WRITING ESSAY

Barriers to Effective Listening

Even good listeners are often guilty of critically evaluating what is being said before fully understanding the message that the speaker is trying to communicate. The result is that assumptions are made and conclusions reached about the speaker’s meaning, that might be inaccurate.

The first cause was low concentration, or not paying close attention to speakers is detrimental to effective listening. It can result from various psychological or physical situations such as visual or auditory distractions, physical discomfort, inadequate volume, lack of interest in the subject material, stress, or personal bias.

Another even was the lack of prioritization just as lack of attention to detail in a conversation can lead to ineffective listening so can focusing too much attention on the least important information. Listeners need to be able to pick up on social cues and prioritize the information they hear to identify the most important points within the context of the conversation.

            The final even that was poor judgement when listening to a speaker’s message it is common to sometimes overlook aspects of the conversation or make judgements before all of the information is presented. Listeners often engage on confirmation  which is the tendency to isolate aspects of a conversation to support one’s own preexisting beliefs and values.

These are some of the most common barriers to effective listening include low concentration, lack of prioritization, and poor judgement.

One of the biggest effects of the low concentration is when a listener is not paying attention to a speaker’s dialogue effective communication is significantly diminished. Both listener and speakers should be aware of these kinds of impediments and work to eliminate or mitigate them.

The effect of the lack of prioritization is makes difficult to organize and retain the information they need. For instance, students who take notes in class must know which information to writing down within the context of an entire lecture. When listeners give equal weigh to everything they hear, it makes difficult to organize and retain the information they need. 

To conclude, some of the most common barriers to effective listening include low concentration, lack of prioritization and poor judgement. Although the effective listening have the impact. Such poor listening makes good communication almost impossible. No matter how much care one person or group takes to communicate their concerns, values, interests, or needs in a fair, clear, unthreatening way, if the listener is not willing to receive that information in that way, the communication will fail.