There are three main areas this can be broken down into as below
Individual needs
Some adults have communication difficulties and adaptations are necessary. It’s import to be sensitive with adults that have communication difficulties.
If a person's hearing or sight is impaired, body language and tone of voice will become more important.
Cultural and social differences
If the adult’s first language isn’t English it is necessary to provide a translator if the information that we are communicating to the adult is difficult to convey. Some parents might not want their children to be part of a play, it’s important that you adapt your communication is a way to explain that it’s an important part of their curriculum.
Context of communication
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In order to build relationship with children, we will need to adapt our behaviour and communication accordingly.
I noticed in the movie, “Signs of Respect,” an example was given where the watcher had to decide which option was the best for confidently involving herself in a conversation with a Deaf group of people. When Amy, the actor, went out to a Silent Dinner, she did not know whether it would be appropriate to say, “Excuse me, may I sit with you?” or to sit across from them and wait for them to notice her signing. Obviously, the correct answer would involve Amy being assertive and simply asking the Deaf people, that she has an interest in joining, if she could join their conversation. I, too, have been guilty of understanding that assertiveness is everything when one wants to fit into Deaf Culture. As I grew up in the mixture of both worlds, I have occasionally stood back and waited for someone to talk to me. I am hearing, so it is important that I initiate conversation in their culture and not the other way
The communication will need to be adapted depending on the situation and the environment that the adults and children are in. For example in my setting when I have dealt with child’s behavior I have to use a firmer voice and my facial expressions change to a sad face so that understand the situation. Another example is praising a child’s achievement and I changed the tone of my voice and facial expression.
I was surprised to learn that in Deaf culture, it is not considered rude to give negative feedback so frankly, or to directly ask about any physical change. For Deaf people, their form of communication is helpful, friendly, and considerate. But to a hearing person, it can be offensive, rude, and disrespectful. These are one of the reasons that many hearing people have a hard time interacting with the Deaf. It’s interesting to see the differences between these two cultures, and why those differences
Nonverbal cues involve everything but the spoken word which includes: body posture and facial expressions, gestures, eyebrows, eyes, tone of voice, speed of delivery, inflections, volume, and proximity. Even one's attire sends messages to others. Each area of the nonverbal has the power to send a message; combined they tell the listener what is meant and what is felt. The power of the nonverbal cannot be over-rated; it will almost always ...
Communication refers to limited responses given by an organism to one stimulus. (Steven, 1950) It helps exchange one’s ideas by any methods such as speaking and listening, writing and reading or body language. An efficient communication process allows receivers to give clear responds. After finishing the presentation of this subject, I learned about how to communicate with people in a specific age range and remove communication barriers in
I can honestly say that I have a huge interest in body language, especially when it relates to communication. Throughout our day-to-day activities, communication is actively voiced and because of that I found it interesting to watch the required documentary on body language. I had high expectations for the video before watching. The documentary helped shed light on why it is important to recognize the nonverbal gestures, signs of distress, authenticity of one’s speech, levels of pitch, and rhythm in the voice which in all speaks the loudest. Knowing how to decipher non-verbal communication is a very power tool and once mastered can effectively help express the words heard allowing you to build better relationships.
Currie (2007) states Effective Verbal Communication is important when building relationships with clients, customers, and the media (pg 1). Verbal communication is important along with listening skills so that communication between parties is clear. Verbal communication is accompanied by sign language called non verbal communication. This communication can be expressed in many ways: One can ask another “How are you today” Reply, “I’m okay” but the shrugging of the shoulders, squinting of eyes and lips closed tightly together gives another answer.
On a daily basis, we come in contact with individuals that we have to communicate with, wither it be for work purposes, educational purposes, or social practices. As active humans we cannot escape the idea of socializing or communication, therefor; we make it a daily routine who we communicate with, how we communicate with them, what we listen to and how we listen it. With this routine habits are formed, some are strengths but others are weaknesses that diminish the communication quality. It is extremely important for individuals to recognize these strengths and weakness within their communication routine. By recognizing their strengths, they are able to improve even further and use their ability to get them closer to goals they may have set for themselves. Recognizing their weaknesses is just as important if not more important.
prefers to utilize the American Sign Language (ASL) for communication. According to Deaf & hard of hearing – Deaf culture fact sheet, (2015) “ASL has been passed on from one generation to the next in schools” and that “when ASL was not allowed in classrooms Deaf staff and peers secretly used this language to communicate” therefore demonstrating its significance in the Deaf culture. As already stated vision is a strong element in communication within the Deaf culture and therefore norms such as eye contact are very important. Body language and facials expressions can be easily read by a deaf individual thereby providing additional information while communicating. In order to get the attention of the other person a deaf individual utilizes hand waving something which Deaf & hard of hearing – Deaf Culture fact sheet, (2015) states that “ it is most
Being able to speak more than one language is proving to be a valuable skill in modern society. Many children across the world are at least bilingual, leaving many American parents wondering if they too, should learn to speak another language. While this debate remains ongoing, many adults are seeking to learn a second language either to communicate with a new client base or to attain higher status within a corporate setting.
Being deaf can really affect all aspects of one’s life such as emotionally, physically and mentally; it can also make them feel awkward when someone is not there to interpret them or some one to help others understand what they are saying. Deaf people usually appreciated the help they received, and the person helping probably felt good, but neither group realized how it affected the deaf person (Greene 8). Communicating through sign language does not only impact the deaf person, but also the interpreter. Using sign language could possibly affect the deaf persons personality, confidence and the way they interact wit...
Good communication is an essentialvalue for successful relationships, whether personal or professional. Many researchers have stated that most of our communication is non-verbal. Non-verbal communication includes body language, facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, posture, and the tone of our voice. The ability to understand and use non-verbal communication is great skills that will help individualsconnect with others, when trying express feelings, handlingdifficultsituations and creating relationships with other in various places.Non-verbal communication is the body way of sending messages between people. These messages can be sent through emotions, gestures, engagement, voice tone, posture, and clothing.
There are different types of communication (verbal, nonverbal, paralinguistic). Verbal communication is communicating with words. For instance, an individual speaks to another at a business meeting regarding profit margins. Second, nonverbal communication is communicating without the use of words but through gesture, body language, facial expression and eye contact (Baron, Branscombe, Byrne). Also these physical expressions can provide powerful and valuable information about others’ current feelings and reactions without the need of words. Lastly paralinguistic is defined as the use of emotional expression, gestures, and the location of the body in relation to the other's body, eye contact, and level of voice instead of verbally expressing these cues (Triandis). Additionally, paralinguistic is also known as paralanguage as a way to modify or nuance meaning, or convey emotion, with the use of pitch, volume, and intonation (Triandis). For instance, as described by Triandis’ article Culture and Communication, “in Bulgaria and south India a nod means "no,” and a shake of the head, means "yes".” It’s interesting how Triandis describes the amount of difficulty it was to compre...
...tention to how people react to one another’s comments, guessing the relationship between the people and guessing how each feels about what is being said. This can inform individuals to better understand the use of body language when conversing with other people. It is also important to take into account individual differences. Different cultures use different non-verbal gestures. Frequently, when observing these gestures alone the observer can get the wrong impression, for instance, the listener can subconsciously cross their arms. This does not mean that they are bored or annoyed with the speaker; it can be a gesture that they are comfortable with. Viewing gestures as a whole will prevent these misunderstandings. Non-verbal gestures are not only physical, for example; the tone of voice addressing a child will be different from the way it is addressed to an adult.