Strengths And Weaknesses Of Non Verbal Communication

The existence of communication is among human beings is a mandatory requirement that

should be embraced by everybody irrespective of their status of disability. Communication is

basically referred to as the means through which people are able to pass information from one

end to the other end in an understandable manner for both parties (Marschark, and Patricia).

Essentially, feedback is needed by the communicators so as to ascertain that the information

passed was actually understood by the recipient. This communication can be in form of verbal

form or non-verbal form, with the latter being embraced mainly by those with hearing and

speaking disabilities (Beazley and Moore).

The two main types of non-verbal communication are

Arguments, however, have been rife on as to whether non-verbal

communication is indeed more effective in comparison to the conventional verbal

communication. This research paper, therefore, seeks to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of

non-verbal communication, specifically, sign language, as well as their effects on the speaker

themselves.

The Strengths of Sign Language

One major strength of sign language is that it encourages early learning by the

Consequently, they end up being friendlier and happier than the non-deaf. In actual sense, many

deaf people are always ready to communicate even when in anger.

The Weaknesses of Sign Language

The first weakness is the fact that for the sign language speaker to be more effective in

their communication, they require hands to perform the gestures (Burke). In a situation whereby

the speaker has some physical disability too, say, they lack hands; it becomes somewhat difficult

to convey a message as effective as it would have been for the same person, though without a

hearing disability. For a physically disabled person using spoken language, communication still

remains effective just like it was even before they became disabled (Beazley and Moore). This is

because speaking, generally, does not require much illustration using limbs or other parts of the

body other than the mouth (Burke).

Sign language does not involve spoken word. This means that unless both the speaker

and the recipient are together in the same place, it becomes practically impossible to

communicate (Burke). It is obvious, however, that this will not always be the case. In