenly the computer breaks down, if you are showing a PowerPoint presentation and it has facts and images included, you may not be able to give all the details without the essential technology and this can delay the audience from understanding fully what you are trying to say or they will not understand at all.

Cultural difference and language

If you have an international audience and you provide a presentation for them, there could be different reasons why they can’t fully understand and that would already cause difficulty problems for them to process the information that you are saying.

·         Cultural difference

Cultural difference is a huge barrier when it comes to communication, some cultures will read from right to left instead of left to right, this can cause the audience to get confused and frustrated and the more frustration trying to understand communication sometimes can cause you to just give up because it’s too difficult to understand.

·         Language

When it comes to languages it can be another big barrier in understanding communication, if the students are international and you are speaking in English, then they may have difficulty hearing or understanding your words, making it more difficult for the users to understand what you are saying, once again like cultural difference, it can get frustrated and they might just give up and ignore what you’ve said.