5. CULTURE
• DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE DIFFERENT GESTURES,
POSTURES AND DIFFERENT BODY MOVEMENT THAT HAVE
DIFFERENT MEANING ATTACHED TO IT
• EVEN SIMPLE THINGS LIKE USING HANDS TO POINT AND
COUNT DIFFER IN DIFFERENT REGIONS ACROSS THE
WORLD
• EXAMPLE… POINTING :
• INDEX FINGER IN USA
• LITTLE FINGER IN GERMANY
• ENTIRE HAND IN JAPAN
6. APPEARANCE
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR AS WHAT A PERSON WEARS
CONVEYS A STRONG MESSAGE ABOUT HIS/HER PERSONALITY.
THERE ARE CLOTHES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR VARIOUS
TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
FOR INSTANCE: DURING AN INTERVIEW, A WELL DRESSED PERSON
WILL LOOK MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN THE PERSON WHO IS
CASUALLY DRESSED.
7. POSTURES
• IT BREAKS OR MAKES THE COMMUNICATION AND SHOWS
IF THE PERSON IS INTERESTED OR DISINTERESTED IN
WHAT IS BEING SAID.
• FOR EXAMPLE- A SPEAKER WHO LEANS FORWARD
APPEARS TO BE VERY INTERESTED RATHER THAN THE
ONE WHO SLOUCHES.
• ALSO, IF A PERSON HAVE OPEN HANDS CAN BE
CONSIDERED MORE RECEPTIVE TO THE TOPIC,
COMPARED TO A PERSON WITH HANDS IN HIS POCKET.
8. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
• IT HAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN NON VERBAL
COMMUNICATION IN CONVEYING WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE
FEELING AND THINKING
• A PERSON WHO CHANGES HIS EXPRESSION ACCORDING TO
THE CONTENT CAN COMMUNICATE BETTER THAN THE ONE
WHO IS EXPRESSIONLESS.
• HOWEVER THEY CAN BE CONTRARY SOMETIMES, FOR EG, A
PERSON CAN SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS INTERESTING BUT
HIS/HER FACE LOOKS BORED
9. IMPORTANCE OF PROPER BODY
LANGUAGE
• STRENGTHENS THE FIRST IMPRESSION AND FIRST
IMPRESSION AFFECTS OUR PERCEPTION
• IT PLAYS A ROLE IN FACE TO FACE SITUATION
• PROVIDES FEEDBACK TO THE SPEAKER
• REGULATE THE FLOW OF COMMUNICATION
• REINFORCES OR MODIFIES WHAT IS SAID
