Kinesics is the study of non-verbal communication through body movement and physical gestures. Non-verbal communication conveys messages simultaneously with verbal communication during face-to-face interactions. It includes five parts: personal appearance, posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye contact. Personal appearance, posture, and gestures can reveal personality and attitudes. Facial expressions and eye contact provide additional cues about emotions and truthfulness beyond what is said verbally.

2.  Kinesics is the study of the body’s physical
movement. It is the way the body communicates
without words. In face-to-face communication, the
message is conveyed on two level simultaneously.
1) Verbal
2) Non-verbal
 Non-verbal means “unspoken communication”.
 It is also considered as “communication by
implication”.

3.  Non-verbal is devided in to 5 parts:-
1) Personal appearance
2) Posture
3) Gesture
4) Facial expression
5) Eye contact
Verbal means
“communication by words”

4.  Personal apperance include clothes,
hair, accessories, cosmetics, and so
on.
 The choice of clothes reveals a lot
about the wearer’s personality and
attitude.
 Personal apperance plays an
important role.

5.  Posture generally refers to the way we hold ourself
when we stand, sit, walk.
 When we are with our friends we are probably
spontaneous.
 We are not conscious about our posture and our
physical movement is natural.
 But when we encounter an unfamiliar situation, we
become more conscious of our posture.

6.  Gesture is the movement made by hands, head, or face.
Skillful and appropriate gesture can add to the impact of
verbal communication. A well-timed gesture increase the
value of what is being said.
 Gesture clarify our ideas should be well suited to the
audience.
 Gesture are more numerous than any other form of non-
verbal communication. Gesture should be quite natural.
 Enumerative – numbers
 descriptive – size of object
 Symbolic – abstract concepts
 Locative – location of object
 Emphatic – emphasis

7.  Facial expression also play an important part in
non-verbal communication. It is the most
expressive part of our body.
 A smile stands for happiness, a frown for
discontent, raised eyebrows for disbelief etc….
 Facial expressions are difficult to interpret. Though
there are only six basic expressions.
1)Happiness 4)surprise
2)Disgust 5)fear
3)Anger 6)sadness

8.  Eyes are considered to be the window of soul.
 We look at the eyes of a speaker to find out
the truthfulness of his/her words,
intelligence, attitudes, and fillings.
 It is a direct and powerful form of non-verbal
communication. Eyes are also reach form of
rich source of feedback.