How a Change in Language can Bring a Change in Communication

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Today how people speak and write English has changed immensely from its earlier stages till today. It is understandable that things deteriorate over time, and things change as time passes on. A similar situation can be seen in the case of English. It is normal to have a different way of pronunciation of words as we move along different regions of the world. But today, we see even the grammar, the dialect, the style of writing words together has also changed. Today, we can see that the vocabulary words used are not what they used to be in earlier life stages. Hence we see that change in terms and usage of grammar has profoundly affected the usage of language ineffective communication. Since communication requires and transparent delivery of the message with a vivid reply, that interface can benefit both parties.

Today, times have changed. Kids today learn newer things that their parents learned when they were their children’s age, and hence this phenomenon keeps ongoing. Thus, we need to realize that we need to be mindful of the changes that come with time to understand how changes have occurred. For example, we have seen that today people prefer to speak and type in abbreviations and shorter format so that it saves them time and effort. Many of the elderly cannot accept and figure these words and abbreviations since they belong from a time where people used complete formats of word with clear understanding and meaning. Their times and our time just cannot be compared in terms of what changes have occurred during the period.

The first thing to realize is the understanding is affected majorly since the communication also stands up to its meaning if it creates harmony. Today it is clear that due to the clear distinction between who language is spoken by parent and their children reflects the fact that communication has been affected by way of changes generated through the jumbling of words and grammar by the young ones.

Secondly, the bar has raised from the early stages until today, one reason for which can be pointed out that technology has brought easy access to ample storage of information at a single press of a button. To add to this, education has also achieved a higher status since what spelling exercises teachers offer at schools have significantly improved what our parents and their parents were being offered as a child.

Moving onwards, as the jargon and slang words have become more and more common, we see that the tone of speaking has also changed. Today the tone of people has also improved immensely. While this seems hard to believe, but in everyday lifestyle, we see that the people do not have the same tone of speech that they used to have before. Today, people are more sarcastic in their statements or use double meaning statements to get their message across while giving provocative or subtle hints of other meanings that they might want to say, but still, hold back due to the undesired repercussions. This is another crucial fact that has affected how effective communication have be blurred. While this statement might be right in households but they are also used by political leaders of today. President Trump isis one of the most notorious leaders to be blunt enough to use provocative words that reflect the racist ideology.

The changes in languages are substantially tricky for a conventional person to learn, let alone those who learn other languages as their second and third language. We need to understand the fact that most people use written statements and dialogues to learn a language. While this statement remains true in the current state, it does not work substantially since communication in their original form does not include such jargon and words that are used by the young generation. People still study books with titles such as “How to improve English speaking.” While these sorts of books provide the raw information, the true meaning of these languages has changed in a way that their real state has also changed. For this, the value of learning from such books is next to nothing. Today, a better alternative would be to learn the language from a young person as they will have pragmatic learning, which will help them provide the actual picture of the study.

In conclusion, we see that language does affect communication, and in more than one way. We need to realize the fact that with the time change is bound to occur, and our job is not to deny it in fact we should take the first step in leading the change and adapting to it, as it is the only way forward.