Barriers to Communication

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Health and Social: Barriers to communication All around us there are barriers to communication, these can hinder the way that message is understood this can differ in the way the speaker had intended the message to; therefore it is important for the speaker to check for feedback to ensure the message had clearly and correctly been understood. There are many factors that can barrier to communication these include; emotional barriers, physical barriers cultural barriers, languages barriers, these barriers can affect the way people receive and understand information. The barriers can overcome by using different techniques dependent on the individual’s situation and barriers; this has to be differed in way you do this varying from the needs of that person. A large well know barrier to communication is that because of the large development of aircraft technology most Economically developed countries are now multicultural meaning that particularly in England there are a vast variety of ethnics and religions, this opposes a problem to communication statistics show that 8% of the English population are non-English speakers or have English as their 2nd language-2011 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-2125940), therefore cultural differences can affect the way communication is understood , such as religious beliefs so if a person were to have a different religion, the speaker has to respect their views and having an understanding of their beliefs and a careful wording makes communications easier to make sure they cannot interpret the speaker to be offensive. Also many religions have a particular dress that they wear to show religion this can create a barrier to communication for example some Muslim women wear a ‘burka’ that covers majority of her face and this means you are un able to read lips if their accent is strong or facial expressions, also having the mouth

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