Types of Nonverbal Communication and Body Language

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1、TypesofNonverbalCommunicationandBodyLanguageThehandgesturefor"OK"intheUnitedStatesandBritainhasnegativeconnotationsinLatinAmericaandsomeEuropeancountries.Nonverbalcommunicationisaformofcommunicationoutsidetherealmofspeechthatincludeseyecontact,facialexpressions,otherbodylanguage,personalspace,touch

2、ingandparalanguage,whichinvolvesthepitchvolumeandintonationofspeech.Globalcommunicationandmulticulturalenvironmentspresentauniquechallengetousingandunderstandingnonverbalcommunication.Similargesturesandsoundscantransmitdiversemeaningsacrosscultures.·RelatedSearches:NonVerbalCommunication·GoodCommun

3、icationSkillsEyeContactandFacialExpressionsIndirecteyecontactispreferredinsomecultures.chinesewomansmilingimagebyAllenPentonfromFotolia.comLooksomeoneintheeyes.AbouttwosecondsofeyecontactisconsideredpoliteinWesterncultures.InJapan,eyecontactmaybeviewedasintimidating.DirecteyecontactinRussiaisseenas

4、asignofrespect.InSaudiArabia,indirecteyecontactmaybeconstruedasignoringsomeone.EasternculturestendtoviewtheeyesandWesternCulturesviewthewholefacetointerpretfacialexpressions.EmoticonsrevealthedifferencewithJapaneseemoticonsfocusingontheeyesforchangesinexpressionandWesternemoticonsfocusingonthemouth

5、.OtherBodyLanguageHowyoucrossyourlegscanisimportantinsomecountires.manfeetimagebytimur1970fromFotolia.comNodyourhead.Thisgesturemeans"yes"intheUnitedStates.InsomeEuropeancountries,suchasBulgariaandYugoslavia,thesamegesturemeans"no."SpittinginpublicisconsideredrudeandunsanitaryintheUnitedStates,ille

6、galinSingaporebutiscommoninChina.CrossingthelegsatthekneesiscommonforAmericansandindicatesa"closed'position,butthisbodylanguageisconsideredrudeintheUnitedArabEmirateswherecrossingthelegsattheanklesisthenorm.MendonottouchwomeninpublicintheUAE,butbodycontactbetweengendersiscommonintheAmericaswherecon

7、tactcanbeviewedanywhereinthespectrumfromsexualharassmenttorespectdependingonthecontext.PersonalSpaceandTouchingPersonalspaceisimportanttoAmericans.businessmanimagebypeterHiresImagesfromFotolia.comStandanarm