BADGE – Becoming a Digital Global Engineer
BADGE – Becoming a Digital Global Enginee
Project 2019-1-FR01-KA203-063010 (167 512 512)
Topic outline
Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to …
- Understand how non-verbal communication contributes to our transmission and comprehension of messages;
- Distinguish among different expressions transmitted through body language and posture;
- Incorporate appropriate body language and posture into your daily and professional communication.
Discussion questions
- What do you understand by “body language”?
- What aspects of body language can you identify?
- When do you use different types of posture or body language in your daily communication? Why?
Did you know?
- Body language is
defined as “the gestures, movements, and mannerisms by which a person or animal
communicates with others”.[2]
“Body language or, as it is also known, non-verbal communication, is about all the things that people say and do without using words. Research suggests that more than 70% of communication occurs without people having to say a single word. Like language, the way we communicate non-verbally varies across cultures. But, unlike language, it can be very difficult to find out what the non-verbal rules are.”[3]
- Body language is
defined as “the gestures, movements, and mannerisms by which a person or animal
communicates with others”.[2]
Now look at the following images. What do you think the figures are trying to communicate?[4]
Now watch the short video with Sheldon and Penny from “The Big Bang Theory” and think about how Sheldon’s body language and posture can be improved.
Bibliography and references
Davis, Flora (1973). What We Know About Non-verbal Communication. Inside intuition. New York: McGraw. Available in pdf in Spanish : https://comunicacionenlaunsj.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/la-comunicacic3b3n-no-verbal.pdf (Accessed July 2021)
Merriam-Webster.com. 2022. https://www.merriam-webster.com (Accessed June 2022).
O’Callahan, Daniel (March 3, 2013). Big Bang Theory on Body Language. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vicuZS0ChYQ (Accessed June 2020).
Peachey, Nik. (N/A). Listening to body language. British Council Teaching English. Available at https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/listening-body-language
(Accessed July 2021).
The World is our Thing. (March 9, 2017). Gestures around the world. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCo3wSGYRbQ (Accessed July 2021).
References
[1] This is the third of five lessons devoted to non-verbal communication (introduction, facial expressions and gestures, body language and posture, non-verbal communication across cultures, and non-verbal communication in virtual contexts). Each lesson should take students approximately 2 hours to complete. Suggested answers, bibliography and additional resources are provided at the end of each lesson. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, is open for all to use and modify with attribution to BADGE- Becoming a Digital Global Engineer (Project 2019-1-FR01-KA203-063010 - 167 512 512).
[2] “Body language.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20language. Accessed 1 April 2020.
[3] Source : BBC Learning English – Working Abroad – Body Language. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/wab/u3_1_1.shtml (Accessed 1 April 2020).
[4] All images in this lesson were taken from www.pixabay.com (Accessed : February 2022).
[5] Source (adapted from): https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/listening-body-languageCopyright permission requested at British Councilon July 15, 2022.
[6] Copyright permission requested from “The World is our Thing” on 15 July 2022.
[7] Copyright permission requested from BBC on 15 July 2022.Intellectual Output
