ENG301 Assignment 1 Solution Fall 2019

Q1.

1. Documenting the American South shows that, despite the hardships of both slavery and
segregation, African Americans have long been a part of the White House: both in its day-
today operations and in exerting influence on presidential decision-making but Barack
Obama is the first African American to ever enter the White House.

Type: Racism / Racial Discrimination

2. Very often many elders in the society are not being treated well. Especially the young
generation nowadays don’t respect these elderlies. We must take care of these old people of
our society.

Type: Ageism

3. Azam has had the physical handicap since he was seven. Due to this handicap, he has had to
face many challenges in his life from not being able to run to do sports to climb in his bed.

Type: Disability Discrimination

4. Mr. Ahmad told me that almost no one is interested in attending Saima’s party so I decided to
talk with the staff members myself. So far, every person I talked to said he or she intends to
attend Saima’s party. I guess that Mr. Ahmad is nurturing some grudge against her.

Type: Sexism

5. Our organization is one of the top organizations of the country. The reason I see for this
progress is that every member of our team gives his very best effort.

Type: Favoritism

Q2.
1. The meaning of words, signs and symbols might be different from one person to another and
the same word might have hundreds of meanings. So, when a message is sent by a sender to a
receiver, it might be interpreted wrongly in a communication process causing misunderstandings
between them.

Semantic barrier

2. This is the type of barrier in which environmental and natural conditions act as a hindrance in
communication in sending message from sender to receiver. Organizational environment and
interior workspace design problems, technological problems and noise are the parts of these
barriers.

Physical barrier

• The influence of mental state of the communicators creates an obstacle for effective
communication. Communication is highly influenced by the mental condition that the
communicators are in and is disturbed by mental disturbance. If the people involved in
communication are not emotionally well, they won’t be able to communicate properly.
Psychological barrier

• These types of barriers are mental walls that keep you away from openly communicating
your thoughts and feelings to others. They prevent you from being yourself and living your life
to the fullest. Individuals with such barriers tend to be extremely reserved, cautious, and
insecure.

Emotional barrier

5. One of the most obvious barriers in communication would be the ethnic, religious and social
differences that may exist in trying to communicate. If one doesn’t know much about a person’s
society with whom one is trying to communicate, it will create a barrier because one does not
know how to start or end a conversation.

Cultural barrier

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