Different Signs, Communication and Language throughout the World

People from parts of India shake their head from side to side to show agreement instead of nodding like Americans do. In some Australian Aboriginal cultures, looking an elder or person of higher rank than you in the eye is considered disrespectful. It's important to research cultural differences in body language prior to visiting or interacting with someone of a different culture.

They say a picture paints a thousand words, and the same can be said for Body language. Body language definitely plays a big role in influencing communication, by observing body language alone it makes it easy for you toidentify whether somebody shows interest or puts value in what you are saying. It also allows you to make pre judgements about an individual. For instance an audience or an individual can perceive a speaker/someone as arrogant based on the body language he makes and not the content. Making body language a priority for effective communication.

As college athletic revenues have skyrocketed over the past decade, the controversial question of whether college athletes should be compensated still remains. In the United States over 100,000 collegiate athletes participate in a variety of different sports across the country and do not receive financial compensation for their performances. Dating back to the 1800’s, intercollegiate athletics have played a very important role in American life, not only for the players but for fans as well. Ranked among the most popular sports in the United States, “College football alone attracted its third-highest attendance total ever with 48,958,547 fans in 2012” (National Collegiate Athletics Association, 2013). Intercollegiate athletics is defined as “involving or involved in competition between colleges”.

“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.” - Frank Zappa. Frank Vincent Zappa was born December 21, 1940. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and famously known for being a Music Producer, Director, Songwriter and most importantly, a Guitarist. His father was a mathematician and a chemist which cause the family to always be moving into new homes frequently, Zappa was all over the place as a child. His father always inspired him to get into the same work and when Zappa was young he always attempted to make new gadgets and become an inventor, but that shortly turned into the build up of his music. When Zappa was in this phase of invention he and his father we’re always exposed to chemicals that may have affected his health, the

Gestures provide one of the most obvious cases of cross-cultural differences in nonverbal communication. In South Italy gesture use is prominent and many gestures are conventional. These include ‘pragmatic’ gestures that indicate type of speech act or aspects of discourse structure and ‘substantive’ gestures that express utterance content (Kendon, n.d.). The examples of conventional ‘pragmatic’ gestures are the Mano a borsa(‘purse hand’) and the Mani giunte (‘praying hands’) are well known and have recognition as ‘quotable gestures’ or ‘emblems’. They express the illocutionary intent of the spoken utterances associated with them. The second two relate to discourse structure: The Finger Bunch, which is similar to the ‘purse hand’ in form, marks ‘topic’ as distinct from ‘comment’; the Ring, in which the tips of the index finger and thumb are brought into contact forming a circle, marks the ‘locality’ of a unit in relation to the theme. Emblems, in particular, tend to differ by culture. Emblems are gestures that substitute for language. Examples of emblems include waving hand to say “hello” or “goodbye”, nodding to say “yes”, putting your hand out so that someone stops, and more. Those are the examples of emblems in the United States.

Response-The American Illustrator that is used in other cultures is the upper hand. By having your hand on top of another person’s hand during a handshake displays power and that you’re in control. It is mostly displayed when world leaders meet, but is also used in business meetings. Also the saying the upper hand comes from when President Richard Nixon meets when Elvis Presley and is shown having the upper hand during the handshake pictures.

There are eight key forms of nonverbal communications used on a daily basis. These forms can affect the way people view another person; however, without understanding the forms of nonverbal communication there is certain to be a lot of misinterpretations. Cultural and language differences are a common reason for miscommunication. When communicating with people in different cultures, a person should be extremely aware of the hand gestures and nonverbal communication tools they are using. Many of the hand gestures used in the United States that mean good things, mean offensive and profane things to other cultures. Nonverbal communication is described as body language, hand gestures, and facial expressions. It is known that people reveal more information through nonverbal communication, than words alone to get a point across. There will always be some interaction between two or more people that everyone’s

Smiles mean approval, everything is content, and a good situation is present. A nod shows that one agrees with something. Hand gestures are not used in this culture because they could imply something other than what is being interpreted. Pointing

