How to Communicate in a Good Way

Name : Rivaldi Anwar

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Class : 3D

Humans are social creatures who need interaction with each other. You are sure to communicate every day with coworkers, family, or even strangers that you just met. Communicating well will help to understand each other, avoid misunderstandings, and of course make other people happy to converse with you. Even not only that, having the ability to communicate well can open business or career opportunities for you. Therefore, having good communication skills is important.

Here are some reasons for the importance of communication methods that need to know, some of which are:

1. Messages Can Be Delivered

The reason for the importance of the first way of communication is that the message to be conveyed can be conveyed properly and precisely. One way to communicate well is to ensure that what is conveyed can be understood properly by the listener.

2. Communication is Needed in Various Areas of Life

As stated earlier, communication is something that cannot be abandoned by everyone as a social being. This is also because communication is needed in various fields of life, such as in education, work and business, as well as the importance of communication in interpersonal relationships.

3. Strengthening Relationships

There is still a connection with the second reason, a way of communication is also needed to build and strengthen relationships. If the way the communication is carried out is not good or ineffective it can affect the communication process that is taking place with one another. 

4. Communication Becomes Effective

As stated earlier, one of the main reasons for the importance of this way of communication is that it can make ongoing communication more effective. Without a way of communication, everyone will find it more difficult to understand each other, even possibly to hinder the process of communicating with each other.

Obstacles in Communication Process

In every communication process, there are obstacles that have the potential to interfere with the process of delivering messages from communicators to communicants. If there are only small obstacles in the communication process, then the effect will be small and can be eliminated. If the obstacles in the communication process are large, the communication process can be disrupted and even potentially fail due to these obstacles.

The following are various obstacles in the communication process that can occur when two or more people communicate. The obstacles in the communication process include:

1. Noise

2. Lack of communicator / communicant skills

3. Language

4. The message content is redundant

5. One way

6. Technical factors 

7. Interests / interest

8. Prejudice

Factors Causing Impaired Communication

Good communication is effective communication. By using effective communication, we can convey our ideas precisely and clearly, so that the communicant can understand what we are conveying easily. However, it is not uncommon for various factors to cause communication disorders, so that the communication we do becomes ineffective. Therefore, knowing the factors that cause communication disorders and also how to overcome them is the right step.

1. Language Problem

Language is a unified message system that we use to communicate in general. Therefore, if we do not know the language system of the interlocutor, or vice versa, the interlocutor does not understand the language we use to communicate, then this will prevent us from communicating well.

2. Perception

Perception of the speaker or listener can influence the results of the communication carried out. It could be that the results of communication are very different from what the speaker expects, because of the listeners' perceptions of the speaker. For example, a government that submits a tax increase is considered money by the people because of the perception that the government often pays attention to itself and ignores the interests of the people.

3. Message not clear

Of course, messages that are not clear will interfere with communication. For example, if we write a letter, but our writing cannot be read properly, then the person we are sending the letter to will have difficulty reading it. In addition, the structure of the messages we write can also affect the level of success of listeners with the messages we make. Therefore unclear messages are often a communication breakdown.

4. The message source is too weak

One of the causes of subsequent communication disruption is the existence of a message source that is too weak. This can occur in direct communication or using voice as a medium to convey messages. A voice that is too weak will make it difficult for the audience to listen to the message conveyed by the communicator, resulting in a communication breakdown when this occurs.

5. Speech or language style

Speech or language style, can also be the cause of difficulty understanding messages, or messages are misunderstood, which is one of the causes of communication disorders that tend to occur frequently. For example, if people who often communicate with a speaking style are not to the point, then this will make it difficult for communicants who often speak to the point, aka directly on the main issue.

How to Improve Communication

In communicating, sometimes the results achieved are not what was expected. In other words, the communication that occurs is not effective, so it does not reach the target well. To be able to communicate effectively several requirements are needed, including: perception, accuracy, credibility, control, and suitability.

1. Perception

The communicator must be able to predict whether the messages to be conveyed can be received by the recipient of the message. If the prediction is right, the audience will read or receive the response correctly. Audience as the recipient of the message will then anticipate the reaction of the communicator to compile the message they receive, while still making adjustments to avoid misunderstanding in the communication.

2. Accuracy

Audience has a frame of mind. In order for communication to reach the target, communicators need to express what they want to convey in accordance with the audience's frame of mind. If this is ignored, miscommunication will appear.

3. Credibility

In communicating, communicators need to have a belief that their audiences are people who can be trusted. Likewise, the communicator must have a belief in the core of the message and the intentions they want to convey.

4. Control

In communicating, the audience will give a reaction or response to the message conveyed. Their reactions can make the communicator laugh, cry, act, change his mind or be gentle. This is determined by the intensity of the audience's reaction to what the communicator says. Conversely, audience reaction depends on whether or not the communicator controls the audience when communicating.

5. Compatibility / compatibility

Good communicators can always maintain a pleasant friendly relationship with the audience so that communication can run smoothly and achieve its goals. A good communicator will also respect and succeed in making a good impression on his audience.