8-+Non+verbal+communication


 * NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION **

__WHAT IS NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION? __

Non verbal communication involves those non verbal verbal stimuli in a communication setting, that **generated by** both, the **source** and his/her use, that have a potential message value for the source or receiver. Non verbal communication is sending and receiving messages in a **long variety** of ways **without** the use of **words.** Non verbal communication can be intentional or unintentional and most of the children and teachers are not conscious of this.

__THE IMPORTANCE OF NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION __

Non verbal language is one of the key aspects of communication, it has many functions:

1- Used to repeat a verbal message (pointing directions…) 2- Accents a verbal message (gives different meanings to a word: stop! Stop?) 3- Complements a verbal message (YES- ) or contradict (I don´t know- ) 4- Regulates interactions (to let someone speak or not to speak) 5- Used to note proverbs influences (“Actions speak louder than words”)

__STUDIES OF NON VERBAL LANGUAGE __

**//__-PROXEMICS: __//**  Study the way people construct and manage distance between themselves and the others in daily life. (School- microspace) We get close or away from people depending on the confidence we have with them. Proxemics gives us the clues to interpret our feelings towards the others.

**//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-KINETICS: __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Body activity as related to human communication (movement).

**//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-SEMIOTICS: __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This science wants to understand how natural or constructed sings and symbols work as a communication medium. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">We can differentiate **signs**:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Units of non verbal communication. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Gestures. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Movements. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Face expressions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Any movement that convey information.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">From **cues**:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Non verbal signs used to prompt an event, behavior or experience.

**//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Repetition: __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> they can repeat the message the person is making verbally.

**//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Contradiction: __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> they can contradict a message the individual is trying to convey.

**//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Substitution: __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> they can substitute for a verbal message. E.g: a pupil's eyes can often convey a more vivid message than words and often do.

**//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Complementing: __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> they may add to or complement a verbal message. A teacher who pats a pupil on the back in addition to giving praise can increase the impact of the message.

**//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">-Accenting: __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> they may accent or underline a verbal message. E.g: Pounding the table...

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or **signal**:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Non verbal used to inform as to what will happen, a hint or warning.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">THE MOST COMMON NON VERBAL SIGNS: __


 * // __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Emblems: __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">gestures with precise meaning known by a culture, they are movements which have a direct verbal translation.


 * // __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Illustrators: __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">gestures that enhance verbal messages, non verbal cues directly linked with words, they allow us to accent or emphasize words or ideas. They are also used to help us to describe something.


 * // __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Adaptators: __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">help us to adapt release tension: hands are used very often (scratch, touch, smood…) also called manipulators. They help to adapt environment, E.g: adjust your glasses, yawn…




 * // __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Regulators: __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">used to regulate, manage or control a conversation (turn taking, control a conversation…) they are non verbal cues which regulate interaction. People use eye behavior, inflection and head nodding to regulate the conversation.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Affect displayers are not only expressions but also **sounds** associated to words that help us to create context and then we can predict a future response. This is known as **paralanguage**. The most common ones are:
 * // __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Affect displayers: __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">(micro- expressions), they are facial expressions showing emotions due to influence the others (if one child displays sadness it helps him to attract teachers’ attention and ask what is wrong with him).

**// __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Qualifiers: __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">volume, inflection, pitch, pacing, tone, melodiousness.


 * // __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">-Characterizers: __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">sounds, sight, mumbling, groans, whines, yawning, laughing, crying (show character, emotions, and sensations).


 * // __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">-Characterizers: __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">fillers in speech, pauses, silence or sounds: Oh! Ah- ah! Like- a, Shh, Uhuh! ...

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">INTERESTING LINKS: __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nonverbal communication in the world differences <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">On this web site you will find some written suggestions of activities to improve your non verbal language alone or in groups)

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">DOCUMENTS __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here I attach a PDF doc that leads you to some web pages to practice nonverbal language <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here I grab you a PDF document that presents you same activities to teach non verbal cues [|//http://helpguide.org/mental/eq6_nonverbal_communication.htm//] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17px;">Interesting readings: [|Non verbal language velard.docx] __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">INTERESTING VIDEOS: __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] (this video tells us which are the three common mistakes we tend to make when using body language)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] (on this web site you will find 6 advices to improve your non verbal language skills)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] (the following video shows us in a few minutes a well made tutorial of useful body language cues)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] (with this video we assist to a discussion between three speakers, one of them will show us and explain the non verbal communication with some examples)

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Funny short video about non verbal language.

**__GIVEN RESOURCES:__**

**1.0 What's Non-verbal Communication?**

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1.1. Main features in non-verbal communication

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 * Regulatros

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 * Adaptors
 * Emblems

**1.2. Paralanguage**
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=1.4. A good video to observe all those theories=

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