Week 7: Nonverbal Communication (outline pending)
Week of Mon, Sep 28 · week closes Sun, Oct 4
This week's items
- Week 7 reading — Nonverbal Communicationpoints in Canvas
- Nonverbal Communication Analysis projectpoints in Canvas
Exact due times are in Canvas.
Read this week
Know these cold
- Define nonverbal communication and list its key characteristics: omnipresent, ambiguous, more trusted than words, culturally variable.
- Identify the eight nonverbal codes: kinesics, proxemics, haptics, vocalics (paralanguage), chronemics, artifacts, environment, appearance.
- Explain Hall's four proxemic zones: intimate, personal, social, and public distance.
- Describe how vocalics (pitch, rate, volume, tone, silence) carry meaning beyond words.
- Explain the functions of nonverbal communication: complementing, accenting, contradicting, substituting, regulating.
- Identify cultural variations in nonverbal norms (eye contact, touch, personal space).
- Apply nonverbal analysis to a public speech — what do posture, gestures, and vocal variety communicate?
- Complete and submit the Nonverbal Communication Analysis project.
Meerk's quiz — open the Week 7 gate
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.
Stuck?
Raise your hand. Mr. James gets a message right away and can help you remotely. Nothing else is stored — just your last name, grade, and where you're stuck.
Dinner Table Question
Ask at home: Without saying a word, what do you communicate about how you feel about a class, a person, or a situation? What nonverbal codes are you using?
En español: Sin decir una palabra, ¿qué comunicas sobre cómo te sientes respecto a una clase, una persona o una situación? ¿Qué códigos no verbales usas?