EXPLAINING NONVERBAL MISCOMMUNICATION AND EXAMINING ORAL COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES

the “how” of saying something;

PARALANGUAGE

the use of flowers based on the meaning of each type of flower;

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

the use of colors based on the meaning of each color;

LANGUAGE OF COLORS

the use of time based on position or power;

LANGUAGE OF TIME (CHRONEMICS)

the use of space to show importance;

LANGUAGE OF SPACE (PROXEMICS)

the use of touch to express what cannot be said;

LANGUAGE OF TOUCH (HAPTICS)

“YES!” (fist pounding the table)

LANGUAGE OF GESTURES (EMPHASIZING)

“shh” (forefinger in front of lips)

LANGUAGE OF GESTURES (REGULATING)

“this large” (hands set apart)

LANGUAGE OF GESTURES (ILLUSTRATING)

clenched fist upraised

LANGUAGE OF GESTURES (EMBLEMS)

the configuration of eyes, eyebrows, lips, cheeks, nose, and forehead to show how the person feels; and

FACIAL EXPRESSION

the way one carries and dresses oneself.

POSTURE AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE

is about “how” something is said, not what is said. Saying “I love you” with an angry tone is a contradictory message. Words of protest may lose their fire when said in a meek and soft voice. Tones or voices must match the content of the Message if the Message is to be understood at all.

PARALANGUAGE

say for many of us what we cannot say ourselves. These meanings are also influenced by culture and gender. Nonverbal communication using flowers can become problematic when we move outside of Philippine culture.

FLOWERS

have certain meanings based on the dictates of culture and gender.

COLORS

shows how time is viewed differently in various countries. Time in the West is always exact and to the point.

CHRONEMICS

or the use of space provides us with ideas about how close or how far people are from the center of power or where a person is in the social ladder.

PROXEMICS

or the use of touch is one of the most powerful of the types of Nonverbal Communication.

HAPTICS

are the most often used type of Nonverbal communication. Speech, to be understandable and interesting to a Listener, must be accompanied by different gestures.

GESTURES

is the type of Nonverbal Communication that assits the Listener in understanding the Message better. It is important to the Communication process that the Listener monitors any and all of the facial expressions of the Speaker.

FACIAL EXPRESSION

refers to how one stands or sits in Communicative situations tells the people around how one sees on self as a Speaker, one’s attitude toward the Message, and how one looks at the listener.

POSTURE AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE

(student-student or student-teacher) can range from moments punctuating a lecture, where students are asked to discuss or explain some question or problem with the person next to them, formal student conferences with their instructor.

ONE-ON-ONE SPEAKING

smaller-scale settings for discussion, deliberation, and problem solving, appropriate for both large lectures and smaller classes and allows levels of participation not possible in larger groups.

SMALL GROUP OR TEAM BASED ORAL WORK

(Teacher or Student) typically less agonistic than debate and deliberation but still dialogic in character.

FULL CLASS DISCUSSION

a structured consideration of some issue from two or more points of view. Debates typically involve participants who argue one side throughout, while deliberation allows for movement by individuals within the process.

IN-CLASS DEBATES AND DELIBERATIONS

classically, the stand-up, podium speech delivered by an individual from an outline or script.

SPEECHES AND PRESENTATION

can take place in the instructor's office, in small groups, or before a whole class, range from one oral question on an otherwise written exam to an oral defense of a written answer or paper to an entirely oral quiz or examination..

ORAL EXAMINATIONS