Communication - Verbal and Nonverbal

Everyday we use communication in our day to day lives. Whether we communicate with our hands, facial expressions, or voice we are using some sort of communication. Without communication our world would be completely different, I'm not sure how we would survive. There is a process and many steps to successful communication. The first two main things you can distinguish first are whether or not the communication is verbal or nonverbal.

In verbal communication, it is the use of your voice or words. For example, I wrote a letter to my Grandparents a couple years ago. The letter talked about what I did with money that they had given me for Christmas. That would be an example for verbal communication. Even though I am not using my voice, I am still using words to communicate which is considered verbal. Other types of verbal communication would be the radio, t.v., plays, and books.

Nonverbal communication is anything that doesn't use words or your voice. When I am bored or tired in class, I usually slouch in my chair. If I am mad for reason I will probably have a angry or unkind expression on my face. In sports, coaches give signals to their players to preform a certain play and if someone wants you to be quiet, they will put a finger to their lips to silence you. It is easy to misjudge people based on what they tell us nonverbally. For instance, there have been times when my mom asks me what's wrong and I tell here, "What?". Then she may tell me I look either angry or sad, which I didn't know because I was neither. Nonverbal communication is extremely important in how we communicate everyday.