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Nonverbal Communication

• If you were in a country where people stand closer to each other than they do in your country, what impression might you give them?
• What impression might you have of people in those same situations?
• If you were in a country where people stand further apart than they do in your country, what impression might you give them?
• What impression might you have of people in those same situations?

Non-verbal communication can be broken down into the following elements: Silence, turn-taking, eye contact, space and touching, and gestures.

Each of these will be addressed in the next pages.