ARE YOU A GOOD COMMUNICATOR? DO YOU WANT TO ASSES YOURSELF?

Here, you have a list of suggestions that you can use to asses yourself in regards to the way you communicate with others.
if you take a look carefully. You can find that those will help you to avoid problems while communicating.


1. USE OF CLEAR LANGUAGE: You should use precise words when talking because you can cause misunderstandings because of the variety of meanings that each single word have.


2. SUBSTITUTING CONCRETE WORDS FOR ABSTRACT WORDS:  if you clarify your ideas by giving details about what you are going to say. You will make understand in front of others.


3. READING: if you read constantly you can encounter a lot of synonyms that can be useful when communicating. In this way you are going to have much words to use to be clearer


4.LISTEN CAREFULLY: While holding a conversation, you should listen before responding. This is, to listen to what the other person is saying. After that, thinking what you are going to say but after listening carefully what the other person means.

5. USE THE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LISTENERS: That means, when talking, writing, or listening. you might use the correct words in the correct place. For instance, you could not use technical words while talking to your grandmother. In contrast, you should use them at work.


6. KEEP JOKES MINIMUM TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU ARE SERIOUS: If you want that other people treat you as serious as possible. you have to let jokes out of the conversation. In this way, people will notice that you are not kidding.


7.MAKE SURE YOUR GRAMMAR IS CORRECT: You should think on the way you organize your ideas before you say them. With that, You will avoid people feel confuse and uncomfortable about what you say.


8. EXPLAIN WHAT YOU SAY BY EXEMPLIFYING : If you are within a conversation and you want to corroborate if people understand what you mean. You could exemplify (give some examples)
about what you were talking about. It will make the information you gave a little bit clearer.

9. AVOID PERCEPTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE: Even though perception is a fact that people cannot avoid. people can avoid it by asking questions to show that they are interested in the topic they are listening about. furthermore, they avoid misunderstandings if they ask about the topic.


10. COMPLEMENTING WITH NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION: It is a good idea to help the conversation and the listener with non-verbal communication. What I mean is, that while holding a conversation you can move your body, do facial movements, etc. If you do that, the listener or recipient is going to make a correct idea about what you are talking about.


well, I hope these suggestions can help you to asses yourself and become into a better communicator!!!