Non-verbal communication in interpersonal communication
Listen with your eyes as well as your ears.”
― Graham Speechley
“I do listen. I just wait for the words to stop and your eyes to speak.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Introduction
Non-verbal communication takes place without any oral or written word being used. Rather than oral communication, it refers to the face expression, gestures, posture and body orientation, body language, visual communication. When we communicate with others, we send a non-verbal signal all the time.
Thesis
Our ability to understand and use non-verbal signals is a powerful tool to communicate our emotions, control experiences, influence others, and form relationships and define them.
What to say and is important having understanding how to express the message through the body language. Practicing a delivering the message through training the actor and drama skills are may benefit the non-verbal communication skills.
A great example of non-verbal information delivery is the silent movie, which was very popular in the beginning of the last century. The emotions delivered to the people with actors playing and supporting music, which were new every сеанс, because the recorded machine were not invented yet.
Drama (clowns, pantomime)
Nonverbal communication is vital to interpersonal communication, key point of interpersonal communication
Why? (3 points)
Using nonverbal behavior (like eye contact)
Non-verbal communication has a cultural component and a culturally specific component. (example with immigrant patients)
Sign language, deaf
References
Hillen, M., Haes, A., Verdam, H., & Smets, C. (2018). Trust and Perceptions of Physicians’ Nonverbal Behavior Among Women with Immigrant Backgrounds. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20(4), 963-971.
Kidwell, B., & Hasford, J. (2014). Emotional Ability and Nonverbal Communication. Psychology & Marketing, 31(7), 526-538.
Richard, A. (2011). Teaching non-verbal communication skills. Education for Primary Care : An Official Publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors, 22(6), 423-4.