ORAL COMMUNICATION

PARAME, CATHYRINE G. 11-AMOS

EMPHATIC GESTURES

1. Princess pointing with index finger to audience.

2. Clark talking and he's using happy gestures like smiling so audience will be
thinking that he is happy.
3. Joyce making a fist.
4. Cathy was sad so she could slump down.
5. I touch my chest to signify it's from my heart also involves looking at my friend
so I might say "Thank you for inviting me tonight" or "I'm so grateful.

DESCRIPTIVE GESTURES

1. Yuna drawing something in the air to create a visual.

2. Kianna talking about something going up, she might raise her hand upward
with palm facing up.
3. Danna are swaying her hands to show flow of movements.
4. Marco say it was the ball and he showing circle shape of the ball.
5. The bed was over here and there was a pillow on the bed.

LOCATIVE GESTURES

1. Stranger ask me a direction, I say "turn left or turn right".

2. Ana looking for object, and her sister just point the object.
3. Carl points to cabinet with his finger as if to show something.
4. Omar pointing his friend to recite in Oral Communication.
5. Mon show the direction to his friend where to ride a vehicle.
TRANSITIONAL GESTURES

1. My classmate turning to a new idea in a reporting.

2. My mother using her fingers to enumerate points.
3. Lira count on her fingers in her introduction when you she gives an overview of
the points.
4. Paula put her hands on the podium while talking.
5. Justine sweeps one hand in front of me followed by a sweep in the opposite
direction with the other hand while we have discussing.

SUGGESTIVE GESTURES

1. Maine opens her palm because I suggest giving her a candy.

2. My best friend offers me a pinky swear finger to promise her that I will come to
her birthday.
3. Me and my friend doing peace bomb in hands when we meet.
4. Ava asking Jella where did she buy her clothes and Jella shrug her shoulders.
5. Sophia invite her friend to attend to her debut and her friend respond by okay
hand gesture.

PROMPTING GESTURES

1. Luna raise her hand because she was aware to something.

2. Adeah was MC in the event she start clapping to prompt the audience to start
clapping too.
3. Christian say in the meeting “raise your hand if you want to be lucky” and he
will raise his hands as he telling people to raise their hands.
4. Teacher says “let's get warmed up everyone, let's jump up and down on the
spot” so it encourages student or prompt them.
5. Mother pointing the words in book to show her child where to look.