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When it comes to communicating with others, non-verbal expressions and communications is becoming one of the fastest growing forms of communication in the world. Today there are hundreds of forms of non-verbal communication know to modern society that we use constantly as we communicate with others. Some that will be discussed in the boundaries of this paper will be physical communication and written communication. Within these two frameworks of non-verbal communication lie many entities or variations of non-verbal communication.

People do communicate on many different levels. Ones facial expressions such as a smile, a smirk or even wrinkles in the face are form of non-verbal communication. Eye contact or eye avoidance, similar to rolling of the eyes or not looking at the person speaking or looking directly at someone, giving them the impression of being disrespectful are all forms of non-verbal communication. Body posture, hand and foot movements, other body movement and placements can also be construed as forms of non-verbal communication. As in the practices of ethnic dances, appearance and posture all say something as well. Everyone little gesture is communicating some form of non-verbal language if you listen really hard with your eyes and not with your ears.

Non-verbal communication can vary from noticeable or unnoticeable body language, gestures or signs. There are many multi-cultural differences in non-verbal communication, especially in body language, facial expressions, gestures, touches, postures and eye contact. Non-verbal gestures can be used to demonstrate the violations of ones space. A person body stance or backing up from someone gives the impression that the person is too close for comfort. Non-verbal communication can all be interpreted in different manners depending on the culture you are most accustomed to. Therefore, verbal communication is not the only form of communication that we use. According to the book, Nonverbal Communication: Studies and Applications (Hickson, 2003), we generally understand the process of communicating with others only as sending and receiving wordless messages between two or more people. But at times these wordless messages can be transmitted subconsciously and not intended to be noticed by the person on the receiving end of the conversation.

Because men and women differ in the way they send and receive nonverbal messages, it would be understandable to say that women are better at this task than men and can be very skillful in conveying the message they want to convey. Some men have become very skilled in understanding body language also, determining that body language, the use of and the understanding of, can both be very useful tools in society.

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Source by David Hale