(A) Not communicating with words or ASL was fairly simple. My partner actually got fairly active, as if it was a game to them as they tried figuring out what I was trying to express to them non-verbally by either giving facial expressions or a simple head nod in agreement/disagreement. This gave them also full advantage to express whatever they like and not get interrupted by me at all.
(B) My partners tone slightly changed in a way of curiosity. Their tone began to raise a little once they got a little excited when I gave them gestures that they're getting close to what I'm trying to express. Overall, they maintain an average tone because they like the topic on whatever were discussing.
(C) Two cultures meeting for the first time is bound to be that the one speaking is the one with a more intense mindset. They can express their passion for the topic in a broad manner. Our culture, however, may have difficulty with communicating with deaf people. This can cause change in the way we speak because they cannot hear what we say; therefore we create gestures and facial expressions so they can get a feel on how we get our point across.
Part 2:
(A) I found it a struggle to maintain a monotone voice and no gestures for this part of the blog post. My partner would crack little jokes, making me end up laughing and failing completely on this section. I also felt as if my partner would lose interest because I was not as interesting as the previous experiment.
(B) My partner seemed to be very confused and bored to the point where they just started to give up on me. They didn't care to listen anymore and decided to watch TV instead of talk to a brick wall (which was me).
(C) This comes to conclusion that signing is very important in our language because it properly expresses our point to anything were talking to. Regardless of language, signs give ease and more "fun" to our language to the point where if there was no body language, then language would be boring.
(D) Some people have trouble reading body language more than others. For example: blind people would be a perfect example because they literally cannot see what body language we express; but we can change the tone of our voice to give a vibe on how our body language may be perceived in their head. There always has to be a moment where there's body language in a conversation. If not, then most conversations would be extremely boring.
Jordan-
ReplyDeleteI'm so surprised to read that you found communicating without words easy! I had the hardest time with it! Interesting how we had such different experiences. I like hoe you said that we can use gestures to show a general agreement about something through a language barrier. Good post!
-Danielle
I also can believe that you found it easy to communicate without words. My partner and I became really frustrated with each other because my partner could not for the life of them figure out what I was trying to convey to her. As the second part of the assignment, we could not keep from laughing at our robotic nature. It just showed me how body language/gestures plays a big part in how we communicate with one another.
ReplyDelete"This gave them also full advantage to express whatever they like and not get interrupted by me at all."
ReplyDeleteBut was this the point of this part of the experiment? Or were you supposed to try to carry on a conversation to see the advantages of spoken vs. non-spoken language? You needed to try to be part of the interaction and see how it affected your partners. Did they alter the way they talked to you to help with the problem of your inability to use spoken language? This should not have been an easy thing to do!
Okay on your discussion on the two cultures. Which one would be able to communicate complex ideas? Would you be able to explain Darwin's theory of evolution without symbolic language?
Better job on Part B. Good description of the experiment.
Yes, people who are blind would have a harder time reading physical body language, although they would able to read vocal intonation. Can you think of a situation where it might be beneficial to NOT read body language? Hint: Do all cultures use the same system of body language?