Within the Discussion Board area, write 200–250 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:
Sometimes, we forget that we are communicating nonverbally. When we communicate with others, we are always communicating through eye contact, hand gestures, and pitch, for example. Our nonverbal communications have a big impact on how others interpret the messages that we send to them.
Read the following article on the importance of nonverbal communication:
SkillsYouNeed: Non-Verbal Communication
After you have read the article, think about the most recent conversation that you had. Describe that conversation and answer the following questions.
- How did the nonverbal communication used affect the conversation?
- How will understanding nonverbal communication make you a more effective communicator in your personal life or in the workplace?
Requirements: 250 words
Answer preview
The business conversation did not go well as I didn’t pay much attention to the body language, especially eye contact, as I was also reading certain emails. The Chinese partner described it as rudeness, while I could not understand as the Western culture fixates more on the mouth region than on eye contact. That taught me that non-verbal communication is also essential when communicating with people from different cultures (Burgoon, Manusov, & Guerrero, 2021). For instance, the Chinese focus more on eye contact to understand how the person feels regarding the conversation, and not maintaining eye contact is termed rude and uninterested.
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