We have many reasons of communicating with each other, and these are to express ourselves as well as to pass on information and knowledge. Effective communication involves verbal and non-verbal interaction. P1 Both of these communication methods can be expressed through skills such as: * Tone and volume of voice * Body language- Posture * Facial expressions * The use of touch * Clarifying * Questioning This involves the way our tone interprets what you say and what influence it has on the receiver. Depending on what we say, we should know 'how' to say it. For example, if you talk very slow and in a low voice, people may consider you to be shy, embarrassed, not confident and unsure.
PO 5. Determine the meanings, pronunciations, syllabication, synonyms, antonyms, and parts of speech of words by using a variety of reference aids, including dictionaries, thesauri, glossaries, and CD-ROM and Internet when available. PO 6. Identify antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms for given words within text. Concept 5: Fluency: PO 1.
• Note their non-verbal responses such as body language and facial expression, eye contact. • Touch and gesture • I would also look out for signs that the information has been understand and adjust my communication method accordingly. 3. Be able to overcome barriers to communication 3.1 Explain how people from different backgrounds may use and/or interpret communication methods in different ways. People’s, culture, differences in verbal communication, e.g.
Specialist assessment will help to identify the most appropriate AAC system or systems. (Other ways of speaking 20.11.12) Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCAs) VOCAs include a wide range of devices that have been designed to help people unable to speak. A VOCA produces spoken words to help the user get their message across. VOCAs all work in different ways. For example, some store words or phrases and allow the user to put together messages which are then spoken out by the device.
A person’s modality will be evident in their speech, for instance, an individual who has an auditory modality would describe things by sound, such as “I hear what you are saying”, and respond to statements using words relating to sound, such as, “Listen to your heart”. Whereas an individual with a kinaesthetic modality would describe things as a feeling, such as, “Hang on a minute”, and respond better to statements using words relating to feeling, such as, “I know how you feel”. There are also other
The different types of nonverbal communication are kinsesics, physical appearance, haptics, artifacts, environmental factors, proxemics and personal space, paralanguage, and silence. The principles of nonverbal communication are nonverbal communication may supplement or replace verbal communication. You shake or nod your head when you are saying yes and with certain word you tend to speak louder (Wood, 2010). Nonverbal communication may also regulate interaction. You can tell when it's your turn to talk.
2) Provide four examples of powerless verbal communication. Verbal communication is the sharing of information between individuals by using speech and word. There are four powerless verbal communications, they are: • Disclaimers • Hedges and • Tag Questions • Gap filling sounds Disclaimers both disclaimers and hedges are assumed to soften, or even discredit, the message being sent. A disclaimer, typically found at the beginning of a sentence, is thought to indicate some degree of uncertainty. For example, sentences which begin with phrases such as "I don't really know," "I could be wrong about this, but" are examples of disclaimers.
It can take form of emails or letters etc. this type of communication is interpreted in different ways by the language you use in the written piece and how you write it, for example formal or informal writing. Symbols can also be used if you want to communicate
These nonverbal behaviors serve important communication functions, which, according to DeVito, help us form and manage impressions, form and define relationships, structure conversation and social interaction, influence others, and express emotions (147). Consequently, nonverbal communication is present just as verbal communication in interpersonal relationships. DeVito specifies these relationships as friendship, lovers, and families. Each type relationship has different stages, characteristics, and types. For instance, friendship may be a simple acquaintance, casual, or close and intimate while families may be traditional, independent, or separate.
[1] Typically overlooked in nonverbal communication are proxemics, or the informal space around the body and chronemics: the use of time. Not only considered eye contact, oculesics comprises the actions of looking while talking and listening, frequency of glances, patterns of fixation, pupil dilation, and blink rate. Even speech contains nonverbal elements known as paralanguage, including voice quality, rate, pitch, volume, and speaking style, as well as prosodic features such as