Barriers to Communication Communication can only take place if the person understands what the speaker is talking about. The receiver doesn’t have to agree with the message but as long the receiver understand what the speaker is talking about. To communicate effectively barriers should be made e.g. for an audience to hear, they should speak loud and clear and the message given must be understandable. Distractions When someone is giving a speech it is important that the speaker isn’t distracted. This is important because if the speaker is being distracted then the message that is given out might not make sense to the audience. Distractions such as listeners speaking loudly and interrupting the speaker are the most common distractions. However the speaker should not get distracted by these. Concentration Levels It is important that the speaker always has the audience at his/her hands. The length of the conversation to the audience has to be enough to meet the types of audience such as: Adults Children ICT Practitioners The audience can take little information at a time therefore there should be some humour to get the audience interested. Body language is important for the speaker if the speaker shows a negative body language then this would act as a barrier to communication. *Presentational Devices for* Primary school children To create a good presentation for primary school children the first aim is to show what the children are going to see, so it is an introduction into what they are going to be understanding. The whole presentation is going to have to be broken down into small understandable sente ...