This experiment was start by taking
a part in conversation for 15 minutes where I were not allow to talk I find
this experiment where I was not allowed to speak to my partner having a
conversation is pretty easy and hard during the 15 minutes. The easy part is
that it was my little sister who I talk to, She understand some of the message
I was trying to convey, but some part where I try to describe to her it’s like
playing charade and it was difficult to talk to her about certain subjects that
are hard to describe without words like her homework assignment. My sister
didn’t alter her way of communication that much. I think it’s because she’s an
art student who like visualizing. So it was simple for her to understand most
of what I was trying to say when we did this experiment. If my partner who
having a conversation with me, speak in different language as me. I think both
people would be difficult at understanding each other. Since the person that
try to act out what is it may be able to convey information to the person that
speak but then you won’t know if he really understand what you are trying to say
and the person that say stuff to you would say in a completely different
language that you won’t understand. I find that it is also interesting that
because my sister and I like to speak in a language what we like to call
“Thailish” which is the language of Thai and English combine together some part
in Thai some part in English it is pretty entertaining.
The second part of this experiment
which was for me to talk without be able to use any hand or any signal. It was
really hard to last to 15 minutes it took me about 3 tries to finally last 15
minutes without making any hand gesture or try to hint with my eyebrows and
many more. My sister says that it’s really difficult watching me because it has
no expression or feeling in the language which is kind of throwing her off in
what I was trying to convey some time. I think this experiment say that sign
and signal in our way of communication because from what I experience it is
making it harder to show our emotion in our way of communicate people may
understand you what you are trying to say. But they may not understand why or
what you really want which those emotions make it effective way to communicate.
Some people do have trouble reading
other people body language but I think my sister did not have much trouble
reading my body language because I have spend a lot of time with her all my
life. I think body language is important and beneficial because If you can read
someone else body language it’s really helpful to understand their emotion
weather if they are sad or happy it is really important way to learn how to
interact with people.
I agree with you that the first part of this experiment was not very difficult. I also chose to use a family member for this experiment, but I chose my mother instead. My mother is not very good at visualizing things so she struggled some times to understand what I was saying. I think the second part of the experiment was difficult. I kept catching myself raising my eyebrows and nodding my head in agreement. I agree with you that it is important to be able to read the emotions of others during a conversation.
ReplyDeleteGood description of Part A. I particularly appreciated how you explained how and why some parts were easy while others were more difficult.
ReplyDeleteWith regard to the two cultures, which culture would be able to communicate complex ideas more easily within their own culture? I agree that the cultures would have difficulty communicating with each other, but if both cultures had to organize a complex strategy of some sort, which culture would have an easier time doing that? What would be that attitude of the speaking culture toward the non-speaking culture? How does this reflect on how we tend to interact with individuals in our own culture who do not use spoken language?
Thank you for the personal side to the communication issue.
Good description on Part B.
Can you identify a specific group of people who have difficulty reading body language? Regarding the possible benefit of not reading body language, is there ever a situation where body language may be lying to you, where you should ignore it and just pay attention to the spoken language? Do all cultures use the same body language?
Your pat 1 was very interesting to read about how the different ways you and your sister were able to communicate. I agree that some parts were more difficult than others as well. In your part 2 it was also really well done, it was quite difficult for me as well to last 15 minutes. Good Job
ReplyDeleteHow did you communicate correctly in part 1? I still don't know how a lot of the people have done this correctly.The second part of the assignment was rather easy for me because of all the talking that i already do. Do you think this assignment would've been easier or harder to do it with a person you were attracted to as well?
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