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    Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, (Oxford Dictionaries | English, 2017) opinions, writing, or using some other medium or signs. It can also means sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers (Dictionary.com, 2017). Interpersonal communication is the process by which a persona exchange information, by feeling and meaning through verbal and non-verbal communication. It includes face to face communication it equerries you to

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    unrecognized, Nonverbal Communication is used daily. Nonverbal Communication has many twists and turns. You can never fully understand what someone else is thinking. You can take a guess through their gestures, and facial expressions, but even then inaccuracy prevails. Nonverbal Communication (term) All forms of communication other than words themselves; includes inflection and other vocal qualities as well as several other behaviors such as shrugs, blushing, and eye movements. (Wood 2015) Nonverbal Communication

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    While communication across cultures relies on speech to convey the messages of those living in the same society, usually the unspoken language has a larger role to play in delivering these messages. Similar to the country’s language being specific to the region it surfaces from, body language and facial expressions also have individual characteristics within a particular region. There are shared attributes of nonverbal communication across the world but these are commonly divided into high and low

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    In Business Communication for Success, Scott McLean described nonverbal communication as the process of conveying a message without the use of words. People say they can read my body language well. On the other hand, I have never been one to interpret a person’s body language. That was very evident when watching my character, Katie Otto, in “American Housewife.” The first three minutes of the episode I watched were very busy. It was the pilot episode of “American Housewife” where the main characters

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    Nonverbal communication is used in order to communicate or send cues between people. This communication is usually used in order to get the point across when we are communicating or expressing our feelings. Some gestures include waving, clapping, thumbs up/down, or even a middle finger when a car unexpectedly gets in your lane when you’re driving. Just like verbal communication, nonverbal communication is taught and learned at early stages of life. As mentioned in On Being Different; culture can

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    Before analysing the video is important to define what is communication. Communication is an act of transmitting information such as thoughts, ideas, and emotions furthermore, those elements can also be expressed with verbal communication and nonverbal gestures, signs, and symbols (Hargie, 2011). Moreover, it is necessary to understand the difference between conventional implication and conversational implication. In the first case the linguistical meaning is attached to the message itself and in

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    Non-verbal communication consists mainly of the things people do with their body language. There are times where words are expressed and non-verbal communication could help emphasize the message. A few examples of nonverbal communication are hand gestures eye contact, facial expressions as well as tone and volume. I was given this assignment to observe a situation and take note of the nonverbal communication that occurred. I also had to observe whether the non-verbals were able to execute the message

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    Nonverbal communication includes gestures, facial expressions, and body positions which are all major components of everyday communication. Unspoken understandings and presuppositions, and cultural and environmental conditions are also components of nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communications are the part of communication that has to be observed. I know everyone has nonverbal behaviors, but I believe my mom is a very verbal person so I didn’t observe much nonverbal behaviors from her. One

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    There are different types of nonverbal communication, mainly it classified into five types : Kinesics, Haptics, Vocalics, Proxemics and Chronemics. Kinesics: It is refer to the study of body movement which include eye contact , facial expression, gestures, postures and head movements. Eye contact: It is a significant type of nonverbal communication and it is studied belongs to oculesics category which refers to eye contact with another one’s eyes, head and face and the norms of looking during

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    In human’s daily life, communication is something that we do every day. It is an indispensable part in people’s activities. It divided into two types, verbal communication and nonverbal communication. In general, verbal communication means that people communicate with each other by means of language. Nonverbal communication is usually understood as the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless messages. Non-verbal communication includes Kinesics (face and body motion), Haptics

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