Importance Of Nonverbal Communication

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1. Introduction of the study
People will communicate more than just words. Expert said, a significant portion of our daily communication is nonverbal. Humans are social creature. We live in a family, work, depend on as well as sharing experience with each other. In our daily life, we will respond and interact with thousands people in various situation. Eventhough we know the verbal content is very important in our interaction, the nonverbal cues and behaviour such as hand genstures, facial expressions eye gaze and it could be from tone of voice have a greater impact in communication. All of these will give more information compared with using verbal communication on its own.(1) These type of communication are usually uncontrolled and occur spontaneously. Apart from that, non verbal communication also can reveal who we are and give impact to the way react with people around us.(2) In some activities like having a dinner, playing a game or walking at the park,there a period of time where everyone dont speak but still can communicate within this silence period using this nonverbal communication. There is one scientific research on non verbal communication and behavior in 1872 publication of Charles Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animal.(3) This nonverbal communication is very important in giving and receiving of social interaction. For both part on giving (behavioural) and receiving (judgement) side of nonverbal communication, some pattern looks to be