Comparison Of Verbal And Nonverbal Communication

Verbal Vs Non-Verbal Communication

Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another. There are various categories of communication. The different categories of communication are verbal and non-verbal communication. Parts of verbal communication are face-to-face, telephone, radio, or television. On the other hand, parts of non-verbal communication are body language and gestures. How do you communicate with someone who tries to talk to you if you do not know his/her language? Only 7 percent of communication is based on words. 38 percent is based on volume, pitch, and tone of the voice. A full 55 percent is based on non-verbal communication(Nefer,2015). However, there are some opposing ideas about which one

Unfortunately, many people send confusing or negative nonverbal signals without even knowing it. When this happens, both connection and trust are damaged. These signals should match up with people’s words. For instance, sometimes we will lie more than once in that same period of time. These may not always be big lies, but we still do it. If someone is looking away to the side and rubbing their nose or eyes when talk to you, he/she is most probably lying to you. Furthermore, trust is a key in business relationships. We generally do not like people we do not trust. And we tend to believe people we do like. For example, when you are in job interview, using your body language is important as well as what you say. If you have a positive body language, employer believes you and accepts for a job. In fact, if you are saying “Trust me.”, they will immediately become suspicious. The best way to get others to trust you is by using body language. As a result, if you get the sense that someone is not being honest or that something is not adding up, you may be picking up on a mismatch between verbal and non-verbal

Only 7 percent of message is sent through words, with remaining 93 percent sent nonverbal expressions. Some people think that verbal communication is more effective than non-verbal. However, people send a strong message using non-verbal signals such as eye contact and hand gestures. You need to be able to recognize the emotions of others and the true feelings behind the cues they are sending. Emotional awareness enables us to create trust in relationships by sending non-verbal signals that match up with your words (Segal, et al). Also, non-verbal communication leads to make attractive and express ourselves with gestures without thinking. Therefore, I think people should use both non-verbal and verbal communication when they express themselves, but non-verbal signals are more effective than what people