Pronunciation ChallengeHow miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it) - Katherine Hampsten

Host : Victoria

Do you guys often feel like you can’t communicate with someone? What do you do when you want to communicate better? Do you think you are a good communicator? Let's find out why do miscommunications happen!
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When communicating, one person expresses her interpretation of a message, and the person she's communicating with hears his own interpretation of that message.

Original Video：How miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it) - Katherine Hampsten

Key Vocabulary

1. miscommunicationfailure to communicate ideas or intentions successfully

miscommunication

[ˌmɪs.kə.mjuː.nəˈkeɪ.ʃən](n.)failure to communicate ideas or intentions successfully

2. expressto show a feeling, opinion, or fact

express

[ɪkˈspres](v.)to show a feeling, opinion, or fact

expression

[ɪkˈspres.ɪv ](n.)the look on someone's face, showing what they feel or think

expressive

[ɪkˈspreʃ.ən](adj.)showing what someone thinks or feels

3. interpretationan explanation or opinion of what something means

interpretation

[ɪnˌtɝː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən](n.)an explanation or opinion of what something means

interpreter

[ɪnˈtɝː.prə.t̬ɚ](n.)someone whose job is to change what someone else is saying into another language

4. communicate withto share information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals

communicate with

[kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪt](v.)to share information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals

companion

[kəmˈpæn.jən](n.)a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are travelling together

community

[kəˈmjuː.nə.t̬i](n.)the people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a unit because of their common interests, social group, or nationality

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