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Non Verbal Communication

This document discusses the importance of non-verbal communication and identifies different categories and types of non-verbal signals. It explains that non-verbal actions reflect a speaker's feelings and help enrich their message to create reciprocal interactions with an audience. Some of the key types of non-verbal communication covered include proxemics, kinesics, haptics, paralanguage, artifacts, eye contact and gestures.

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Non Verbal Communication

This document discusses the importance of non-verbal communication and identifies different categories and types of non-verbal signals. It explains that non-verbal actions reflect a speaker's feelings and help enrich their message to create reciprocal interactions with an audience. Some of the key types of non-verbal communication covered include proxemics, kinesics, haptics, paralanguage, artifacts, eye contact and gestures.

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“Action speaks louder than words.

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Significance of
Non-Verbal Communication

Speakers reflect
Speaker’s non-verbal
their feelings by their These create a
signals enrich his
non-verbal actions in reciprocal interaction
message
front of audience
Categories of Non-
Sign language
Verbal Communication

Object language Action language


Types of Non-Verbal

Time

the jargon “Filipino time” was


coined because of usual failure
to come on time
Types of Non-Verbal

Proxemics

use of space when people


communicate in relation
with other people
Components Physical Distance
of arrangement
Proxemics
Intimate Personal

Types of
Distance

Social Public
Territoriality

• it is associated with geographic location,


where people are in relation to one another

Body movements and


gestures
• a body language including hand signals that
connote meanings

Posture

• the position/bearing of the body that


communicates important signals w/c can
be friendly/hostile
Facial expressions

• the changes in eyes, mouth and the like


that send messages to other speaker

Eye movement

• plays a significant role in sustaining the


flow of interaction

Artifacts

• objects in contact with the communicators


that serve as non-verbal stimuli
Silence

• this sometimes means “yes”

Paralanguage

• refers to how something is said and not


what is said

Tactile communication

•communication by touch
are purposeful
Gestures movements of the
head, shoulder, arms,
hands and the other
areas of the body
Types of Descriptive
Gestures gestures

Conventional Indicators
gestures

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