The power of nonverbal

communication

By HRA HAMZA , AHBACH HAMZA

how did it feel ?
History of nonverbal communication :
 The outline:
• Introduction
• Why study nonvebals?
• The categories of nonverbal communication.
• Nonverbals in different cultures
• A small exercise.
• conclusion.
 introduction

nonverbal communication is the process of

communication through sending and receiving
wordless messages.
 Why study nonverbal communication?

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A pie chart given by Dr. Albert Mehrabian

The categories of nonverbal comminucation

• Eye contact.
• Facial expressions.
• Gestures.
• Touch.
• Space.
• Voice. 
 Eye contact

• ‘’the eyes are the mirror of the soul and treflect

everything that seems to be hidden; and like a
mirror, they also reflect the person looking into
them’’ . Paul Coelho
 Facial expressions
• With only 43 muscles , our faces are capable
of making more than 10000 expressions
 gestures
• ‘’ let your body talk on your behalf . ’’
 Haptics : touch
• Setphen Gaskin said : « Touch is the first
language we speak »
 paralanguage
• Paralanguage is the technical term for the
voice cues that accampany spoken words.
 Proxemics : Personal space
• Personal space is the region surrounding a
person which they regard as psychologically
theirs.
Nonverbals in different cultures
 Eye contact
• How long the eye contact takes and how it is
percieved varie from one culture to another.
 Physical contact
• It seems like some cultures tend to have more
physical contact and some just don’t.
 gestures
• Be careful !
 Proxemics
• How close is too close ? Depends on where you
live.
A small exercice
head tilting
what does it mean ?
 Eye blocking
• what does it mean?
The suprasternal notch touching
The open palms behavior
The steeple hand
 conclusion
• Nonverbals seem to comunicate so much
things about us in a way that words simply
can’t do it.