Although verbal communication is understood within one’s own social group, the interpretation of body language can be a vitally imperative when establishing a connection with people of different nationalities. Safadi and Valentine (1985) described gestures as being “contextually linked, to the situation, and along with the interplay of body and facial movement and utterance, they together convey the speaker’s intent” (pg.5). However there are some cross cultural hand gestures that can be misinterpreted in different regions of the world. For instance, to gesture okay in America, one would connect the thumb and the index finger in a circular shape with the other three fingers extended upwards. Conversely, in Arabian cultures, the same borrowed symbol can be interpreted as an obscenity referring to the evil eye. If an Arabic person were to use the okay gesture in another person direction while shaking, it symbolizes that the person receiving the gesture is being cursed (U.S. Army, 2006). On the

Jun’s appearance and his use of facial expressions and gestures by showing Roberto the tattoo on his arm with his uncle’s address has conveyed to Roberto of his disastrous situation and uncertainty in this foreign country while lacking in intercultural competence therefore Roberto brought Jun home to help Jun to find his uncle. From this scene it is evident that the use of body language and gestures is an essential tool in supporting intercultural communication because while when people are incapable to communicate verbally the use of body language are very effective to assist proper communication and understanding between people from different culture. Some past experiences related to the use of body language is back when I couldn’t speak English after moved into Australia. I was unable to communicate with people and tell people about my thought and was very uncertain about my surrounding. Where once I was at the school swimming lesson and I didn’t have a swimming cap but I couldn’t tell the teacher that I need one due to the language barrier so I had to point at someone else’s swimming cap and point at my head and shake my hand to express that I didn’t had a swimming cap, fortunately the teacher understood. This is when I found the appropriate use of body language is very important when individuals can’t

The most commonly known form of nonverbal communication is using physical movements, also called gestures. “Gestures are movements of any part of the body to indicate what someone wants”(Nonverbal). While there are several divisions of gestures, the two most common ones are emblems and quotable gestures. They are also known as conventional, culture specific gestures that are used as a replacement for words such as: waving goodbye or hello, shrugging of the shoulders, or a thumbs up. Gestures may also be called body language in business dealings. Good body language can be crucial for success, but different gestures may mean something different from country to country. In the United States of America, a firm handshake and direct eye contact are respected, but in France, a handshake is meant to be light and quick(Examples). For many people, movements of the body are the easiest way to communicate nonverbally. Consequently, physical gestures are the most common

Gesture is a form of non- verbal communication that it serves to convey mankind’s position with a part of body. Gesture is rich in variation to express people’s feelings, thoughts, even attitudes towards others and others’ opinion . According to the social anthropologist, Edward T. Hall, in a normal conversation between two people, less than 35% of the social meanings is actually transmitted by words. So, at least 65% of it is conveyed through the body language.

Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) is a Malaysian universal bank. Maybank is the largest bank in Malaysia. Maybank is the first bank in Malaysia and it was established in 1960s. Maybank is founded by Malaysia business tycoon Khoo Teck Puat. Besides that, it is the largest listed company by market capitalization on the Bursa Malaysia in 1962. Maybank is also one of the largest banks in Southeast Asia with the total assets of exceeding US$ 183 billion and net profit of US$ 1.92 billion in 2014. Maybank grow rapidly by expand the business to more than 150 branches within 3 years. There are several product and services are provided by Maybank Group. For example, commercial banking, investment banking, Islamic banking, offshore

How do people act on a date, on a job interview, or just at home hanging out with their friends? How does a best friend look like when they're angry, and how can parents tell when their kids are lying? Body language is at the heart of nonverbal communication, and according to recent studies we pass on more messages to each other through body language than all the things we say combined. Approximately 55% of communication is based on body language and when put in certain environments such as dating, workplace and social gatherings we will look at how men and women communicate differently using body language.

With my siblings, we tend to use body language when we are out in public. We do this when we want to talk about someone we don’t like and we do not want to say it out loud. For instance, if we see someone that we do not like we look at each and laugh and look at that person we do not like. Another example is when we see someone who is wearing something ugly on and they think they are cute, we signal each