Culture & Body Language (Apr.2)

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Tang Jia

PushpendraTomar

Patrycja Musial Shivaday Shetty Deepak Uniyal


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Imagine that you wake up on an island where

people are not able to understand thelanguage you speak......

how will/would you communicate?


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Introduction by Shivaday

Types of Body Language by Jia

Body Language in Different Cultures by Pushpendra

Gestures by Deepak

Tone of Voice by Patrycja

Summary by Shivaday


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Body language is a form ofnon-verbalcommunication, which consists ofbodyposture

, gestures

, facial expressions

, andeye

movements. Humans send and interpret such

signals almost entirely subconsciously.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_language


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Body language is a very powerfultool. We had body language before

we had speech, and apparently, 80%of what you understand in aconversation is read through the

body, not the words.-Deborah Bull(http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/d/deborahbul241310.html)


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Complementing: ex. at on t e ack y O !!

Accenting: ex. ounding t e ta le.


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Face

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ars Nose Lips & Mouth

rms Hands & Fingers Walking


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Facial expressions reflect emotion, feelings and attitudes


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* Eye contact

* Raising eyebrows

* Winking eye

* Closed eyes.


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* Ear grasp

* Cupping the ear

* Pulling ear.


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* Holding the nose

* Nose tap

* Pointing to nose

* Blowing nose.

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* Whistle, yawn, smile, bite, point, sneeze, spit

* Kiss

* Kissing sound

* Finger tip kiss

* Spitting

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* Folding arms are interpreted by some social

observers as a form of excluding self, I am taking

a defensive posture, or I disagree with what I am

hearing.

* Arms akimbo.

* Arms behind back

* Arms in front

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* Of all the body parts, the hands are probably used

most for communicating non-verbally

* Beckoning

* Handshaking

* Right hand or Left Hand

* Hang loose

* Clapping hands.

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* The O.K. signal. (the thumb and forefinger

form a circle) means

* Thumb-up* Avoid a thumb-up in these countries: Australia,

New Zealand, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Russia, and

most African countries.* Pointing.

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* Walking can reflect many characteristics of aculture. For example,

* In parts of Asia and some of the Middle

Eastern countries, men who are friends maywalk holding each others hand.

* In Japan and Korea, older women commonlywalk a pace or two behind male companion.

* Asians often regard Western women as bold

and aggressive, for they walk with a longer gaitand a more upright posture.

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Nodding of Head

Tossing the Head backward

Rocking head slowly back and forth


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Eyebrow

Eyes

Ear Nose Lips

Mouth


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Definition : gesture is a form ofnon-verbalcommunication in which visible bodilyactions communicate particular messages,either in place of speech or together and inparallel with spoken words.

Source -Wikipedia


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The Ring

The Thumbs-up

The V - Sign


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Sign of kay or all correctin Western World.

In Mediterranean Vulgar, you

infer that the person isHomosexual. Dont do this to French, if you

want to appreciate hiscreation, food or outfit as it

means a BIG ZER Dont even try this when in

Turkey !!


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Signifies theexpression of Powerbecause of its strength.

Sign on all the best,

ll K in West.

But in Greece, it

extremely Vulgar signof sexual nature.

Never hitch-hike in Greece !!.


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Can mean :

Victory to a German

Two to an merican Up *%^& in Britain (if

palm is facing towards thespeaker)

nglishman who uses it to tell a German 'up yours' could leave the

German thinking he'd won a prize


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Hand shaking is a formof greeting in most

Western cultures.

In middle east, a gentlegrip is appropriate.

In most sian cultures,a gentle grip and an

avoidance of eyecontacts is appropriate


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Tone of voice affects the way we interpretthe information.

Presenter should be aware of volume. In Japan never raise your voice, however in

Nigeria it is acceptable.

Pace mericas : Fast Pace

EU and sia: Slow Pace


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Its very important to be aware of the culturaldifferences while presenting.

Now we know how to use body language tocommunicate and present better in differentcultures.


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