Describe the Factors to Consider When Promoting Effective Communication

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If the communication we are interested in is more about the raw information, we would most probably prefer to pay attention to the words and their meaning. Unwillingly (or intentionally too) though (without maybe even realizing it) we will be noticing much more, from peoples facial expressions, eye contacts, tone of their voice, body postures, gestures, how they breathe, and how close they are to each other. Facial expressions Our faces express lot about our inner state of mind, about our emotions. Frowns around eyes and mouth, colour of the face, tension in facial muscles (on the forehead, around the mouth,..), whether the mouth is closed or opened and in what way - all these will indicate whether we are happy or angry, worrying, concerned, bored, sad, anxious etc. Eyes and eye contact When there is interest, excitement or affection, our pupils are bound to be bigger and eyes opened. Being interested in the communication also usually means maintaining the eye contact. But long eye contact may also mean anger. When we are not looking into the eyes of the other person we communicate with, it may mean low interest or boredom. Shyness may even cause a person avoiding direct eye contact. Voice tone To express our different emotions we can use as well different tones of our voice. By speaking quickly, loudly, curtly, monotonously, or calmly, harmoniously, slowly, in a varying tone – we can add to our facial expressions more information about our moods and emotions. Body postures The ways how we keep our body and its parts can say something about whether we are truly listening to the speaker (leaning towards the speaker), whether we are interested in the discussion, whether we agree or disagree (crossed arms), whether we feel relaxed or tensed (fidgeting, hands in fists, ..) and so on. Gestures There are gestures which are culturally
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