Bart van Driel
Theory of Knowledge
Topic 2: the strengths and weaknesses of using language as a basis for knowledge using at least 2 ways of knowing?
Language has many weaknesses and strengths. Language has more limitations than strengths. Strength of language is that it gives meaning to things. Another strength is how it can be mixed and used to express emotions. These limitations are modern texting, the amount of different language and how the meaning of things can get lost in translation. Another limitation of language is our perspective of language.
Language gives meaning to things when you describe it. Language allows someone who is blind for example to imagine what the colour red looks like. With language you can give a blind person a perspective of what the colour red is going to look like when he sees. It can be described with things, like blood but he wont understand that. However language also allows to bind an emotion with the colour. with the colour dark red you could say you are angry and light red means you are in an
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Language can be used to express anything. Emotion is one of the most important things that can be expressed by the use of language. There are numerous emotions, of which some cannot be expressed with the just the body language. “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” William Arthur Ward. William says that body language can be used for showing emotions and that body language cannot get lost in translation because everyone learns the same body language. For example it is difficult to show that you are powerless by just using body using body language. Another person would just think you are tired when you feel and you think look powerless. Using language will make it clear to the other person that you are powerless. This allows the other person to cheer you up because they know what the problem is. However language can also be a barrier for
Communication can be used in many ways by using different methods. Individuals from different backgrounds can communicate by doing whatever is comfortable to them, whether it’s communicating in their own language or if they can’t verbally communicate they may use sign language. Individuals could use body language and facial expressions to express their needs or what they would like.
Observe Body Language - This is a very powerful form of non-verbal communication. It is shown by the way we stand, how we place our hands or arms, make gestures and facial expressions.
Body language has a great deal to do with communication and it is believed that body language is
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.
Language is a very import part in our life, we carry it with us through all the steps, processes, moments experiences of our life, language built us and make us grow and the most important thing is that it grows with us, changes, modifies itself, and becomes more appropriate and specific. As we pointed out language help us to create and understand the world around us, gives meaning to everything and gives birth to emotions and feelings; a world without language would be meaningless and very lonely. Language it’s what help us grow up, the more we learn through it, the more we desire to experience and study in deep, leading us to new prospective, opening our mind to more specific and deep concepts, ideas, projects, goals. We really can’t
I am originally from Puerto Rico, which is a country in which communication is an integral part of society. The cultural norm of the Puerto Rican culture is to speak up when necessary and communicate clearly if we want things to be done. At the same time, I believe that in order to produce results, the manner in which communicating takes place, is an extremely important component. My culture also showed me how the emotions used when communicating, such as the use of the hands and body language, will dictate the tone and flow of the communication. The literature suggests that the majority (as much as 76%) of the message we gibe to another person during conversations is carried by non-verbal or para-verbal communication. Thus, we must be very careful and strategic in our use o non-verbal communication (Van Acker, 1997).
Strength is that part of your intellect or nervous system that is more effective and productive than other parts. Throughout your experience of life, your actions or reactions drive different thoughts, behavior and emotion in your brain. The requests that are processed more efficiently and rapidly are known as your strengths. Nowadays, strengths-based approaches to work and life are gaining a lot of popularity and often they are used to improve leadership and create more productive and efficient work teams.
Nonverbal communication or body language makes up 55% of effective communication. This plays the biggest part in communication, and it shows the client or colleague more information than words alone ever could. Nonverbal communication includes facial expressions, body movement and gestures, head movements, eye contact, posture, and the use of distances and space. Understanding and using nonverbal communication can enhance the connection between you and others, navigate challenging situations and well as expressing interest in the conversation. this can also established effective rapport between you and the client or colleague.
Body language is the movement or position of the body that express a person’s thoughts or feelings. The majority of people use body language to communicate with one another; it is used in everyday social interactions, including Killaq Enuaraq-Strauss’s video response http://www.businessinsider.com/seal-hunters-ellen-degeneres-selfie-2014-4 to Ellen DeGeneres’s claim that seal hunting is inhumane. Enuaraq-Strauss throughout the entire video is defending Inuit people, and educating the viewers as to why seal hunting is beneficial. Enuaraq-Strauss uses numerous types of body language such as, hand gestures, different forms of eye contact, facial expressions, and various head motions; her use of of body language throughout the video is informative of her hidden emotions and thoughts
Language is a method in which individuals communicate in order to get their opinion across to the listening party. Language is the tool which ideas can be conveyed in various ways. Typically, language is referred to verbal communication, however, it ranges to all methods of communication i.e. sign language.
Humans act toward people, things, and events on the basis of the meanings they assign to them. Once people define a situation as real, it has very real consequences. Without language there would be no thought, no sense of self, and no socializing presence of society within the individual. (Socio-cultural tradition)
Language is common in the world it is the way humans communicate and relate to things with one another.Language is a powerful tool in the world because it can give power to people and can be used to manipulate through renaming people,stereotyping a person and using a euphemistic approach in addressing a person.
Thesis Statement: Body language expresses emotions and actions unconsciously and differs between men and women depending on their brain type, emotional experience and culture.
At first glance, the question about what is the language might be strange, because we have been using language extemporarily, unconsciously for centuries ago. Nevertheless, the language is the essence difference between human beings and animals, due to what language offers to humans. It enables them to have a history and live the present as well as for planning for the future. furthermore, it is our major tool to communicate ,express our thoughts and feelings under different circumstances, and it enables us to exchange knowledge, beliefs, and opinions to accomplish a great civilization. However, ordinary language is the daily usage of language by people, whereas literary language is the language used by writers, poets, and literates. Everyone can understand the ordinary language easily, but it is quite difficult to realize the proper meanings of the literary language. In order to reach to literary meanings, you should take in your consideration the all structures of the literary language. Literary language is a deviant type of language, for how a writer uses various devices of diction in order to make the language vary from the usual use of language.
Body language is used more than often that words, it is used as a sign to tell if someone is happy in the environment. Or if they are open to convocation. It can show confidence, anger, fear and more emotions that we can convey with words. It’s important to respond and understand body language as it can help us to build stronger relationships and bonds between people.