Question

List nonverbal communication strategies that you would use in the following scenarios.

Answer 1

Nonverbal communication strategies applied for the following situations:

1. You want to impress a group of friends about your expertise in basketball. In this case, I would imitate the movements by means of gestures and mimes so as to demonstrate my knowledge about this sport.

2. You want to control a conversation in a classroom or club group discussion. In this situation, I would try to make eye contact with the participants, to make gestures (nodding or shaking the head ) or facial expressions (smiling or frowning) so as to approve or disapprove a point for discussion. In addition, I would use my hands to point at someone, to control the talking time or to establish turn takings.

3. You want to persuade a brother to loan you his portable CD player. I would persuade him by joining my hands as praying (posture), making eye contact with him while pointing to the CD player and producing facial expressions as being sad and needy.