Which of the following is a barrier to listening, created by the speaker? a. The speaker’s volume is too low. b. The speaker speaks too rapidly. c. The speaker’s message is too complicated. d. All of the above

D. All of the above

Explanation:

Barriers to listening are things that gets in the way of listening. They may be psychological or physical factors. Physical factors just like the psychological factors may be as a factor associated with the speaker or the audience. Low volume from the speaker, rapid speaking from the speaker and complex message are all ways in which a speaker can cause listening barriers for his listeners.

D. All the above

Explanation:

Listening is one of the skills required in learning any language. It can be trained because it easy to be in contact with the language through movies, series or music. However, when we are in front of a speaker, there are some barriers that can be a problem for us to have a complete and clearly understanding. When the speaker speaks too low, we might not get to listen pretty well. When the speaker speaks too rapidly it becomes the same problem because we might miss some words. And if the message is too complicated we might be exposed to words we never heard so we don’t understand.