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ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 1. Are gestures universal?. YOUR INTERPRETATION. For each of the displayed gestures, identify your initial reaction by selecting one of the following symbols:  to signify a positive interpretation  to signify a neutral interpretation  to signify a negative interpretation. 5. 1.

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ACTIVITY 1

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  1. ACTIVITY 1 Are gestures universal?

  2. YOUR INTERPRETATION • For each of the displayed gestures, identify your initial reaction by selecting one of the following symbols: to signify a positive interpretation to signify a neutral interpretation to signify a negative interpretation

  3. 5 1 2 3 4 4

  4. SLOVENE INTERPRETATION • For each of the displayed gestures, discuss with your classmate how it is usually interpreted in the Slovene context. Use the same symbols: to signify a positive interpretation  to signify a neutral interpretation  to signify a negative interpretation

  5. 1    Germany Iran Australia

  6. 2    the USA France the UK

  7.   3 Finland Dominican Republic Italy

  8.   New Zealand 4 4 France Greece

  9. 5    France the UK Turkey

  10. Other Gestures

  11. The handshake gesture Morocco Kenya Turkey

  12. The crazy gesture Brazil Italy Japan

  13. The Yes/No gestures India Bulgaria Greece

  14. Pointing Philippines Japan Indonesia

  15. Come here / Go away Korea the UK Australia

  16. DID YOU UNDERSTAND? In ______ communication, not only what you sayisimportant, but also your use of ______. Indeed, a given ______ in one speaker's culture could be a serious ______in another's culture because its ______is not ______.

  17. DID YOU UNDERSTAND? In cross-cultural communication, not only what you sayis important, but also your use of NVC. Indeed, a given gesturein one speaker's culture could be a serious insultin another's culture because its interpretationis not universal.

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