Kinesics (3) (Communication Skills)

Communication Skills

1. Sub:-CS Made by:-Rut parikh

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. Verbal Non-verbal Non-verbal means “unspoken communication”. It is also considered as “communication by implication”. Kinesics

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. Personal apperance

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. 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 gesture

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 Facial expressions

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. Eye contact