NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
A STUDY ON ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Author(s): Andreea Ban, Mihaela BucurSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: non-verbal language;nonverbal behaviours;interpreting non-verbal language;study;universal non-verbal behaviours;private non-verbal behaviour;
Summary/Abstract: Reading or interpreting non-verbal language is a learning skill that requires continuous practice. The present study is conducted on a sample of 100 engineering students and identifies a set of theoretical rules specific to this type of language. Observations have been analysed in interactions with them in different situations, without knowing that they were being evaluated. Thus, the results of the study highlight elements related to how they are attentive to the surrounding environment, whether they are active observers or not, whether they can recognize and decode universal and private nonverbal behaviours. We have also analysed clustered or successive types of behaviours, reasons of behavioural changes that can signal changes in thoughts, emotions, interests or intentions, and their way of identifying by nonverbal communication, detecting untrue or false nonverbal signals.
Journal: Professional Communication and Translation Studies
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 57-62
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English