Kathmandu University School of Management

Balkumari, Lalitpur

Essay on Clarifying and Interpreting Expressions and Ideas

Submitted to:

Mr. Bharat Prasad Neupane

Faculty of Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Submitted By:

Neha Dahal

Roll no.: 18720

Section: A

BBA 3rd year, 6th semester

9th July, 2021

What are the possible ways and sources of clarifying and interpreting expressions and

ideas? Write an essay with a focus on the chapter "Clarifying and interpreting

expressions and ideas." Illustrate your opinion with examples.

Clarifying is to make anything clearer or simpler to understand by providing more

facts or simplified explanations. Whereas interpreting is to determine what something's

intended meaning is. The statement "clarifying and interpreting expressions and ideas"

simply means making a piece of information comprehensible to everyone. It is critical for

effective communication that both the listener and the speaker share the same knowledge of

the topic under discussion. People may make claims based on terms with unclear, vague,

imprecise, or ambiguous meanings. To effectively evaluate an argument, we must first

understand what arguments, conclusions, and assumptions presented implies. Clarification is

required in many situations, and in this essay, we will discuss many methods and sources for

clarifying and interpreting expressions and ideas.

Any statements, concepts, examples frequently require explanation and interpretation

since they are not clear or not clear enough. To comprehend which context or circumstance

both terms may be applied to, we must first grasp what the problem is and who the audience

is. Firstly, we must identify what the problem is, for this let’s look into an example: your

sister asks you about the term “Apiary”. And now you must explain apiary to your sister; if

you already know about it, the question is how to explain it to your sister; if you don't, you

can just search the internet. If you search up apiary on the internet, it simply means a

place/yard where bees are housed in small boxes, which will give you a better understanding.

To identify an apiary, we may look at some good examples of beekeeping that will provide a

description of their distinguishing characteristics, which can be found both on the internet
and in the real world. This may still raise some concerns, but you will be able to identify

some clear examples that may be sufficient for your goals, mainly understanding what it is.

Similarly, you must also identify your audience and their level of understanding. For

example, suppose you're teaching your fourth-grade sister about Nepal's dowry system.

Assuming that your sister does not understand the core concept, you may explain the dowry

system as "durable items, cash, and real or moveable property that the woman's parents

provide to the husband." However, if you are speaking to someone who has a basic

understanding of the dowry system, you must explain in fully the concepts that lay behind the

concept of the dowry system so that they may decide if it is truly helpful to them or not.

There are several ways to explain ideas and concepts, such as by using a synonyms or

paraphrasing statements, which will assist the listener in understanding the expression since

familiar words are used. Similarly, by summarizing anything, one can grasp the meaning of

the statement since people would understand it simply. For example: If the word apiary is not

understood by the target audience, synonym word such as beehive can be used to clarify the

meaning, or the meaning of the word might be paraphrased to, a shed holding a number of

beehives.

Giving a clear example as examples related to the context make the explanation more

appropriate. For example: Providing real-life examples of apiaries will help the target

audience in embracing the idea. This will assist the audience in determining the parameters as

well as which is the apiary, and which is not.

 A definition from the dictionary may be beneficial when you need to explain

terminology since it explains you how words are usually, consistently used by native

speakers of a language. For example: you are reading a blog post of Edward Snowden and

you come across the word “cryptography”. Assuming you don't know what cryptography

means; the context may offer you a hint, but you should search it up in a dictionary or on the

internet to make sure of the meaning i.e. "It is a way of storing and sending data in a

particular form so that only those for whom it is meant may read and interpret it." This will

provide you with enough context to comprehend it. Even if there is some ambiguity, the

dictionary provides the broad standard meaning stated by the native speaker.

An explanation from a field of authority is necessary to clear up your uncertainties

and ambiguity. Because the language is technical and specialized, a dictionary may not

always be enough to examine the meanings of technical terms. For example, if you are

reading about the derivative market, you should verify the definition in the derivative's

textbook to obtain a better understanding. Similarly, you may question your professor, who is

a specialist in that subject, since he or she would have a credible source of knowledge.

Drawing contrasts is an effective technique to clarify a concept. For example, when

we say KUSOM is the best business school, we are comparing it to other universities with

short or average BBA programs. You are weighing the benefits and drawbacks of college

thinking critically because you are analyzing and reflecting on the activities of others. To

properly understand, you draw a contrast here. Thus, when evaluating the meaning of a claim

or term, one of the most important things to do is to inquire what contrasts are being drawn

— what is being ruled out.

 To summarize, there is often a lack of clarity, and you must be aware of the

importance of vagueness, ambiguity, and so on. By doing so you can detect it when it occurs

and immediately ask the appropriate questions. Keeping the audience in mind, we should be

able to communicate with the target audience by using relevant terminology, examples,

synonymous expressions and so on. We must also realize that not everything can be

explained and defined. As a result, you must be open to uncertainty and be willing to

challenge it in order to gain clarification.