People usually communicate by spoken and written language, yet
they can also communicate without words and this kind of communication often is
more important than getting the content of the message across. Body language
falls into this category of communication. Ⅰ. Need for body
language 1) When connecting with a person, we have to make it
clear how the content of a spoken message needs to be (1) ______.
And how we do this tells something about (2) ______ between
people. 2) Often (3) ______ are inadequate for this purpose, and
therefore we use body language. -- e. g. looking someone in the
eyes means something different than not looking someone in the
eyes Ⅱ. Functions and features of body language 1) Body
language decides to a large extent (4) ______ of our communication, and
therefore we should -- learn to use our body language for a
purpose -- learn to understand and explain body language of
others 2) How we can explain body language depends on
-- situation -- culture -- relationship we
have with the person -- (5) ______ of the other
3) Body language is interlinked with -- spoken
language -- a whole pattern of (6) ______ from a
person 4) Body language signs can (7) ______each other
to -- make a meaning clear -- strengthen the
meaning of what we communicate 5) Some groups have developed a
whole specific body language which can be very explicit in its meaning and is
used to communicate where the use of words may be difficult or dangerous. Ⅲ.
Specific use of body language 1) Body language is used
especially to express feelings. --People may give out double
messages: one message in words and (8) ______ message in body
language. -- Most people believe more steadily their impression
of how a person acts through body language than what is said through
words. -- People tend to (9) ______ the spoken words if they do
not correspond with the body language. 2) How we come across to
someone is decided only for a small part by the words we speak but for a large
part by our body language. --To leave a good impression, it is
important for us to know and control our body language. -- The
person on the receiving end of our body language will have a feeling or
impression difficult to describe, which is called (10) ______.