“GESTURE AND POSTURE”

PRESENTED BY

ROSHAN KSHIRSAGAR

ROLL NO 49

GESTURE

GESTURES ARE MOVEMENT OF FINGURES, HANDS, LEGS, TOES, AND HEAD.

GESTURE CAN EFFECTIVELY ACT UPON THE BEHAVIOUR OF TARGET GROUP OR PERSON IN THE FORM OF TOOL OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

GESTURES ARE ALSO USED TO CONVEY MESSAGES WHERE WORD CAN NOT REACH THE PERSON.

WHEN A PERSON WIN THE GAME HE SHOWS HIS THUM TO HIS PEER GROUP TO COVEY, ‘I HAVE DONE IT’, AND ALSO SAYS IT IS AND ORDINARY WIN.

POINTED FINGURES GIVES WARNING TO A PERSON MORE STRONGLY THAN WORDS.

SHAKING OF LEGS OR KEEPING HAND TIGHT ON LAP, MOVING THE BODY IN THE FORM OF ‘SWING’ BACKWARD & FORWARDSHOW THE PERSON IS TENSE OR HE IS AFRAID OF THE SITUATION.

A POINTED FIGURES MAY CONVEY IT IS YOU OR A WARNING, SIGNAL OF ‘BE CAREFUL’.

IN FACE TO COMMUNICATION OR MEETING OR INTERVIEW THE WAY WE HOLD OUR HEAD IS VERY IMPORTANT.

POSTURE

OUR BODY SHAPE AND AFFECT THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT OUR SELVES, HOW WE RELATE TO OTHERS AND OTHER RELATES TO US.

POSTURES INDICATES CONFIDENCE, FEAR, AGGRESIVENESS, REJECTION, ANXITY ETC.

BODY SHAPES MAY BE THIN AND TALL, ATHLETICS AND MUSCLES OR FAT AND LOUND.

E.G. LEANING FORWARD OR BACKWARD , STANDING AND SITTING ERECT, BENDING SIDE WAYS ALL THESE MAKES AND IMMEDIATE IMPRESSION ON OTHER PERSON MIND.

PART OF BODY LANGUAGE

1. FACE

2. EYE CONTCT

3. CHECKS

4. LIPS

5. HEAD

6. BODY SHAPE

ADVANTAGES OF GESTURES AND POSTURES

1. IT IS SIMPLE AND EASY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REQUIRED SKILLS OR TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE IN BODY LANGUAGE.

2. IT IS EFFECTIVE SUPPORTING DEVICE TO VERBAL COMMUNICATION.

DISADVANTAGES OF GESTURES AND POSTURES

1. IT CANOT CONVEY TOTAL MESSAGE BUT ONLY A SMALL PART OF IT.

2. SOME OF THE GESTURES AND EXPRESSION VARY FROM ONE REGION TO ANOTHER OR DIFFER FROM PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES.

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