The thumbs-up

Britain: _____ & _____ Sardinia: _____ Greece: _____

Beckoning

America: _____ Malaysia: _____ Yugoslavia: _____ Indonesia: _____ Australia: _____ China: _____



United States, England, and Sweden--- good luck Greece and Turkey --breaking of a friendship in parts of Italy --- O.K.
In most countries --- crazy In Brazil---you have a phone call

“I have no idea.”
“I don’t know.”
“I can’t / didn’t
hear you.”
That’s enough. It’s all over for me.
thumbs down: rejection, refusal, defeat , no good or bad news to Americans.
Functions Of NVC
Repeating Complementing Substituting
Regulation Contradicting
III. Elements of Nonverbal Communication
NVC
Produced by the body Combined with the setting
I. Understanding Nonverbal Communication
NVC involves all those nonverbal stimuli in a communication setting that are generated by both the source and his / her use of the environment and that have potential message value for the source or receiver. (Samovar, 2000: 149)
BODY LANGUAGE are 55% effective TONE of VOICE WORDS is 38% effective are 7% effective
The importance of NVC

Case When he visited the United States in 1959, the former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev once used the clasped-hands-over-thehead gesture. The next day American newspapers printed it on the first page, which shocked the whole country, and American people became indignant.
Do not believe
Nod the head up and down or shake the head
Look away from a person or yawn Turn toward the person you are talking to. Roll your eyes and turn your head away.

Spain: _____ Greece: _____ Malta: _____ Italy: _____

V-sign

Britain: _____ Greece: _____ What is “Moutza”?

Do you know what the following gestures means?
Acting Out
What are the special gestures you use to communicat the following expressions?
Ok! Be quiet. Well done.
Smells bad.
make a circle with one’s thumb and index finger finger over lips thumbs up wrinkle nose
Russia --- friendship
American people--the Soviet Union
would defeat
the US

Nikita Khrushchev





When we say “The new library is south of that building”, we complementing usually point in a certain direction. You tell someone that you are pleased with his/her performance, and at the same time you pat the person on the shoulder. If people in a group are boisterous, you might place your index finger to your lips as an alternative to saying, substituting “Please calm down so that I can speak.” In a conversation we nod our head in agreement to indicate to our partners in communication that we agree regulating and that they should continue talking. Just before the exam, you tell me you are relaxed and at ease, yet your voice quavers and your hands shake.
Unit 5
Nonverbal Communication (I)
In today’s class, we will…




understand what nonverbal communication is know the function nonverbal communication serves find out the elements of nonverbal communication gain an awareness that successful ICC also depends on behaviors we display
“Something is a bit suspicious / odd here.”
Italy--- to say “Hello.” Indonesians, Malaysians, and some speakers of Arabic---it signals “Come here.”
“Oh, I forgot.” or an expression of

Pulling down the lower lid of the eye with one finger


France and Greece: _____ England: _____ Spain and Italy: _____ South America: _____

Ear-tug
surprise.
“Slow down, relax or wait a second.”
in the US- “You did something bad;
shame on you.”
Comparison
Meaning Gesture in the USA No, don’t do Moving the index that. finger from side to side. I don’t know Shrugging one’s shoulders. Well done Thumbs up. Gesture in China
Acting Out
Surprise.
widen the eyes cup hand behind ear cover face with hand one fist in air move the hand in circles over the stomach
I can’t hear. Shyness. Anger. I am full.
Meaning
1. I am worried.
Action
Twisting hands together or holding head
3.I am sorry I did something wrong. Hanging head.
4. I’m so happy.
Smiling, arms open and head back.
gestures
postures
space
time
silence
facial expressions
eye contact
touch
paralanguage
1. Making a Gesture

The ring gesture