Friday, 13 February 2009

To what extent can we use nonverbal communication between people from a different culture?

Nonverbal
communication often has international characteristics that can help with cross-cultural
communication. Actually, most communication is done with nonverbal cues, no matter how clear the
verbal interaction may be.

Despite cultural differences, there are
identifiable universal sounds, facial expressions and body movements that rightly convey a
message.

A smile, a frown, crying, all reveal an emotion.  How this is
interpreted or responded to, rests more with cultural or learned behaviors.


Often nonverbal is the ONLY way to communicate, if there are language differences.
Signaling...

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