Non Verbal Non Verbal Communication Communication Binod Kumar Thakur(12), Binod Kumar Takur(12),
DipakKumar Kumar Sharma(19), Nishant(36). Kumar Nishant(36).
What is non verbal communication? Nonverbal communication is usually understood as the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless messages Such messages can be communicated through gesture; body language or posture; facial expression and eye contact; object communication such as clothing,
Types of nonverbal communication
Facial Expression – There are six main facial expression found in all cultures are:
Happiness (round eyes, smile, round cheek) Fear (around eyes, open mouth) Angry (lower eyebrow, and stare intensely) Disgusting (wrinkled nose, lowered eyelids and eyebrow,
raised upper lips)
Surprise (raised eyebrow, wide open eyes, open mouth) Sadness (area around mouth and eyes)
Types cont… Gestures
- Deliberate movements and
signals. Common gestures include waving, pointing, and using fingers to indicate number amounts. Body
Language and Posture -Posture and
movement can also convey a great deal on information. Such as arm-crossing, and leg-crossing, hands in the pocket, hands on the hips. Proxemics - is the study of how people
Types cont… Eye
Gaze - Looking, staring, and blinking
can also be important nonverbal behaviors. Haptics - Haptics is the study of touching
as nonverbal communication. Handshakes, holding hands, kissing (cheek, lips, hand), back slap, high five, shoulder pat, brushing arm, e.t.c Paralanguage - Paralanguage
(sometimes called vocalics) is the study of nonverbal cues of the voice. Various
Advantage of non verbal communication
You can communicate with someone who is hard of hearing of deaf. You can communicate at place where you are supposed to maintain silence. You can communicate something which you don't want others to hear or listen to. You can communicate if you are far away from a person. The person can see but not hear you. Non-verbal communication makes conversation short and brief.
Disadvantage of non verbal communication You can not have long conversation. It varies culture to culture. Can not discuss the particulars of your message. Difficult to understand and requires a lot of repetitions. Can not be used as a public tool for communication. Less influential and can not be used
What is this Posture?
Know Your Body Language
Eye Contact
Hand Shake
Closed Body Language
Not Interested In You.
Facial Expression
What to do!!
Facial Expression
Happiness!!!
Facial Expression
Anger!!!
Facial Expression Fear!!!
Cultural difference in Non- verbal communication
What about this?
In France means “ I don’t believe you”. But in Somalia means “ I see you” or “ look”.
What about this?
Most of the world means “O.K” In Iran means “extremely obscene” OR rude. In Nigeria “Good luck”. In Japan means “five”. In Turkey means “political rightist party”
What about this?
In Somalia means “ rude or dishonest sign”. In some parts of Europe means “ private signal to show that something is joke”.
What about this?
commonly means “everything is all right or perfect”. In France means “worthless”. Japan means “ money”. In German means “ rude”.
What about this?
In Brazil means “Good luck”. Russia means “you get nothing from me”. Yugoslavia means “you can’t have it”. Turkey, Tunisia & Holland means “obscene”.
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