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Learning Journal Unit 3

Learning Journal Unit 3

Q In your own words, describe at least two of the barriers to communication mentioned in the textbook(pages 58-63) and write about how a past piece of your writing contained these barriers and what you should have done to rectify the situation. In addition to this task, please include a vocabulary list of unfamiliar words from the required readings and provide definitions. Remember to cite the sources of these definitions.

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Sexist and racist language and slang can be considered as barriers to communication. In order to express own feeling, individual use slangs when in a group of friends. Slang can be considered as informal way of communication and it is a special form of language. Slang is not conventional word and it should not be used in workplace or some professional culture as it is considered as nonstandard, unconventional, humorous and rebellious for certain situation (McLean, 2010). In today’s life, most of the people use slang only to look smart.