Kinesics

Part One – Description of Interaction Working at a Hotel’s reception, I personally interact with over one hundred people a day, possibly more. I experience many cultures and customs and you have to quickly assess and apply this to each individual guest. One scenario, where I have misunderstood a guest, was Mr Wilson. Mr Wilson was French and his English was very scarce, and the same applied in regards to my knowledge of French. From his non-verbal communications and his few words of English…

2. The types of non-verbal language and their impact on business communication 2.1. Kinesics The word kinesics comes from the root word “kinesis”, which means “movement,” and refers to the study of hand, arm, body, and face movements. Kinesics includes personal appearance, posture, gesture, facial expression and eye contact. Personal appearance plays important role, because before people talk you they see you.…

Name the eight types of non-verbal communication. Explain each in detail, including a personal example of each type. The eight types of non-verbal communication are kinesics, oculesics, proxemics, haptics, chronemics, olfactics, vocalics, and artifacts. Kinesics refers to nonverbal behaviors related to the movement of the body. This includes gestures which are physical movements used to convey a message. Gesture examples are smiles, frowns, grimace, open arms…

The author defines kinesics as, “how you carry yourself, appearance, posture and orientation of your body, (sitting, standing, lying, facial expression, hand and body movement and gesture”(P73) The third style the author talks about is Tactile communication which is defined…

1. Annette effectively utilized accentuation which is one of the six functions of delivery discussed in our textbook. One example where her use of this function is apparent is her chosen tone of voice while quoting Kristin Armstrong. The change in pace and given tone enhances the overall effectiveness of her attention grabbing quote. 2. I appreciate Annette's rate throughout her speech as she maintains an upbeat rhythm. It is easy to get lost while someone is speaking if they do not take…

Paralanguage, Kinesics, Haptics, Proxemics, Dress and Appearance, and Chronemics are part of the non-verbal communication strategies. We should always keep in mind that these affect our conversations even if it is not intended. These could also send a message and often…

Communicating to attain forgiveness can be a difficult task. In the case of Bonnie in the CBS television show “Mom”, she is not ready to forgive her estranged mother who wants to return into her life. I will be analyzing the scene when Bonnie first meets her mother, Shirley in the cafe with her daughter Christy and the initial confusion and anger she experiences. Through the use of code switching, and hurtful language, Bonnie illustrates her lack of empathy towards her mother 's return, she also…

there is spatial movement of characters. They are in the same space yet in their minds they are far apart. Thus here there is a metamorphosis in the mental space of the characters too. Kinesics is the science of space and body language. It is the study of body movements, facial expressions and gestures. (kinesics, n.d.) It is widely studied by students of psychology, sociology and humanities. It talks about the four different types of interpersonal space. This is called proxemics. The closer we…

' 'Cooper Barrett 's guide to surviving life, ' ' How to Survive Your Horrible Landlord. The show episodes are based on comedy series of recent graduated college students. The TV show identify and evaluate different concepts of paralinguistics, kinesics, chronemics, haptics, and proxemics. I believe in the TV show of ' 'How to Survive Your Horrible Landlord ' ' will be based on variety of characters in the show. From the title I think there will be problems involving with the landlord. I…

Everyone has their own ways of communication, whether it be a different language, different accent, or even different word choices. In this paper I will be analyzing the ways in which my communication has developed in the past and most likely will be developing in the future. Along with this I will be comparing the way I communicate as opposed to others, specifically in reference to content, form and, use. The ways of my communication are changing everyday for many different reasons. The form of…