Cultural Norms and Nonverbal Communication: An Illustration

Autor/in	Chang, Yanrong
Titel	Cultural Norms and Nonverbal Communication: An Illustration
Quelle	In: Communication Teacher, 29 (2015) 4, S.191-195 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-4622
DOI	10.1080/17404622.2015.1057749
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Nonverbal Communication; Norms; Cultural Influences; Class Activities; Undergraduate Students; Teaching Methods; Social Behavior; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Normwert; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Nonverbal communication takes place in specific cultural contexts and is influenced by cultural norms. Cultural norms are "social rules for what certain types of people should and should not do" (Hall, 2005). Different cultures might have different norms for nonverbal behaviors in specific social, relational, and geographical contexts. What this implies is that cultural norms are embedded in daily interactions, and through observing and describing patterns of nonverbal communication in everyday life, we can expect to identify the underlying cultural norms that govern those behaviors and show ways they impact our everyday life. The aims of the single-class activity described in this paper are (1) to illustrate the relationship between cultural norms and nonverbal communication; and (2) to demonstrate the impact of cultural norms on everyday life. This activity provides an insightful tool that facilitates undergraduate students' comprehension of something that may be an abstract concept to them. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01