The document discusses how body language conveys meaning and communicates. It notes that less than 35% of social meaning comes from words, with over 65% coming from body language. It then examines different parts of the body and their role in body language, including nodding and shaking the head, facial expressions, eye contact, hand gestures like waving and handshakes, and cultural differences in finger pointing.

2. How dose Body Speak?How dose Body Speak?
• Like any spoken language, body
language has words sentences ad
punctuation.
Each gesture is like a single word and
one word my have several different
meanings.

3. Bodily Speaking…..Bodily Speaking…..
• According to the social Anthropologist ,
Edward T.Hall.in a normal conversation
between two person , less than %35 of
social meaning is transmitted by words.
• So at least 65% meaning transmitted by
the body

4. Let’s examine how body communicate,Let’s examine how body communicate,
and we will talk about some parts ofand we will talk about some parts of
body as body language:body as body language:

5. HEADHEAD
• Nodding the head :
‘’Yes’ in most societies
‘’No’ in some country like Bulgaria and turkey

6. FACEFACE
• Facial expression reflect emotion feelings and
attitudes, but …..
•The Asians are sometimes known as
-emotionless
-mixed-up emotion

7. EYESEYES
 Eye contact :
-Encouraged in America,
Canada, Europe.
-Rude in most Asian
countries and in Africa.
-Raising eyebrows :
-‘yes’ in Thailand and some
Asian countries.
-’Hello’ in the Philippines
-Winking eye :
-sharing secret in America and Europe.
-flirtatious gesture in other countries

8. HANDSHANDS
• Hands used more than other parts for communicating.
• Hand waves are used for greeting or farewells.
•‌Handshaking is a form of greeting in most Western
cultures.
•In the Middle East, a gentle grip is appropriate.
•In most Asian cultures , a gentle grip and an avoidance
of direct eye contact is appropriate

9. FINGERSFINGERS(cont’d(cont’d))
• Pointing :
-Pointing with the index fingers is common in north
America and Europe.
-But it is considered impolite in japan and chine
where they favor using the whole open hand.
-Malaysians prefer pointing with the thumb.