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3.1.2 Nonverbal Cues
English · Grade 10 · 3 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Types of nonverbal communication
- Facial expression, gesture, posture and eye contact
- Paralanguage: tone, pitch, pace and volume
- Nonverbal cues in digital communication
- Cultural differences in nonverbal signals
What you will be able to do
- identify types of nonverbal communication
- interpret nonverbal cues in face-to-face interaction
- recognise how meaning is signalled in digital communication
- appreciate cultural variation in nonverbal signals
Key questions
“How much of a message is carried by something other than words?”
Lessons
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Reading nonverbal cues
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizThe message carried by everything except the words.
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Cues in digital communication
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizWhat is lost in a text message, and how people put it back.
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Reading cues across cultures
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizTreating nonverbal signals as learned, checking instead of concluding, and choosing cues that travel.