Unit 5 Nonverbal Communication

Case 1 Personal SpaceHall's definition of personal space

• Intimate space—the closest "bubble" of space surrounding a person. Entry into this space is acceptable only for the closest friends and intimates.

• Social and consultative spaces—the spaces in which people feel comfortable conducting routine social interactions with acquaintances as well as strangers.

• Public space—the area of space beyond which people will perceive interactions as impersonal and relatively anonymous.

• Cultural expectations about these spaces vary widely.

• In the United States, for instance, people engaged in conversation will assume a social distance of roughly 120cm-200cm, but in many parts of Europe the expected social distance is roughly half that with the result that Americans traveling overseas often experience the urgent need to back away from a conversation partner who seems to be getting too close.

Case 2

• What do you think of the reason for people’s laugh at Frank’s Chinese?

• What advice would you give to Frank?

When Rich visiting Lindo’s home

How many information is released by people’s nonverbal symbols?

Case 3

• How people view time.• Linear and circle

Case 4

• 在朝鲜因为女子全部穿裙子，无论春夏秋冬都是如此，男子才穿长裤。因此，他们又把男子叫“裤子”。据讲，朝鲜女性俗称男性为“裤子”。童男子们被尊称为“新裤子”；离过婚的则被戏称为“旧裤子”；再次离婚的就被贬为“破裤子”；离过三次以上婚的就是“烂裤子”喽！新裤子是多数朝鲜姑娘的目标。

• 有一则趣闻说，生活在朝鲜的中国女人和日本女人到了街上，八成会有一个朝鲜老太太箭步如飞地跑过来，以迅雷不及掩耳之势一把拽住，大声训斥道：“同务（在朝鲜，人们称和自己平级或比自己级位低的人为同务，比自己级别高的人为同志），你作为一个女人能穿裤子吗？”相比较而言，韩国女性就幸福多了，夏天韩国女性的超短裤也是街头的一道风景。

Case 5• How important is language in showing love?• How much do you believe “ I love you”?• Is behavior more important than saying?

What’s the problem between Ted and Anmei’s daughter?

• Obama’s Bows

Case 6 Politicians’ behavior

Obama with the Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko

Dick Cheney with the Japanese Emperor

Question

• What can you tell from this three pictures the Japanese-US foreign relationship?

Bow to Tampa Mayor

Question

• What might you say about Obama by his bows?

Do you know?

• In face-to-face communication, less then 30% of the information is communicated through speaking, and over 70% of the message is sent by nonverbal means.

Study Area

• Time language (chronemics)• Space language (proxemics)• Body language (kinesics)• Paralanguage (voice modulation)

Time language

• Monochronic Time • Polychronic Time

Students work in group to list the features and representative countries.

What’s the implication to interculturalcommunication?

Space language

Touch culture • Nontouch culture

Students work in group to list the features and representative countries.

What’s the implication to interculturalcommunication?

Exercises

• P112 C• P113 D

Body Language

• Can you list some taboos of body language in Chinese culture?

TaboosCountry Body language taboosChinaJapanKoreaUSThailandGermanyArab countries