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Unit Two Listening Task Nonverbal Communication: Actions Speak Louder Than Words Teacher: Ok, class. OK. . . lets begin. What do we mean when we say that actions speak louder than words? Student: Uh. . . that means we believe peoples actions more than we believe their words. Teacher: Yes, exactly right--and, uh, in a sense, actions are more important than words. Thats because we usually judge speakers intentions by the nonverbal signals they send us. And thats what our subject todays all about, nonverbal communication --.how we communicate through--our actions--facial expressions, eye con-, tact, tone of voice, uh, body movement, and so on. And if any of you doubt the importance of these things, you might like to consider a couple of statistics Ive got here in front of me. Some communication specialists estimate we spend about 75 percent of our waking hours communicating. And, more to the point, words account for only, mm,10 to 30 percent of that communication--the bulks nonverbal. That is food for thought, uh? Now although people clearly understand its importance, nonverbal communication. Ill call it NVC for short – is actually rather recent field of study. Now although today I want to focus on physical nonverbal communication-oh often called body language or kinesics, thats K-I-N-E-S-I-C-S--you should know that there are other types of nonverbal communication. G.. W. Porter, for example, divides nonverbal communication into four categories, which Id like to look at just briefly. Theres the Physical NVC I just mentioned. That includes facial expressions, tone of voice, sense of touch and smell, and body movement. Secondly, .theres Aesthetic NVC--thats A-E-S-T-H-E-T-I-C, meaning related to beauty. And Aesthetic NVC takes place through creative expressions, like playing instrumental music, dancing or painting, sculpting. And we certainly know that we can communicate with people through creative expressio