Unit_6Nonverbal Communication 跨文化交际 大学教学课件

• In many cultures averting the eyes is a sign of humility and respect. For Americans looking down or away from the speaker means that the person is ignoring or rejecting what the speaker is saying. This has caused many misunderstandings in relationships between American teachers and Asian students in schools.
Unit Six
Nonverbal communication
Learning objectives :
Warm-up Activities
Vide-watching and discussion
Watch the video clip Lie to Me and discuss how Dr. Lightman identify whether the person is lying.
The gesture in Number 12 means “Slow down, relax or wait a second.”
中国（杀头）；英国（吃饱了）
Thumb a ride.
I can’t hear.
Posture
A man and a woman met on the train platform. Will the woman accept the man’s greeting friendly?
Smile and Laughter (P.196-197)
Americans: Japanese: African:
Gestures
Do you know what the following gestures means?
Number 1 is used together with the verbal message “Let’s keep our fingers crossed” in the United States, England, and Sweden to mean that the person is hoping for good luck. But in Greece and Turkey it means the breaking of a friendship, and in parts of Italy it means “O.K.”.
Bowing in Japan
“bowing contest”
Bend slightly to one’s right
Becoming automatic movement, e.g. bow when making phone call
In Japan, mutual bowing is largely determined by rank.
During World War II, a German Nazi detected an American spy by his sitting posture.
People in the Arab culture and (and in Thailand) believed that the sole is the lowest part of the body, and should never be pointed in the direction of another person.
• In the Untied States high status and socially confident individuals have more eye contact than do submissive or anxious persons. For Americans the speaker who uses more eye contact seems more relaxed, more informal, and yet more authoritative. Teachers and lecturers receive special instructions of meeting one person’s eyes, resting there for a moment and then moving their gaze to another person in another part of the audience. In this way the audience feels that the speaker is speaking directly to each individual.
sorrow, or disappointment by laughing or smiling
Facial expression
About smile: America – a sign of happiness or friendly
affirmation Japanese – mask an a bit suspicious / odd here.”
“Come here.”
Number 9 is widely used in the US to mean “Great, perfect, acceptable, O. K.” But is Belgium and France, it means “zero”; in Turkey, Brazil, Greece, and Malta, it has an obscene meaning; and in Tunisia, it is used as a threat.
You don’t just “ read ” others’ body language;
You observe, analyze and interpret before you decide the possible meaning!
Sitting or Standing?
In western countries, people who stand are more important than those who sit (unless there is a table between them), because the former could control the latter.
The gesture in Picture 4 means that “I can’t / didn’t hear you.”
Number 5 means “That’s enough. It’s all over for me.”
In Picture 6 the “thumbs down” sign indicates “rejection” or “refusal”, “defeat” or “no good” or “bad news” to Americans.
Look at the following pictures, try to tell who is…
1. The most kind-hearted?
2. The most artistic?
3. The most smart?
Facial expression
About crying: Mediterranean men– often cry in public American men– suppress Japanese men – hide expressions of anger,
Eye Contact (P.194)
In the United States, In an elevator, ______ In a crowded bus, _________ If you look someone for some 10 seconds,
__________
Facial expression
Number 10 is used in Italy to say “Hello.” For Indonesians, Malaysians, and some speakers of Arabic, it signals “Come here.”
Number 11 means “Oh, I forgot.” or an expression of surprise.
In the United States, the U.S. slouch and the feet-on-the-furniture manner is considered as a way to express _________
(P211)
In Peru, ________________ In Syria, _______________ In Ghana and Turkey, ______ In Thailand, _______________ (page 211)
In many countries, such as Germany, Sweden and China, where lifestyle tend to be more formal, slouching is considered a sign of rudeness and poor manners.
answering a question Korean – rarely do, too much smiling is a sign
of shallowness “The man who smiles a lot is not a real man.” Thailand – “the land of smiles”