The Importance Of Communication In Communication

Communication is a human activity in which information is conveyed through the exchange of messages, thoughts, concepts, ideas, emotions, or information in the form of speech, writing, signals, visuals, or behavior between two or more individuals. However, when this activity is not properly executed by the involved parties, disagreements and issues tend to heat up. Basically, one principal root cause of conflicts and quarrels among individuals is misunderstanding. It is communication phenomenon that people often encounter in life. When two individuals are in disagreement with each other, they often create negative statements or assumptions about the other. Misunderstanding exists for many reasons. It can be between friends who misinterpret one’s statement about the other. This can also be between a family member and a parent who unintentionally shouted at his son. Furthermore, it can be between couples who had a disagreement about certain decision to be done by both. It can be a man who got annoyed when he was bumped into by another man who was in a hurry going to the office. Indeed, misunderstanding can happen to anyone anywhere at any time of the day. Aside from comprehension, misunderstanding involves various observable facts such as mutual knowledge, reference identification, misconception, intercultural communication, conversational inference, and contextual cues (Bazzanella and Damiano 817--836). It is important to know where it came from, and how to handle and steer clear of it in order to strengthen personal and social relationships and prevent fights among individuals.

According to research, there are five levels can be recognized as potential objects of misunderstanding, namely: 1) phonetic; 2) syntactic; 3) lexical; 4) ...

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...ach, the speaker has to practice the skill of avoiding distractions and focusing on what he has to say in which the listener can fully understand. Thirdly, the speaker must speak about himself and not the collocutor. Instead of focusing on the collocutor’s or opponent’s failings, motives, or misdeeds, the speaker must describe his own perceptions and feelings in a way that the same message is being conveyed. For instance, a speaker may tell his opponent that he felt disappointed instead of making the opponent guilty for breaking his promise. Lastly, the speaker is encouraged to speak for a purpose as it is important that the reason for communication is taken into consideration, as well as the most comprehensible way to do it (Burgess). Indeed, misunderstanding is prevalent because of our individual differences, but it can be prevented when we are able to compromise.