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CROSS-CULTURAL GLOSSARY six aspects of nonverbal communication

CROSS-CULTURAL GLOSSARY six aspects of nonverbal communication. Active Communication Training in Vocational Education COMENIUS PROJECT. Partner countries. Poland Turkey France (Reunion) Romania Bulgaria Italy Croatia. Six aspects of nonverbal communication:. Appearance Posture

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CROSS-CULTURAL GLOSSARY six aspects of nonverbal communication

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  1. CROSS-CULTURAL GLOSSARY six aspects of nonverbal communication Active Communication Training in Vocational Education COMENIUS PROJECT

  2. Partner countries • Poland • Turkey • France (Reunion) • Romania • Bulgaria • Italy • Croatia

  3. Six aspects of nonverbal communication: • Appearance • Posture • Haptics • Gestures • Eye contact • Proxemics

  4. APPEARANCE SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES • In Croatia, Romania, Italy and Poland teenagersdon't wear a lot of colours, girls dye their hair • There are no uniforms in schools, students wearcasual clothes to disco, and they wear branded clothes. • Every country has its own traditional clothes, so they are all different. • In Italy girls don't wear make up to school. • In Poland they don't wear much delicate jewellery.

  5. GOING OUT CHURCH

  6. FREE TIME WEDDINGS

  7. SCHOOL SPORT

  8. POLISH TEAM ROMANIAN TEAM

  9. ITALIAN TEAM CROATIAN TEAM

  10. PostureandHaptics Arms crossed - used to elivate anxiety and social stress. (Bulgaria, TurkeyandReunion)

  11. Slouching - relaxed posture, a sign of boredom. In general, there are no big differences when it comes to posture.

  12. Handshakes – used to introduce ourselves, greet others Kissing - most commonly used between couples, but also to greet friends (Reunion)

  13. Holding hands - used between couples, close friends and family members Hugs - represent a state of hapiness or sadness, also used to greet people

  14. High five - a haptic used to celebrate success Just as posture, there are not many differences in haptics. So we can agree that we are all very similiar 

  15. Gestures Similarities Wave (every country) (raise your hand and move it left and right) OK sign (every country) (put your thumb and index finger together to make an OK sign) Hello! Goodbye! Good job!

  16. Peacesign (everycountry) (raise yourindexandmiddlefingerup) Telephone gesture (every country) (hold hand to ear with thumb and little finger sticking out) Call me! We're good!

  17. Shoulder shrug (every country) (raise your shoulders up) Thumbsup (everycountry) (raise yourthumbsup) Everything's fine! I don't know.

  18. Facepalm (every country) (cover your face with your palm) Rubbingthepalmstogether (everycountry) You're stupid… I expect something good to happen!

  19. Feeling hungry (Italy, Romania and Croatia) (placing your hand on your stomach and moving it in a circular motion) High five (every country) (excellent work) (clapping your palm against a friend's palm) I'm hungry. Excellent work!

  20. Fist bump (every country) (greeting your friend by bumping your fist against his fist) The finger – (every country) (put the thumb between your index and middle finger) You're gettingnothing! Yo man!

  21. - „L“ – loser (every country) (make „L“ with the thumb and index finger and put it on the forehead) What a smell! (everycountry) (waveyourhandinfrontofyour nose) Loser! What's that smell?!

  22. You are nuts (every country) (Point your index finger at the temple and move in a circular motion) Go away (every country) (put you hand foward and wave with your palm) You're nuts… Go away!

  23. Gestures Differences Parents scolding kids (Croatia and Italy) (raise your index finger and wave with it) Let's getdrunk (Poland) (put yourpalmneartheneckandwave) You'll be punished! Let's get drunk!

  24. Long time ago (Italy) (waveyourhand to yourback) Angry (Italy) (put your fingers under your chin and move them rapidly to the front) That was long time ago… I'm angry, go away!

  25. EYE CONTACT Winking is blinkingwithjust one eye. It canindicateflirting. W Wideningeyes is havingtheeyesopened wide, as inamazement, innocence or sleeplessness. Wewidenoureyeswhenwe are shocked, afraid or surprised.

  26. Eye rolling is moving your eyes in circles. It canindicatedisgustandirritation. Wemostly do thiswhenwe don't like thesituation. Staring is looking at a person longer than normal (3 sec.) and with intensity. It can indicate empathy and irony.

  27. Direct eye contact is looking at a person directly in their eyes. It is a powerfulactofcommunicationandmayshowaffection, dominanceandinterest. Looking side ways is lookingaroundwhenyou are afraid, ashamed or whenyouhavelowselfesteem.

  28. Blinking is a natural neat process whereby the eyelids wipe the eyes clean. It canbeanindicatoroflying.

  29. Proxemics • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxemics#mediaviewer/File:Personal_Space.svg

  30. Similarities • Intimatespaceincludescouples, close friendsandfamilymembers. Personal spaceincludesfriendsandstrangers. • Social zone is increasingwithimportantpeople. • Socialzones are the same in all countries. • For family members and friends the intimate zone is the same.

  31. Differences • InItalypeoplestandcloser to eachothersthaninothercountries. • InItaly, public distance is almostnonexistent. • Social zone inPolandincludesstrangersandunknownpersons. • Public zone is representedonlyinRomania, Polandand Croatia. • Public zone inPolandincludeslecturesandconferences. • InReunion, people kiss eachotherevery time theymeetwithsomeone, but boys andgirls use something like a hug. • Turkishpeoplekeep a greater distance during a conversationandonlygirlsusually kiss eachother. • InBulgaria, it's appropriate to keepanarm's lenghtof personal spacewhenconversingwithmembersoftheoppositesexandbusinesscolleagues.

  32. We thank all the partners for their contribution and participation! Croatian ACTIVE team

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