Adeola Abdulateef Elega

1.7 Limitations of the Study 
Research is confined among Nigerian students in three faculties of the Eastern 
Mediterranean University, Famagusta North Cyprus. These faculties are Business 
and Economics, Communication and Media Studies and Engineering. Research was 
conducted in Fall semester 2014/2015 session. A potential weakness to this study is 

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that it is limited to Nigerian students out all students represented from other 94 
countries. Another limitation is that Turkish Cypriots understand basic English 
language. Reason been that, TRNC was a former British colony and English 
language is still a compulsory course in primary school and secondary education. 

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Chapter 2 
LITERATURE REVIEW 
This chapter contains information on the models of interpersonal communication 
(Linear Models, Interactive Model and Transactional Model
of interpersonal 
communication
). Review of relevant literature to the study was discussed in this 
chapter and the review are culture and society, interpersonal communication, verbal 
and nonverbal communication, communication barriers, language barriers, effective 
communication skills and second language acquisition, verbalization of nonverbal 
communication, culture and nonverbal cues and the intervention of the new media. It 
also discussed Uses and Gratification Theory in respect to Medio communication.
2.1 Models of Interpersonal Communication 
A model can be defined as a framework of an idea that is used to explain a 
phenomenon. In communication, models of communication are defined as 
conceptual representation of human and its communication procedures (IACACT, 
2014). This section contains interpersonal communication models that apply to the 
study (Linear Models, Interactive Model and Transactional Model
of interpersonal 
communication).