Non-Verbal
Text
Read pg. 92-94
Do Review #2-3, pg. 105
Journal
“The most important thing in
communication is to hear what isn’t
being said.”
How do you do?
How can you improve?
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Clay Dough Shapes
• Form groups of 4-5 students.
• One person forms a specified shape.
• The other members of group guess
what the shape is.
• Do not use any actions, words or
sounds to help them guess.
• Each person gets a turn forming a
different shape.
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Non-Verbal
Communication Tid-bits
• Kinesics refers to the study of nonverbal communication.
• Kinesics accounts for approximately
55% of our communication.
• When a person’s personal space is
invaded, communication is impeded.
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• Form a circle.
• Form a cylinder.
• Form a rectangle.
• Form a star.
• Form a heart.
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• What problems do you sometimes
find when people are trying to tell
you something?
• What happens when the
communication is not clear?
• In what ways do we communicate
other than the use of words?
• Can we become confused when the
words are different than the body
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image?
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Eye
Contact
Keep still –
don’t fidget
Posture
Personal
Space
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• Volunteer leaves the room.
• When volunteer returns, I will move
closer and closer to the students,
invading his/her personal space.
• Notice at what point the student feels
uncomfortable and what the student’s
reactions to the situation are.
• At what point did the volunteer
feel uncomfortable?
• How did the volunteer feel?
• How does this relate to
communication with others?
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Territory
• We all mark our own territory.
– Unwritten seating arrangements.
– Spreading coats, books, etc.
• Visual Territory
– Glances are less than three seconds.
• Lots of empty space, leave spaces
between.
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Space
Personal Zone
Public Zone
18” – 4’
12’ and up
Social Zone
4’ – 12’
Intimate Zone
Touching – 18”9
Non-Verbal Cues
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Shaking Hands
Defensiveness
Suspicion and Secretiveness
Honesty
Frustration
Confidence
Nervousness
Boredom
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• Non verbal communication accounts
for 80% of all communication
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• Nonverbal communication is the way you
express yourself through movements,
posture, and facial expression.
• It is possible to send one message with
your words and another with body
language.
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• Nonverbal communication is
powerful!!
• Seventy percent of the time women’s
nonverbal communication initiates
dating and guides the pace it
continues!
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Women’s “Interested”
Body Language
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Pouts lips
Flips hair
Glances
Pushes hair behind ears
Aroma (Perfume)
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Women’s “non-interested”
Body Language
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Yawns
Frowns
Sneers
Hands stay in pockets
Arms stay crossed across chest
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Men’s “Interested” Body
Language
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Holding eye contact longer than necessary
Accidental contact with girl by man
Arranging tie or sleeves
Hands in front of pants with thumbs
locked inside belt
• Fiddling with something
• Moving in closer
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Activity
• 1. (5 min) Divide the class into groups of five or
six. Give each group 6 large plastic cups stacked
and labeled 1-6. The cup labeled 1 should be at the
top. Also give each group a rubber band with 6
pieces of yarn each about 1 1/2 feet long tied to
it. The task: They must arrange the cups into a
pyramid using team work. They each grab one
piece of yarn one foot away from the rubber
band. They use the rubber band to lift the cups
and arrange them. They cannot otherwise use
their hands and they cannot talk!!! Repeat the
activity, but this time, let them talk.
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Discuss Activity
Questions to Ask?
• 1. (5 min)
• How did you communicate to your team members
when you couldn't talk.
• Which time was easier?
• What factors made your team successful?
• What are some things that happened that made
you team less successful?
• Which do we believe more--what people say or
what they do?
• How powerful is nonverbal communication?
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The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes
Communication Packet
NO TALKING
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Test next time.
Notebook due next time.
• Internet Quiz
• Internet Communication Review
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