Effective Communication
This module is all about understanding the best ways to communicate. To do this you must acknowledge many factors, such as what you are trying to say, who are you trying to say it to and how do you come across? Most importantly you need to understand the easiest way that the other person will understand you. Trying to balance all of these aspects is never easy and if one is out of balance, you can often come across in a way that you didn’t intend to. The easiest way I have found to progress is to make sure I understand how is easiest for the other person to communicate.
There is never a simple way of defining communication. Communication is all around us, every day. It’s not just about the way we speak to someone but how we do it. It’s not always about voice, but pictures, movements and sounds. Just a simple body movement could communicate something in the wrong way. Communication is the way you portray yourself, the way other people understand you. Oxford Dictionary simply defines communication as ‘The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium’ (Oxford Dictionary).
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This model suffers as it seems to be a one way system, and good communication does not work like that. Although there is room for feedback, there is no clear process for a constant conversation. There is no explanation of what to do if there are other conversations and interruptions around you. This model has its good point as it clearly shows what happens in each section of communication.
The transactional model of communication seems to have upgraded from the Shannon and Weaver model. This model allows each person in the conversation to send and receive messages at all times. It allows for noise interruptions and shows the message being decoded and responded to. Due to the decoding, unlike the other model, the transactional model recognises how the type of channel can affect the meaning. A massive positive thing about this model is that it adds environment which included physical and personal factors.
Critical Incident 3 – A seven year old child comes into school and won’t speak to anyone, she just gets