The Importance of Non-Verbal Communication We tend to be less aware of the nonverbal accompaniment to much of what we say than we are to the actual words we speak. Chinese Emotion and Gesture. Examples of Nonverbal Communication: Key Types and Cues Nonverbal communication is colorful and full of intrigue. Learning to read other peopleâs body language gives us a powerful insight into their minds. Mar-14-11 Human Communication 1 16 Interaction of verbal and nonverbal communication When communicating, nonverbal messages can interact with verbal messages in six ways: repeating, conflicting, complementing, substituting, regulating and accenting/ moderating. In some places, non-verbal communication assumes more significance than verbal communication and in other places it ⦠⦠Verbal messages are conveyed in a linear fashion, with ⦠Repeating: consists of using gestures to strengthen a verbal The way we sit, the gestures we make, the way we talk, how much eye contact we make â all of these are non-verbal ways of communicating that impact the messages our words are sending. Verbal communication often refers to the words that an individual use in communication and nonverbal communication refers to communication that is produced by some means other than words i.e., eye contact, facial expressions (Gamble & Gamble, 2014). Writing: writing down our thoughts, or even turning them into great literature, is a fantastic way to communicate sophisticated ideas. 4. Verbal vs. Non-Verbal Communication We communicate with much more than words: when we interact with someone, our body has a language of its own. Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication Skills Report 1 AIPCâs Counsellor Skills Series ⢠Counselling Microskills â An Overview ⢠Focusing ⢠Encouragers, Paraphrasing and Summarising ⢠Questioning ⢠Confrontation ⢠Reflection of Meaning ⢠Self-Disclosure ⢠Active Listening ⢠Body Language â An Overview ⢠Observation Skills ⢠Attending Behaviour Being mindful of our non-verbal communication Communication is defined as having both verbal and nonverbal component. Nonverbal communication includes facial expression, tones of voice , gestures, and eye contact. It plays an important role in our daily life, sometimes it is even more powerful than the verbal interaction. Kinesics and Non-Verbal Communication Examples This activity is a great resource for teaching kinesics (the ability to accurately interpret non-verbal social cues) and applying that skill to conversations. This type of non verbal communication is very often unconscious. We often carefully monitor and edit our words to achieve the desired effect, but how we are saying them as likely more important. A shrug of the shoulders and a roll of the eyes allows us to say, âI donât like you,â without uttering a single word. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION. 2 For example, the recent book edited by Feldman and Rimé (1991) reviewing research in this ara is titled Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior, despite the fact that all of the nonverbal behaviors are discussed in terms of the role they play in communication (see Krauss (1993) . Verbal communication relies on the use of words, written and unwritten, to convey a message. Verbal vs Nonverbal Communication There are many differences between the two forms of communication, namely verbal and nonverbal communication.