FACTORS AFFECTING COMMUNICATION

• Status: Whether the person is of higher or lower status than you.

• Age: Whether you are the same or very different ages.

• Language: Whether you know each other’s language and can use it effectively. Whether one of you uses language too difficult for the other.

• Culture and Experiences: Whether you share the same background and experiences.

• Relationship: Your family or personal relationship with each other.

• Mood and Emotion: Whether you have particular kinds of feeling towards each other, temporarily or permanently.

• Type of person: What type of people you both are. You may be shy, find it difficult to talk to others, or you may be outgoing people, finding it easy to talk to others.

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