The terminology I used in the interaction was observed as me having good use of this, but this may have become a barrier towards the other individual I was communicating with. The barrier could have been that the other individual may not have understood the terminology I was using and therefore become unable to communicate back properly.
Throughout the group interaction I respected other individuals and gave them a chance to communicate and get their point and opinions across, but there was a major barrier which occurred after a period of time and people become distracted from the section. A student become upset during the interaction and this made other students feel they had to stop communicating about the particular topic because of this. This was a barrier also as this student didn’t want to carry on with the interaction and started to do her own thing on the computer, so other students thought they could wonder of and do the same which ended the section.
More use of open questions would have stopped the barrier that occurred during the interaction because I would have gained more information and if I would have used more of these, I could have kept the section going for a longer period of time. Also more use of paraphrasing would have helped to communicate better because this would have reassured the individual I was communicating with, I was aware and understood the information they was giving me.
I also feel that if I used more questions I could have received more information and instead of me being unsure about information I was receiving, I would have had an explanation in more detail. This would have stopped the barrier and I would have fully understood the individual’s responses.
Over all a chairmen in control of the group interaction put in place, would have helped to keep all members of the communication section on track and flow more smoothly than it did do. Also if there wasn’t other student’s in the room when it was the one to one communication section, this would have made it easier for us to communicate properly. By doing this the barriers which occurred in both interactions may not have occurred.
