BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE LISTENING

NAME:- DEEPAK KONA R.Branch:-E.C.Year:-2016-2017Semester 1st

Enroll. No.:- 160210111063

BARRIER OF EFFECTIVE LISTENINGDefinition :-  Effective listening skills are the ability to actively understand information provided by the speaker, and display interest in the topic discussed. It can also include providing the speaker with feedback, such as the asking of pertinent questions; so the speaker knows the message is being understood.

TYPES OF BARRIER

1)PHYSICAL BARRIER2)PHYSIOLOGICAL

BARRIER3)LINGUISTIC BARRIER4)CULTURAL BARRIER

1)Physical barriers:- Physical distinction and disturbance can also be a vital role in disrupting the process of listening. Barrier to listening to be noise, physical discomfort or any physical factor. Physical noise refers to ant sound that disrupts the listening process. For example, a person is talking on his or her phone and queer shrilling sound disturbs the transmission. When a person talks to someone on running train, bus or in crowded market are several disturbance in the surrounding disrupts the listener. In order to avoid noise during the process pf listening, we have ensured that all channels are free from noise during time of conversation.

2) Physiological barriers :-

Perhaps some of the most common barriers of listening is causes by the listeners disturbed mind, that is, there are physiological reasons in nature. As listening is purposeful activity, any physiological or emotional disturbance in listening can prove a barrier. Feeling of anger, frustration, sadness, anxiety, or fear influences are reception and receptivity of other ideas. Over arousal of emotion may adversely affects the listener and ability to decode and oral messages, and he or she may find it difficult to concentrate on what the speaker is saying.

3)Linguistic barrier:- Improper message decoding during listening is recurrent barrier in the process of oral communication.Such message is decoded incorrectly by the listener, it may leads to confusion and misunderstanding. While encoding and oral message, listener should concentrate on linguistic code. If he or she listening to something in language or dialect that he or she is not able to follow, of communication breakdown will definitely occur. For example , if he or she does not understand a lecture in French.

4)Cultural barrier:-If the speaker and listener belong

to different culture and share different values, listening and comprehension could be difficult process I oral communication, it is the listener who assigns meaning to message and meanings are assigned in terms of listeners frame of reference. This interpretation of massage can create misunderstanding during intercultural communication due to difference in norms and values our personal guide to thoughts and behaviors, and exert a strong influence on us.

in order to avoid a cultural barrier during listening, a listener should be sensitive to cultural difference and take into account the values of speaker while interpreting and oral message. The listener’s weakness in viewing others within his or her own culture frame of reference may lead to confusion and misunderstanding. The movement he or she interprets others point of view from his or her.

REFERENCESCOMMUNICATION WIKIPEDIA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/barriersineffective listening)COMMUNICATION SKILL BOOK BY SHREYA THAKORESOURCE:- Google