Different culture, different gestures.ppt

,BODY LANGUANG,GESTURES,Different culture,different gestures,Gestures are vary widely among cultures and within cultures.,Agreement&disagreement,Move heads up and down,Head forward to express agreement,Shake a hand in front of the face with the forefinger to express negation,Greeting routines,Nodding,shaking hangs,clasping arms,kissing,or embracing,Touching the others head with a fist,Backslapping routine,Embracing and mutual back-rubbing,Nodding and giving a verbal salutation.,Hold hands chest-high in a prayerlike position and nod their heads.,Avoiding body contact with the opposite sex.,Outside the group all these gestures may cause amusement or be completely unrecognized for what they are.,Emblems,Emblems are nonverbal massages that have direct translations,that have exact meanings,that are direct at a specific receiver,and that are consciously sent.,Putting the tip of the index finger on the tip of the thumb up with a clenched fist,OK,SUCCESS,Popular emblems,Thumb-up,YES/GO,A cupped hand behind the ear,I cant hear you.,Popular emblems have the same or similar meanings in several cultures.,Pointing the index finger at your temple with the thumb upright.,suicide,Pushing a closed fist near the stomach to depict the plunge of a knife in the vital organs.,Grasping one hand about the throat.,Emblems differ across cultures,Holding up the hand with all fingers closed in except the index and second finger,like a letter V can mean victory or peace.,Only when the palm is away from the body.,Or a rather rude dismissal if the palm is towards the body.,Multi-meaning emblems,The thumb-and-forefinger-in-a-circle gesture,a friendly one in America,has an insulting meaning in France and Belgium:Youre worth zero,while in Greece and Turkey it is an insulting or vulgar sexual invitation.,The famous OK gesture,Multi-meaning emblems have one meaning in one culture and a totally different meaning in another.,Can you guess?,A French gesture of putting ones fist around the tip of the nose and twisting it.,Hes drunk.,A German emblem,making two fists with the thumbs inside and pounding an imaginary table.,good luck,unique emblems,Unique emblems have a specific meaning in one culture but none elsewhere.,The number of emblems in use varies considerably among cultures,from fewer than 60 in the United States to more than 250 in Israel.The difference is understandable,since Israel is composed of recent immigrants from many countries,most of which have their own large emblem vocabularies.In addition,since emblems are helpful in military operations where silence is essential,and all Israelis serve in the armed forces,military service provides both the opportunity and the need to learn new emblems.The kind of emblems used,as well as the number,varies considerably from culture to culture.,Unity is strength,brotherliness,Home,Loving China,Promise,Love&care,Thank You!,