Non-Verbal Communication: Types, Importance and Practices

Running head: NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
Non-Verbal Communication
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1NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Necessity of Non-verbal communication...................................................................................2
Types of Non-verbal communication.........................................................................................2
Kinesics..................................................................................................................................3
Gestures..................................................................................................................................3
Eye contact.............................................................................................................................4
Haptics....................................................................................................................................4
Vocalics..................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
Reference....................................................................................................................................6

2NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
Introduction
Non-verbal communication refers to everything other than words that is shared
between two individual to transmit a meaning (Burgoon, Guerrero & Floyd, 2016). When two
or more people are communicating, other than the words that are being spoken, their action
towards each other emits deeper meaning to convey. Non-verbal kind of communication
includes various kinds of tonal variations in the pitch and body languages of the people
involved in the communication process (Knapp, Hall & Horgan, 2013). Multiple elements of
voice and body language end up creating significant impact in the communication process
rather than the words that are being spoken (Siegman & Feldstein, 2014). The report will
delve deeper into the various elements and practices of Non-verbal communication and
suggest practices to evolve those in an individual.
Necessity of Non-verbal communication
Communication is a process that strengthens unity between the sender and receiver of
the message and it allows for an interaction between the two (Habermas, 2015). Non-verbal
communication is the emitting of certain cues that decide the fate of the communication. The
importance of the non-verbal communication remains the fact that it sets up an ambience for
the communication taking place and it ultimately decides that whether the communication
will be successful or not.
Types of Non-verbal communication
There are various types of Non-verbal communication and just like verbal language; a
categorization of all the types is present. The categories of Non-verbal communication are-