Eyes or ears?
In western countries it is very popular and of course useful to look at somebody to get an impression of his body-language, nonverbal behaviour and his state of feeling. It is important to get an impression of that what is not put into words or verbal expression. This eye-approach is quite typical for western country. So the visual part of communication is activated and vitalized and a necessary competence for communication.
Of course people in China …………..
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Here is some information on basic differences between China and the US
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Body language basics
Very simple, very clear though sometimes a bit too simple, you’ll find some interesting basic information on body language via the link at the end of the text.
It’s a web-MD-information network giving information about handshakes, synchrony, posture, eye-contact, playing with hairs, first-dating and so on.
So, just have a look and try to get a better understanding.
But always be aware that it is an easy issue to read the body-language. 😉
Looking at one’s face and posture is the one side of the coin. Feeling your own impression, your own bodily resonance is the other side of the coin. And the coin, the material of the coin by itself is the context in which you meet someone and try to read his body language.
http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/body-language-basics
Facial expression by itself does not give reliable answers
Facial expression by itself does neither accurately mirrors deeper, extreme emotions nor helps to distinguish accurately deeper extreme positive or negative emotions.
These are some basic results of a new study published in Science from November 2012. Here are some of the most important results regarding the expression of extreme emotions:
Yes means No and No means Yes – do you agree?
Last week I talked to a colleague of mine about her study on intercultural differences concerning gestures and facial expression of people from Germany, Korea, Japan and Papua New Guinea. Of course this study caught at once my interest. (I will talk about it later)
Here one interesting little experience. My colleague was talking to a student from Korea, I think. She asked her a question and the student seemed to hesitate a little in answering “Yes”. My colleague responded to this slight hesitation and told the student, not to say “Yes” if she perhaps has another opinion.
The student seemed to be a little relieved, because ………..
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Body language in Europe
well I wrote a lot about body language and gestures in China or what we think about it.
Here are some information about the other perspective: what it is like to communicate nonverbally in Europe or Northern America. Just have a look and get an impression. Within the next weeks I will write more about this perspective.
http://h2g2.com/approved_entry/A427277
http://www.reidsguides.com/t_cm/t_cm_gestures.html
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The US hurricane: knowing about it and feeling it is not the same
The big hurricane shockes the US. New York`s major talked about what happened while Lydia Calas showed the people how it felt to be there. These two people and their performance outline the big difference between words and facial expression, nonverbal expressio9n and body language. The last really touches the people.
Lydia Calas is poetry in motion and she’s opera for the eyes. Lydia Calas IS the Maria Callas of sign language interpreters.
By popular demand, Lydia Calas, …………………
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How do different people interpret nonverbal communication
“Let’s say that you’re traveling to a country where you don’t speak the language. You didn’t have time to pick up a dictionary or a book of common phrases, so you’ll have to get around using only hand gestures. At a restaurant, you try to indicate which dishes you’d like by nodding or giving the server a thumbs-up, but all you get is the opposite of what you wanted and an offended look. No one will look you in the eye, and ………….
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The Importance of Nonverbal Communication for expatriats
Using effectively nonverbal communication when moving and relocating overseas is quite an important issue for people who go a country where they will meet very different cultural influences. I right now do not think especially about tourists but about people who have to live in a foreign country for quite a long time, as student, manager, representative of some organisation andsoon.
Spoken language is only7% to 35% of communication. The majority of our feelings and intentions are sent through nonverbal communication. Moreover we tend to search for signals when verbal messages are unclear or ambiguous.
Wordless messages or kinesics are the way we communicate by ………….
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Faces Too Close Perceived As Less Attractive, Trustworthy, And Competent
Attraction and competence change from distance to distance, so to say. They are not the same even if it is the same person. Results of a survey show that the perception of attraction and competence change the closer you get to someone. In addition to these results one could say attraction and competence are not fixed characters or features. These results also show how important the individual perception, one`s own awareness is. It also points out that these characters are directly influenced by nonverbal communication…………….if you are interested have a look into the following link.
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