Question

What types of barriers of place can you think of and why does each interfere with listening? What types of barriers of time can you think of and why does each interfere with listening? How might you overcome the barriers you named in your lists of barrier of place and time?

Answer 1

Barrier of place appears mainly when there is culturally difference between the places. A person nourished in a country of Asia faces problems when he goes to any European country. It is the barrier of place according to culture. It also appears in respect of climate. An individual grown up in a cold country can not suit himself in the warm countries like India, Ghana etc. It is the barrier of climate and the climate interferes in doing adjustment. Again this variation appears in language. The Europeans can not understand Chinese language and he fails to understand it. Here language is the interference and the there is no meaningful listening.

The barrier of time appears in generation gap. Here the present generation is so advanced that the previous generation. The present generation does not listen to the words of the previous generation. Therefore the problem creates great crisis.

One needs to have self-confidence to overcome the problem. All the people should have cultural dynamism and all the persons must take care of each other. It should be reminded that one can not live alone. We need cooperation and we live by each other.