1.

Identify the barriers in the situations I gave at the last part of the video on Barriers of
Communication.
1. You are being compelled to sign a contract, but you don’t know how to read.
- Lexical or Linguistic Barrier(semantic)
2. You want your son to enjoy park but he misses his mother so much.
- Emotional Barrier
3. You think that same sex relationships are taboo and immoral
- Cultural Barrier
4. Gaps in beliefs, traditions, and customs between and among generations.
- Cultural Barrier
5. Some bullies call you fat and ugly.
- Physiological Barrier
6. You think your classmate is too old to be in high school.
- Cultural Barrier
7. Your boss makes excessive hand movements when talking to you.
- Physical Barrier
8. Your father’s personality is choleric and depressive, while yours is sanguine and extroverted.
- Psychological Barrier
9. You play your favorite outdoor game but it begins to rain.
- Environmental Barriers
10. Your girlfriend is busy popping bubble gum when you talk to her.
- Physical Noise
11. You’re lost in a place and you can’t speak the local language.
- Lexical or Linguistic Barrier(semantic)
12. You’ve got a performance at 8;00 a.m tomorrow but it’s already 2:00 a.m. , and you cannot sleep.
- Psychological Barrier
13. This guy talks and talks about his wealth and women all throughout the conversations; you two
cannot join.
- Psychological Barrier
14. Your date is in half an hour down the town but you’re stuck in a heavy rain.
- Environmental Barriers
15. You being clueless, your wife suddenly wants a divorce because she thinks she’s bored.
- Psychological Barrier
16. Your tenant says the water leaks ON, and not FROM the ceiling.
- Lexical or Linguistic Barrier(syntactic)
17. You don’t know what those signs mean.
- Lexical or Linguistic Barrier(semantic)
18. While you’re praying in a church, the media swarms about and take your photos.
- Physical Barrier
19. Your customer does not have money to buy your products.
- Cultural Barrier
20. Your uninvited guests appear this way in your formal party.
- Physical Barrier
21. You’re reviewing for the exams tomorrow; there’s a loud party outside of your apartment the
whole night.
- Physical Barriers
22. Guest have arrived but you’ve only just began baking for the party.
- Lexical or Linguistic Barrier
23. You don’t know how to deal with a person with autism.
- Physiological Barrier
24. You and your mother are caught in a state of war.
- Cultural Barrier
25. Racial bigotry.
- Cultural Barrier
26. Long distance relationship.
- Environmental Barrier
27. Issues about accent and intonation.
- Lexical or Linguistic Barrier (Sonic)
28. Wrong choice of words.
- Lexical or Linguistic Barrier(syntactic)
29. Inappropriate office behavior.
- Physical Barrier
30. Defective gadgets.
- Physical Barrier
31. Wanting to show affection at a wrong time and place.
- Emotional Barrier
32. A woman beside you narrating aloud a movie to a blind man.
- Physiological Barrier
33. Hating indigenous people’s traditions and way of life.
- Cultural Barrier
34. Unwelcome sarcastic remarks.
- Physical Barrier
35. Not wanting to talk because of extreme sadness.
 - Emotional Barrier
36. Envy and jealousy towards your co-presenter.
- Emotional Barrier
37. A minor trying to follow highly technical instructions.
- Lexical or Linguistic Barrier(semantic)
38. Feelings hungry but being served food prohibited by your religion.
- Cultural Barrier
39. Brownout during an online class.
- Environmental Barriers
40. You and your boss have conflicting ideological beliefs.
- Cultural Barrier

2. Among the internal and external barriers, which particular barrier or barriers is/are most
difficult if not impossible to deal with or eliminate, and why?
Cultural Barriers – Dealing with a person with different beliefs and opinion are hard to deal with in this
modern world. Many people are aggressive to have their own opinion, and sometimes they are too
entitled to it, but not to the facts that are presented to them. Everyone has their point and argument, that
is why it is difficult to convince and respect each other beliefs. When communicating with other people
with different cultures and points of view, we tried so hard to counter their statements. We forgot to be
open-minded and to hear or see the different angles. Therefore, a cultural barrier is impossible to deal or
eliminate with since people are different in how their mind works, lived in a different region, and are raised
in their own culture and languages.
Environmental Barriers – This is also the one barrier that hard to eliminate. Since this is beyond human
control and we can’t say when and where it will occur. Although we can predict and forecast some natural
disasters with the help of technology nowadays. The impact and effect it is still not controllable and can
affect our connection and communication with other people.