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Chapter 8 - Intercultural Communication: Teaching Nonverbal Communication

from Part II - Pedagogical Implementation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2020

Zsuzsanna Ittzés Abrams
Zsuzsanna Ittzés Abrams
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Summary

Our appearance, gestures, body language, and other types of nonverbal communication convey tremendous amounts of information about who we are, our status, attitudes, and even our goals in an interaction. Nonverbal communication is perceived quickly and mostly subconsciously, drawing on culturally patterned expectations. Since there are few commonalities across cultures in nonverbal cues, there are ample opportunities for miscommunication, such as when and how we touch others, how we relate to time, or what clothes we wear. This chapter explores various types of nonverbal communication, such as facial expressions, gaze, gestures and bodily movements, posture, contact, spatial behavior, clothes and appearance, and nonverbal aspects of speech. At the end of the chapter, these concepts are connected to an intercultural communication-oriented pedagogy, with sample language teaching activities.

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nonverbal communicationsignstouchhapticsappearancebody languagekinesicschronemicsproxemicsgestures
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Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy
From Theory To Practice
 , pp. 175 - 197
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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