BODY LANGUAGE

BODY LANGUAGE: THE UNSPOKEN LANGUAGE


Words are only a part of our communication. We also communicate in the way we sit, stand, use our hands, or our facial expressions. For example, a clenched jaw might mean anger or stress, raised eyebrows may mean surprise or curiosity, and fidgety movements may mean nervousness. These are considered as signs of body language. According to Microsoft Encarta, body language is gestures, postures and proximity to another speaker by which one communicates nonverbally with others in a given culture. In other words, body language refers to the conveying of messages through body movements other than those movements that form a part of sign or spoken languages. The nonverbal signals you send suggest attitude, understanding, empathy and ethics, and because of the fact that they may be unintentional they can sometimes be misleading, or show signs of deceit.

The ability to use body language is a mechanism that is inborn. This quality of body languag...