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Body Language.
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Body Language PATRICK COLLISON W hen we think of human communication, what examples spring to mind? The internet? Books? The spoken word? Of all our forms of communication, one of most often forgotten (and least understood) is probably the humble art of body language: The indications we give off - generally unconsciously - by means of our posture, our gestures, our facial expressions, and even our clothes. It performs a different function to verbal language - verbal language is for communicating abstract ideas or facts. But for communicating the feelings of a person, few forms are as effective as body language. You're talking to your teacher - the class ask for a day off homework. The teacher listens to you, and says that she'll "think about it". This might sound open, but you didn't notice the steeple shape formed by the hands, or the distracted way in which she rubbed her nose. Unimportant?...
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