Cross Cultural Understanding: Nonverbal Communication

Nonverbal Communication: Speaking Without Words

Non-verbal communication is “silent” communication, including the use of gestures, postures, position, eye contact, facial expressions, and conversational distance.  

If we don’t understand the non-verbal communication from different culture, it is possible that we can make a mistake of reading the other person incorrectly. Some forms of non-verbal signals are the same and universal and they have the same meaning or interpretation. But, the other forms are different and they have different meaning too, or no meaning in the other culture.

Craig Storti in “Figuring Out” as quoted by Wienchecki (1999) mentions three main categories of non-verbal communication in the cross-cultural context. These are:

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-                                    Topic: Muslims in any parts of the World need to include English in their Islamic education system.

-          Brainstorming:

o   English is important nowadays in every aspects of life.

o   English for media of the spreading of Islam (dakwah).

o   Modern Islamic Boarding School include English in the education system.

o   The balance between duniawi and ukhrawi.

-          Outline:

(Summary)

Topic sentence: Darussalam Gontor Modern Islamic Boarding School is the first institution in Indonesia that mix the general and religious educatinal concept.

Body:

Ø  Students in Gontor have to be on time.

Ø  Students in Gontor have to be multi-talented.

Ø  Gontor supports the students with the appropriate

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Corruption, violence and Eastern culture

We often hear people preaching for cultures of the East to be preserved and practiced in our daily life. These preachers often say that the values of the East are far better than those of the West.

Many argue that Western culture is corrupted with indecency,

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Sungguh akku sulit menerima nya..
kenyataan nya seperti ini,,
tapi akku sungguh tidak percaya..
kenapa selalu seperti ini..
:(
akku mungkin terlalu sombong atau apa..
yg jelas.. ini pasti teguran dari Allah ...