The difference of nonverbal communication

In many situations of social communication, we communicate with each other without languages. We use gestures, eye contact, and body space in communication frequently, it is a good manner to express our real feelings, and sometimes, it is the only way to share ourselves feeling, because there are something can’t be explained by languages in our life.

We can see the nonverbal communication in everycountry, most of them have the same meaning around the world, such as nod head is means “yes”, shake head is like to say”no”, wave hand when you leave, thumb up instead of “good”. But if you observe carefully and you will notice that between your own culture and another culture, there are some differences in noncerbal communication. For example, in China, if you stare at a person straightly, this person may feel not comfortable and will think you are a rude man (or woman), especially for woman, maybe someone will consider that you are not cultured enough. But in the U.S., when you talk with someone, you need to look at the other side to show your respect.

When we communicate with others, we must notice the difference of nonverbal communication beween different cultures, use the right way of nonverbal communication to contact with another people will let our thinking more vivid and simple.