Body Language
Body language is an important part of communication. It is a
special signs which people send out to each other with the help of different gestures or their combination. Some of us who are observant can read it naturally but other should put a lot of efforts
into understanding of magical signals. At
any rate, it is essential to pay enough attention to the behavior that a
person displays as it can give us
more information about feelings and intensions of our interlocutor. Although, we can never tell and bear in mind the danger of making
generalization about body language because it is so easy to misinterpret what some gestures mean. 
Anyway, having
made an observation on my group
mates and other students I noticed some common gestures. For instance, they often
lean towards each other during the
conversation when they are interested in the topic of discussion. As the matter of fact, most of them
look into eyes one another. However, sometimes person can look away from
speaker to show uncertainty about the information, but not necessarily. It’s true that
some of my group mates who are too shy and timid try to avoid eye contact. Incidentally, some of them think that looking in someone’s
eyes is a sign of disrespect.
As for the
folded arms, this gesture implies stubbornness,
or alternatively, person uses it
when disagree with the heard information. In
any case, this gesture is also used to show self-confidence or just as a
position in which someone stands or seats in a photo.
Such gesture as shaking hands with somebody is popular between boys, especially when they greet
each other, but not necessarily. A
lot of people also use this gesture after doing a deal.
When boys are annoyed they
clenched their fists to show anger and in such a way try to solve some
conflicts. They go red and began
shout of the top of their voice.
Talking about
relationships, boys who fancy
someone often smile at girl, wink at her, tell different jokes and try
to be funny and careful. As for girls, they often fiddle with their hair or when they are flirting they lift their heads to show more of their neck. They are
also fall about laughing and try to be defenceless and cute.
As I was saying, to be able to read body language is very important
and useful because you can get a lot of extra information without saying a
word. But mind you, excessive gestures
are annoying, so be careful using them.
I can`t agree more that gestures can tell us more than people imply. However, we shouldn`t jump to conclusions because it is easy to misinterpert someone`s behaviour. Moreover, we should think how we use our own gestures when we are jubilant or heartbroken in order not to make people feel uneasy while communicating with us.
ОтветитьУдалитьUnfortunately, sometimes we can misinterpret words or sb`s behaviour. Different people, different bodies and different gestures. How do you recognize if the gestures are excessive or suitable?
ОтветитьУдалитьUsing body language has its pros and cons. On the one hand, different combinations of gestures help us to display our emotions. On the other hand, a single gesture not necessarily has only one meaning so we shouldn't jump into conclusions otherwise we can misinterpret it. Moreover, we should bear in mind that using excessive gestures is not so good if we want to be an agreeable interlocutor for other people.
ОтветитьУдалитьI really like your post about body language! It's good that you do not generalize about it because there are so many ambiguous gestures. By the way, I'm really keen on your own body language. It is definitely unique! :)
ОтветитьУдалитьYep) I agree that our subgroupmates maintain eye-contact, when they take part in a great diversity of discussions, or just lean towards each other in order to explain something important. Moreover, I also noticed that they tend to bite fingernails if they feel worried about results of tests or exams.
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