Gesture

non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication is communication without words which involves your body movements such as gesture, posture, facial expressions, eye contact and many others. The study of this body movements or behavior is called kinesics. There are five types of kinesics : emblems, illustrators, regulators, adaptors and affect displays. For…

On December 5, 2014, I gave a speech (toast) to my dear fellow classmates, Ms. Rich, and Mr. Jenson, on Mother Teresa. As said, I received the video of me giving the speech and from the beginning, I was excited to receive it. I wanted to know how I did and I really wanted to see if I have improved or not. I wasn’t dreading it when I was watching myself on video because I personally now feel that I became a better public speaker than what I was before. In fact I was excited to get my video after…

Chapter 4 Developing Diversity Consciousness: Stepping Outside of Ourselves Stepping outside of ourselves helps to increase awareness and understanding (Butcher, 2015) reports, that it enables you to see through other’s eyes. Also, he encourages us to put ourselves in other people’s shoes. This will in turn give us the ability to view experiences through different perspectives. In addition, while bringing awareness to our own perspectives. Many times we may interpret or draw a conclusion using…

people use it on day to day basis to communicate to others but little do they know that it happens in our everyday life amongst every one around the world. Whether it 's something as quick as a head nod or someone displaying large amounts of hand gestures while telling a story. This is something most people are unaware that they do something that happens subconsciously. Knowing how to read types of body languages can change the entire perspective on so many things. It can really show how…

we first encountered at the start of my shift A face to face conversation Casual Language Hand/Head gestures Behind the Counter of the store Eye contact Interruption a customer had approached to the checkout Co-Manager A nice greeting when I arrive at the workplace and to what work had to be done for the day A face to face conversation Semi-Formal/Casual Language Personal Social talk Hand Gestures Pointing In the managers room Eye contact Hand shake Customer Giving the customer service for…

It is a set of rules in our minds or brain that tells us how to speak dramatically (Duranti, 1977) The basic principles of communication are verbal, body language, hand gestures, sign language, written language, pictures, signs and symbols. Using many different means of communication, builds a deeper knowledge and influences how the world is perceived by people. Language creates our identity. Language is used to empower…

I do think I felt myself leaning forward a bit when making a point, but overall I thought my felt good. When it came to the gestures and eyes, I really wanted to use them to emphasis my dialog and help to engage the audience. I practiced in the mirror and I think this helped to make those moments effective. I wanted to linger a bit with my hand and arm movements so the audience…

intentions. While at a checkpoint as personal pass through you are taught to seek nervous behaviors and array of different behavioral markers to indicate danger. I translated this into my business life using the same techniques to identify different hand gestures, postures, and facial movement in order to determine emotions and if a person likes what they hear or if the person believes in what they say to me. I very much enjoy the different take Amy Cuddy had on body language. She asked…

able to have a conversation or speak, so they have to use hand gestures or facial expressions in order to get a point across. The textbook defines Nonverbal Communication as “communication other than written or spoken language that creates meaning (Beebe, Beebe, and Ivy, 2007)”. Similar to how people can often misinterpret what someone is trying to say, the same thing can happen with nonverbal communication. Different expressions, gestures, or ways to communicate without speaking are often not…

I do not use hand gesture when I am communicating; however, I do notice that my family and people in my culture use hand gesture to help facilitate their points when they are communicating. Leslie also states that in her culture hand gesture is prevalent (Leanos, Leslie). She uses the example that when she talks about height her hand gesture would be to place it at the position to help show how tall or short it is. I believe that hand gesture is common in both our cultures because…