List down the seven elements of non-verbal communication
and explain how it affects communication. You may cite situations/scenarios for your answers.
Elements Explanation
1. Body Language Oral communication supported by body language helps
the message to be positive and easier to understand. Example for this is talking to your friends. All your friends sharing some funny moments and laughing together. They express their feelings by smiling and laughing each other while talking. That is the power of body language. 2. Distance Doing nonverbal communication needs to know the distance of your audience is. For example, a teacher who teach her students doing the hand gestures of alphabets. The nearer the students is, the clearer they see how the teacher do it. So, it will be easier for the students to know how to do it. 3. Touch Touching is also part of nonverbal communication. Example for this is seeing a new friend. Saying ‘Nice to meet you’ while shaking her hands is also termed as touch. 4. Eye Contact Eye contact with your audience has a big help to show sincerity and honesty to your words and actions. Like, proposing to your lover. Kneeing while presenting the wedding box in front of your girl is a body language and to complete that, eye contact is important. It shows the emotions and truthfulness of your words and actions. 5. Pausing Pausing is not only in verbal communication but also in nonverbal communication. It is also important to pause while you are talking or doing hand or body gestures to make your audience gets and understand the important points of your message. Example, In a TV patrol news. In the other side is the person who do hand gestures. Pausing is needed in other to achieve understanding and emphasize the certain points of the message. 6. Bearing Manner is also important for nonverbal communication. Your postures reveal your composure. It makes you confident in delivering your message. Example, a teacher who gives authority to her special students. It is important to have manner in doing nonverbal communication to be more convincing. 7. Pacing Nervousness is unavoidable while communicating other people. Example, keeping your hands in your pocket or crossing your arms may communicate nervousness and detract from your speech.
LET’S ANALYZE!
Activity 1. Explain the importance of nonverbal communication in cross/multicultural setting in two paragraphs. Refer to the rubric on the next page.
Nonverbal communication is an interaction using non-spoken language, but it
comprises of body gesture, facial expressions and action. Nonverbal communication plays a significant role in our lives, as it can improve a person's ability to relate, engage, and establish meaningful interactions in everyday life. It is important especially that we are diverse in cultures. Every culture has their own beliefs, languages and many more but with the help of communication and interaction it lessens the possibility of misunderstanding. A better understanding of this verbal and nonverbal communication may lead people to develop stronger relationships with others.
Verbal communication supported by nonverbal communication makes is easier to
understand easily and to know what their true intention is. As I observed, the meaning of gestures varies from different countries. Openness and positive attitude towards other are not only we see in verbal communication, but it also needs nonverbal communication. We can relate this in the saying ‘Action speaks louder than words’ which it means that our actions are more honest than our words. Showing respect to other cultures in a nonverbal way is important because it reflect our behavior towards other cultures.
2. Discuss the relevance of nonverbal communication in cultural and global issues in
communication in two paragraphs. Refer to the rubric below.
The relevance of nonverbal communication in cultural and global issues in
communication is the improvement of a person's ability to engage, relate, and establish meaningful interactions in different cultures. Cultural and Global Issues affects communication by the means of its affectivity on the people itself. It may be affecting us individually or as a group. It may spark miscommunications or positive interactions. In Cultural issues, we may use as an example our language barrier in our own country. We find it hard to interact and to understand but the idea of respecting their cultures and understand how they live help us to accept. With the help of nonverbal communication, through allowing ourselves to understand them by living and doing their traditions help us see the true meaning of it. There are so many cultural and global issues in communication. Therefore, the nonverbal communication is also important in every aspect of communication because it somehow the bridge of relating, engaging, and accepting other cultures.
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