By : Muhammad Nur Akil

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The communication without words but using hand
signal, head movement, etc. Non verbal behaviour is
commonly called body language

1. Facial expression
2. Posture
3. Eye contact
4. Gesture
5. Touch

Facial expressions are one of
the more important aspects of
human communication. The face
is responsible for communicating
not only thoughts or ideas, but
also emotions.

Posture refers to the way people hold themselves while
at work, in social gatherings, or in public places.

Eye contact occurs when two
people look at each other's
eyes at the same time. In
humans, eye contact is a form
of nonverbal communication
and can have a large influence
on social behavior

Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the
body. Gestures differ from physical non-verbal communication that
does not communicate specific messages, such as purely expressive
displays, proxemics, or displays of joint attention

Touches that can be
defined as communication
include handshakes,
holding hands, kissing
(cheek, lips, hand), back
slap, "high-five", shoulder
pat, brushing arm, etc.

DIFFERENT CULTURE WITH
DIFFERENT NON-VERBAL BEHAVIOUR

Gestures such as thumbs up
can be interpreted differently
in different cultures. It is taken
as “Okay” sign in many
cultures whereas is taken as a
vulgarism in others like Latin
American cultures and in
Japan some even take it as
money.

Some cultures take snapping fingers to get the attention of a
waiter as alright whereas some take it as disrespect and
very offensive.

Shaking hands is considered to
be acceptable in many.
Similarly, acceptability of
kissing, hugs, and many other
touches are different in different
cultures. People in Asia are
more conservative in these
types of non-verbal
communication.

In Polynesia, people stick out their tongue to greet people
which is taken as a sign of mockery in most of other cultures.

Patting head or shoulder also
has different meanings in
different cultures. In some
Asian cultures patting
children’s head is very bad
signal as head is taken to be
sacred. Middle Eastern
countries take touch between
people from opposite genders
is taken as bad character.

sitting with crossed legs is considered offensive in Ghana
and Turkey.

In Middle Eastern culture people like to go near to others to
talk while in others people might get afraid if anybody does
so.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-
science/facial-expression
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_contact
https://ifioque.com/nonverbal-
communication/posture_and_gait
https://www.businesstopia.net/communication/non-
verbal-communication-different-cultures
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