Here is an announcement of the practice on July 14.
Genre: Nonverbal Communications
Title: Message without words
Nonverbal communications, such as facial expressions, voice tone, gestures, appearance and posture are all essential aspects of our daily conversation for building the relationship among us. When we attempt to communicate with another person, we use both verbal and nonverbal communications. Nonverbal messages are “messages without words” or “silent messages.” We have conducted a variety of practices at Kyoto NHK ESS so far to try to make our ability better for verbal communications. This time I would like you to challenge for the improvement of our nonverbal communication skills.
17:40 – 18:00 Test of our knowledge on American gestures
The test paper with having several illustrations of American gesture will be distributed. You are requested to answer the meanings of these gestures.
18:00 – 18:40 Game “Message without words.”
You will be divided into groups. One representative from the group will play the game of the “Message without words” in order to convey a certain information to other members of the group. The performance of the representative is limited for only 3 minutes. If the group members can make a good guess on the information, they can get the point. A competition among the groups.
Makoto Nishimura