{"id":30292,"date":"2022-08-10T09:23:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=30292"},"modified":"2024-01-01T08:28:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T12:28:54","slug":"how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"How can jargon be a barrier to communication?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Word length, familiarity No. 1 predictor of readability<\/h2>\n<p>Mabel Vogel and Carleton Washburne of Winnetka, Illinois, were the first researchers to statistically correlate writing traits with readability.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30317\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30317\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication.png\" data-orig-size=\"451,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avoid jargon&lt;\/strong&gt; Short, familiar words are easier to read, understand and remember. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/es\/image-photo\/jargon-word-concept-on-wooden-blocks-1710422761&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by Kunst Bilder&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication.png\" alt=\"How can jargon be a barrier to communication?\" title=\"How can jargon be a barrier to communication?\" width=\"451\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30317 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication.png 451w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 451px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 451\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30317\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication.png\" data-orig-size=\"451,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avoid jargon&lt;\/strong&gt; Short, familiar words are easier to read, understand and remember. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/es\/image-photo\/jargon-word-concept-on-wooden-blocks-1710422761&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by Kunst Bilder&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication.png\" alt=\"How can jargon be a barrier to communication?\" title=\"How can jargon be a barrier to communication?\" width=\"451\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication.png 451w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/how-can-jargon-be-a-barrier-to-communication-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Avoid jargon<\/strong> Short, familiar words are easier to read, understand and remember. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/es\/image-photo\/jargon-word-concept-on-wooden-blocks-1710422761\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image by Kunst Bilder<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1928, they published 19 writing attributes that reduced readability. The top three centered on word familiarity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Number of different words<\/strong> ( 77% correlation)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Median number of words<\/strong> that appear on a list of the most frequently used words in the English language. (-70% correlation, which means familiar words increase readability)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Number of words<\/strong><em>not<\/em> occurring on that list of familiar words (67% correlation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since Vogel and Washburne\u2019s research, researchers have proven in the lab \u2014 again and again \u2014 that 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/what-is-readability\/how-to-avoid-jargon\/\">word familiarity<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/what-is-readability\/word-length\/\">word length<\/a> and 2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/what-is-readability\/ideal-sentence-length\/\">sentence complexity and length<\/a> are the two strongest indicators of reading ease.<\/p>\n<h3>Familiar words easier to understand.<\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at some of those studies \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Comprehension increased with word familiarity and ease<\/strong>, found <strong>Ralph Ojemann<\/strong> in 1934. Four vocabulary factors affected comprehension:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Percentage of words on the familiar words list<\/li>\n<li>Percentage of words understood by 70% to 90% of school children<\/li>\n<li>Average difficulty per word<\/li>\n<li>Average difficulty of different words<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Jargon and hard words reduce comprehension more than all other factors combined<\/strong>, found Ralph Tyler and Edgar Dale in 1934.<\/p>\n<p>The more difficult words a passage included, the harder it was to understand, they learned. They found that the top two predictors of comprehension were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jargon, or number of different technical words<\/li>\n<li>Hard non-technical words<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These two factors alone affected readability as much as all of the other 10 factors they reviewed combined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u201cVocabulary load is the most important [predictor of] difficulty<\/strong>,\u201d wrote Irving Lorge in 1994. He based a readability index on just three elements, including number of hard words.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Hard words and sentence length alone predict comprehension with a 92% percent chance of accuracy<\/strong>, found Edgar Dale and Jeanne S. Chall.<\/p>\n<p>In 1948, they published a readability formula measuring only words not found on a list of common words and\u00a0 average number of words per sentence. That formula scores among the highest of all readability formulas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. You can achieve a virtually perfect reading grade level correlation by measuring just the percentage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/12\/write-like-churchill-in-one-syllable-words\/\">one-syllable words<\/a><\/strong> and three other elements, found Edmund B. Coleman in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman used cloze scores, where people fill in the blanks in a sentence, instead of multiple-choice tests for his study. Cloze scores are considered a more accurate way to measure a person\u2019s understanding of a passage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Five word characteristics affect comprehension<\/strong>, found G.R. Klare in his1976 analysis of 36 readability studies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Proportion of functional words<\/strong>, as opposed to \u201ccontent\u201d words. Functional words include <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Article_%28grammar%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articles<\/a> like <em>the<\/em> and <em>a<\/em>; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pronoun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pronouns<\/a> like <em>he, him, she<\/em> and <em>her<\/em>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca\/hypergrammar\/preposit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>prepositions<\/strong><\/a> like <em>on, under, against<\/em> and <em>during<\/em>; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grammatical_conjunction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conjunctions<\/a> like <em>for, and, nor, but, or, yet<\/em> and <em>so<\/em>. These functional words make messages harder to understand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Word frequency, familiarity and length<\/strong>. Short, simple, recognizable words make copy easier to understand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Concreteness<\/strong>. Concrete words, like <a href=\"https:\/\/revvingupreadership.com\/2020\/03\/what-is-a-concrete-detail-in-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>schnauzer<\/em><\/a> and <em>Pepto-Bismol<\/em>, are easier to understand than abstract words, like <em>bored<\/em> and <em>trouble<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Association value<\/strong>. The easier the words are to remember, the easier the copy will be to understand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nominalizations<\/strong>. Converting a word to a noun \u2014 like put out to output \u2014 decreases comprehension. So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/12\/dont-commit-verbicide-choose-verbs-not-nouns\/\">don\u2019t commit verbicide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>7. Shortening and simplifying words and sentences made messages six grade levels easier to read<\/strong>, found Thomas Duffy and Paula Kabance in 1981. The revisions reduced the reading grade level from 11th to 5th, making the revised copy six grade levels easier to read.<\/p>\n<h3>Choose words to be read.<\/h3>\n<p>Bottom line? To make your copy easier to read and understand, choose words that are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short<\/li>\n<li>Simple<\/li>\n<li>Familiar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Sources: William H. DuBay, <em>Unlocking Language<\/em>, Impact Information (Costa Mesa, Calif.), 2006<\/p>\n<p>DuBay, <em>Working with Plain Language<\/em>, Impact Information (Costa Mesa, Calif.), 2008<\/p>\n<p>DuBay, <em>Smart Language<\/em>, Impact Information (Costa Mesa, Calif.), 2007<\/p>\n<p>DuBay, <em>The Principles of Readability<\/em>, Impact Information (Costa Mesa, Calif.), 2004<\/p>\n<div id='MMC-Clear' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"custom_html-81\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><a title=\"Clear-writing workshop, a mini master class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/mini-master-classes-home\/clear-writing-course\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/clear-writing-training-mmc.png\" alt=\"Clear-writing workshop, a mini master class\" title=\"Clear-writing workshop, a mini master class\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/250;float:left; text-align:left; margin: 0 auto; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 18x; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; color: #FFFFFF; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;\" class=\"img-max lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/clear-writing-training-mmc.png\" alt=\"Clear-writing workshop, a mini master class\" title=\"Clear-writing workshop, a mini master class\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left; text-align:left; margin: 0 auto; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 18x; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; color: #FFFFFF; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;\" class=\"img-max\"><\/noscript><\/a><h3>Reach more readers with tight writing<\/h3>\r\n\t\r\n<p>Would your piece be twice as good if it were half as long? 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