Today, I’m going to talk about, non-verbal communication. As sure as you should know, there are different types of communication; the non-verbal communication consists on what can be expressed without saying any word. It shouldn´t be misunderstood with the sign language used for voiceless people. This specific type of communications refers to the signs we send to the other people, about our feelings, our mood, how much emotion we have in the moment, and others facts that help to make stronger, the comprehension of the message we send in the communication process.

An official definition of non-verbal communication is: “Nonverbal communication, or body language, is a vital form of communication—a natural, unconscious language that broadcasts our true feelings and intentions in any given moment, and clues us in to the feelings and intentions of those around us.” - Segal. J, Smith. M, and Jaffe. J. (2012, January) retrieved from: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/eq6_nonverbal_communication.htm

So far, experts on the psychologist field, has several consideration about if non-verbal communication it’s directly linked with the emotions felt in the instant. Some of them, agree with this idea, others doesn’t in absolute, but others think it may influence. What can´t be forget, it’s that we´re unique, in ourselves nature, this mean you’ll never going to find two people, who exactly look the same, think the same, and feel the same, approaching this, two people would never feel the same, and express it in the same way. In my point of view, this thesis, would never apply with all the people.

Furthermore, non-verbal communication, it’s strongly linked with the culture. Is well known, for experience that some signs and expressions have meanings, for example: thumbs up, in a large portion of the world means approbation. Having the index and middle finger up, and others down, it’s a peace sign in almost all countries. This two are examples of body language of non-verbal communication.

The thing it’s that non-verbal communication consists some levels, each one of them its particular in type, they are: facial expression, posture and body movements, eye contact, and touch, mainly.

All this information conduce to consider how really important is the non-verbal communication, and how we use it to send a message, that may have a link with you emotions in that particular instant. A few examples of this can be found in day to day life:

•       When a teacher is going to speak in front of a class, he/she might look quiet, confident, and speak fluently. This signs push the students to even look at the teacher. But if the teacher instead of it,  looks stressed, not sure about what its being said, and not said it fluently, this are signs of a person who’s uncomfortable with the environment, and this emotion affects the communication process.

• -       You believed the entire semester that on vacations, you were going to a foreign country, but your father said to you that instead of going far away, you’re going to stay at home. You didn’t say something, but you keep your face down, and low your tone of voice. This would take your father to think, that you get sad, because you really wanted to go on vacations.

• -       Another example could be a situation where two people are arguing about something, as they aren’t agree, they show a serious face between them, the maybe one of them hits the table with his/her hand to show that now he/she is angry, another possibility it’s to increase the tone of voice.

In conclusion, I think non-verbal communication its as important as the verbal, because it’s a really important support for the conviction of the message, what it’s influence by external facts, as the situation, or internals, as the torrent of emotions that an individual shows.