Understanding body language

BODY TALK -1

You heard someone saying, “That’s great”

What do you think that person means?
 You are most likely to say that it depends.

 What does it depend on?
 It depends on how they say it.

 Try it yourself!
 Say the sentence aloud while implying that you are pleased.


Now say it with sarcasm!

Now say the same sentence with surprise.


Try it again while sounding frustrated.


What’s happening here?
The sentence consists of only three words;

“That’s great”

Nevertheless, you are able to express totally different meanings,
just by changing the tone,
pitch and the part of the sentence you have stressed on.

So far, you have only expressed it verbally,
though you have managed to produce different meanings.
Imagine,
how many more meanings you can get if you were able to include
hand gestures and other
non-verbal signals.
The idea that we communicate not just through words but our entire body is called,
body language.
It consists of non-verbal communications including gestures, body posture, facial expressions, eye movements, touch, voice and physical space.