Barriers

to
effective listening
BOCO, Eva Joy
ADORA, Gabriel
DELA CRUZ, Clarissa
CAGARA, ERIN
BEJARIN, JOANNE

2POLITICAL SCIENCE1
February 09, 2015

What is a barrier?

The concept of barriers

A barricade or a barrier is a physical structure which blocks

or impedes something

Barriers as impediment to communication

Prevents the meeting of the minds of the speaker and the

listener
Barriers are obstacles that the speaker and listener need to
overcome in order to achieve effective communication

Physical barriers
Listeners are effected by their surroundings making it
difficult to catch and understand the message.

Psychological barriers

Mental hangThese are memories triggered by something the speaker might have said
to the listener.

Psychological barriers

Emotional hang-ups
This happens when certain emotions are brought to the
either by something the speaker has said or something
that happened before the
conversation.

Emotional hang-ups
May be feelings of:
Extreme happiness

Anger

Frustration

Physiological barriers

Bodily reactions caused by stress

Ex: Under immense stress, a person finds it difficult to
understand a message, thus resulting to communication
distortion.

Physiological barriers

PHYSIOLOGICAL BARRIERS

Under stress
The physiological framework is affected by:
Anxieties
Uneasiness
Hunger
Headache
Illness

Physiological barriers

Resulting to
Difficulty to follow and make sense of what a person
hears
Or impairs his/her listening skills

Semantic barriers

Language barriers
Own meaning of words residing in the context of situation
The receiver is the one who puts meaning to what is said
When does misunderstanding take place?
When does misunderstanding take place?
Interpretation
Word level
Arrangement of words

Mental barriers

Lack of schemata
Lack of background knowledge
Prevents understanding
Political science is NOT a science. WHAT?
First time hearing the words diachronic evolution and autopoeisis.
WHAT?

CULTURAL barriers

Differences in cultural allusions or reference

Leads to misinterpretation due to differing contexts
Religious
Historical
Literary

Cultural barriers

British ENGLISH VS. AMERICAN ENGLISH