Non-verbal Skills: Unavoidable in Communication (original) (raw)

Impact, Importance, Types, and Use of Non-Verbal Communication in Social Relations

Linguistics and Culture Review, 2022

The problem of today's social and economic developments is based on communicative relations, which are the main factor in the development of human society. Most of all, the recent changes in communication reports proved how important communication is in achieving the goals not only of the speaker but also of society. Human society's important means of communication in all its types and dimensions, the relationship and mutual influence of these types are becoming more and more obvious. Over the years, different language schools have dealt with different approaches on the importance, cognition, and functionality of communication, not only linguistic but also non-linguistic, communication that does not rely on different grammatical tools and forms, or structured language, but also on the linguistic, or nonverbal element. Today's controversies in linguistics raise issues of meaning and significance, which often come from questions: 'What does it mean? 'However, the c...

CATEGORIES OF NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION: HOW TO IMPROVE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS

2023

The real value of nonverbal communication lies in the insight it can give to your own behavior. It is impossible to discuss oral communication without taking nonverbal communication into account because “only up to one-third of a message in a person-to-person situation is conveyed by words alone (Beisler F, Scheeres H, & Pinner D. 1990, p. 38). Even silence and absence can be considered as nonverbal messages. This paper discusses and describes the different categories of nonverbal communication or messages(e.g., oculesics, paralanguage, proxemics, haptics, chronemics, head movements and postures, gestures, personal presentation, environment, artifacts, olfactics, silence, absence, color) as interpreted in other cultures and communities which most students have not studied in depth.

Non-verbal Communication An Essential Cultural Dimension

Traduction et Langues , 2012

Communication embodies verbal and non-verbal signs. Among the various non-verbal signs, body language is very important and helps to understand the message transmitted. It varies from a culture to another and is generally indicative of the culture one belongs to. It includes gestures, facial expressions, touch, glance, body motion, eye contact, proximity and so on. Non-verbal communication (which is perhaps the most important component of communication) responds to cultural rules. Ignoring or violating these rules may lead to confusing, misleading or embarrassing situations that may break the whole process of communication (which is the most important component of communication). What is perceived as normal in one culture can be perceived as illogical, rude or shocking in another. The fact that all cultures have internal variations, and that they continuously evolve, adds up to the difficulty of understanding cultures.

Verbal and Non-Verbal Communications in the Workplace

Mastering the Art of Effective Communication, 2023

This paper on communication was presented at the workshop titled "Speak Up, Write Well: Mastering the Art of Effective Communication in the Workplace" organized by S&P Global and HM2455C Program, UiTM Pulau Pinang Branch, Permatang Pauh Campus on 19 June 2023. Communication is about people interacting with each other. A good and effective communication must take into consideration of people's understanding, feelings, their moods and emotion. You can't separate all these, it's what makes a human, human. By including personal stories, you will form some personal connection, a sense in the back of your mind will emerge "oh, I know this guy". With that sense, you are more likely to absorb the message and understand them. Without the humanization of communication, the conversation will be very dry.

Non-Verbal Communication in Higher Education

SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, 2018

The article presents the importance of non-verbal communication in the sphere of education at the level of higher education. In terms of the didactic process, education, two types of communication deserve special attention, i.e. public and interpersonal communication. The author presented the characteristics of the above types of communication situation and differences in the non-verbal feedback that are visible between the lecturer’s direct conversation with the student and the lecture given by the academic teacher. The article also indicates the types and functions of non-verbal behaviours, devoting particular attention to uses related to the use of proxemics in education. The significance of proxemics was characterised in the sphere of teaching, paying attention to issues concerning the feeling of congestion or maintaining distance relative to the communicative situation and goals between the academic teacher and a student. The factors determining the issues related to the feelin...

Nonverbal communication – Language within Language - Dr Alpesh B Joshi

The synergological corpus was not created from theoretical concepts, or, in other words, from "what we think", but rather from "what we see". This is known as synergological praxis. Synergological knowledge has developed within a continuous relationship between theory and practice. Systematic interpretation of body language teaches us that what causes variation in the choice of the hand used is the kind of information exchanged, which has absolutely nothing to do with being left-or righthanded. Systematic observation of the face and body thus enables us to spot a number of false beliefs. Synergology provides us the keys: the greatest value is that they can be used in a practical way. And this is exactly what my paper tries to study.

Incorporating Nonverbal Communication Skills into Teaching and Learning English Presentations

Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2018), 2019

Abstract—Delivering a presentation is more than just giving information; it also aims to entertain, inspire, motivate and even to activate the listeners. To obtain the expected results, a presenter must attract his audience’s attention sufficiently and communicate his thoughts and feelings adequately by also implementing nonverbal communication elements, i.e. vocal and body language. Furthermore, presentation skill is very important in the work place, but delivering presentations has undeniably been a distressful task for most people. This study aims to share the experience of teaching Business English Presentations in the Polytechnic of LPKIA Bandung and to reveal the positive impacts of integrating nonverbal communication skills in the teaching and learning English presentations. The method used is descriptive analytics, and the data collecting techniques are library research, observation and interview. The study comprises several stages from designing the syllabus of the subject to observing students’ performance during the final examination. The study unveils that during the final examination, students mostly managed to perform more-natural nonverbal communication elements, showed greater confidence, and communicated better in their presentations. It can be concluded that incorporating nonverbal communication elements can take the learners out of their comfort zone and improve their English presentation skills. Keywords—English presentations; teaching and learning; nonverbal communication