Explaining Non-verbal

Miscommunication

Prepared by:
Charess Dela Cruz Rustia
SST-1
Cantapoy National High School
Cantapoy, Malimono, Surigao del Norte
 Motivation:

•Watch an asianovela with

the sound turned off. Try to
explain what the scenario is
all about.
What is Non-verbal
Communication?

• Not involving or using

words

• Not able to speak

What encompasses non-verbal
communication?
a. Paralanguage

b. Language of Flowers

c. Language of colors

d. Language of Time (Chronemics)

e. Language of space (proxemics)

f. Language of Touch (haptics)

g. Language of gestures

h. Facial expression

i. posture and personal apprearance

 Paralanguage

• ‘how’ something is said.

• Something said is maybe

contradictory to what is done.

• Example:
Saying ‘I love you’ with an angry tone.
Different emotions of saying
“I love you” (Click)
Language of Flowers

• Giving flowers mean something.

• Example:
Italians send chrysanthemum for
special occasions, but Filipinos
generally see them in funeral
arrangements.
Language of colors

• Colors have certain meanings based

on the dictates of culture and gender.

• Example:
In Thailand, only the King can wear
yellow. Tourists who dare to wear the
royal color are punished.
 Chronemics

• Language of Time

• How time is viewed differently by

various country.

• Example:
‘Filipino Time’
 Proxemics

• Language of Space

• About showing who they are.

• Example:
Middle class family have bigger
houses.
 Haptics

• Language of Touch

• One of the most powerful non-

verbal communication.

• Touch can comfort, it can aggravate,

it can encourage, or it can dissuade.
 Gestures

• Most often used type of

nonverbal communication.

• Gestures are used for:

Emphasizing, regulating,
illustrating, Emblems
Facial Expression

• Example:
Eye contact
Posture and Personal
Appearance

• How one stands or sits in Communicative

Situations tells people around how one
sees oneself as a speaker one’s attitude
toward the Message, and how one looks at
the Listener.

• Being dressed well also adds on to one’s

self-confidence.
 In verbal communications,
Opinions and Beliefs are also
factor affecting
miscommunication
ACTIVITY #5:
Think/Pair/Share

Direction: The teacher will show another video clip and

every pair will come up with a script as a dub of the clip.
“Actions are louder
than words”
Evaluating Learning
Reference:
‘Oral Communication’ by
Ramona S. Flores, 1st edition.