UNDERSTANDING & PRODUCING WRITTEN ENGLISH II

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Gender Communication: Differences between Men and Women in

Non-verbal Communication

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1.   The Relationship between Non Verbal Communication 

     & Varying Personality Types                ㊣㊣㊣㊣㊣

      www2.uiowa.edu./~jlphilli/newnonve.pdf

       Analyses showed that there were significant variability in non verbal communication due to gender differences in eye contact, body posture and body movement. 

 

2.   Gender Differences in Nonverbal Communication        ㊣㊣㊣㊣㊣

      www.colostate.edu/Depts/Speech/rccs/theory20.htm

      From four area of nonverbal communication: kinesics, oculesics, haptics and proxemics; to see how men and women communicate differently.

 

3.   Gender and Modes of Communication             ㊣㊣㊣㊣1/2㊣

      www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/gendercom.html

      Using nonverbal communication patterns to compare how male & female varies in voice, face, body and environment during communication.

 

4.    Explanation for Gender Differences in Expressing Emotions      ㊣㊣㊣㊣1/2㊣

      ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/communication/soojin.htm

      The expression and interpretation of emotions play an important part in human interactions. Men and women possess different skills related to the sending and receiving of emotion.

 

5.   Gender Driven Communication             ㊣㊣㊣㊣1/2㊣

      www.uhcl.edu/bpa/acadunits/admin/mgmt/young/Gender_Driven_Communication.ppt

      A presentation PowerPoint done by a group of students. In the second part of the presentation, they point out women have more polite and cheerful intonations while men have more tough ones.

 

6.   Nonverbal Communication: Information Conveyed Through 

     the Use of Body Language                ㊣㊣㊣㊣

      clearinghouse.mwsc.edu/manuscripts/70.asp

     Nonverbal communication is a silent infiltrator, having broad influence over our social environment. It provides us with a mode for conveying messages without the use of verbal language.

 

7.   Non-Verbal Communication Modes            ㊣㊣㊣1/2㊣

      www2.andrews.edu/~tidwell/bsad450/NonVerbal.html

      Non-Verbal Communication is sending and receiving messages in a variety of ways without the use of verbal codes (words).  It is both intentional and unintentional. This page detailed explain "What is Non-Verbal Communication?"

 

8.   Non-Verbal Communication                    ㊣㊣㊣1/2㊣

      www.hunnybee.com.au/non-verbal-communication.html

     Non-verbal is seen both as a whole word 'nonverbal' and as a hyphenated word 'non-verbal'. 'Non' is a prefix which gives the negative sense or connotation to the word following it. Verbal is this sense is an adjective that is concerned with words, particularly the spoken word, but can include all other forms of speech and language.

 

9.   The World Beyond Words                        ㊣㊣㊣1/2㊣

      www.roch.edu/course/spch1130/Wood_Nonverbal_Notes.html

      This page uses point form to give a brief but clear introduction of nonverbal communication. However, it does not have much information about gender communication.

 

10. Gender and Job Status as Contextual Cues for the Interpretation 

     of Facial Expression of Emotion            ㊣㊣㊣1/2㊣

      www.findarticles.com/cf_1/m2294/2000_Feb/63787371/p1/article.jhtml

     This research journal was designed to assess the impact of gender and job status on the interpretation of facial expression. As facial expression is also a kind of nonverbal communication.

 

11. Human Communication: Verbal/Non Verbal Communication        ㊣㊣㊣1/2㊣

      www.rit.edu/~plfgpt/nonverbalcomm.htm

      This note gives the term and defination of communication and also compare the differences between verbal and nonverbal communication.

 

12. Differences in Women's and Men's Usage of E-mail            ㊣㊣㊣

      is.gseis.ucla.edu/impact/f99/Papers/tang.html

      Email has become one of the way in communicating with one another in 21st century. In  "Silence as Control" part, 'silence' in email can be classified as a kind of nonverbal communication. This part gives a very detail explanation on how men and women use 'silence' in email.

 

13. Nonverbal Communication PowerPoint                ㊣㊣㊣

      roux_j.web.lynchburg.edu/public/classes/Comm212/NVCChaps12&13.ppt

      The last two slides point out how women and men differ from each other in nonverbal communication. (If cannot download the PowerPoint, please click here)

 

14. Gender Speak: Separated by Common Language             ㊣㊣㊣

      www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~renglish/377/notes/chapt04/

      In the last part of this chapter--"Gender Speak: Separated by Common Language, it talks about how men and women differ in personal space, patient, sense of humor...etc. This chapter contains lots of colourful, related pictures in explanations.

 

15. Research on the Relationship Between Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: 

      Emerging Integration                     ㊣㊣1/2㊣

     www.talkbank.org/data/JOC/1-Jones%20&%20LeBaron/1-jones%20&%20lebaron.doc

     The author argue for integrated approach in which verbal and nonverbal messages are studied as inspeparable phenomena when they occur together. Addressed are assumptions of various forms of this type of research, potential relationships of quantitative and qualitative studies, current trends found in the investigations included in this special issue, and recommendations for further work. (If cannot download, please click here)

 

16. Gender Differences in Communication: An Intercultural Experience        ㊣㊣

      www.eff.org/Net_culture/Gender_issues/mulvaney.article

      This article emphasis on 'Intercultural Experience', seldom mentions about nonverbal communication.

 

17. Sex and Power: Gender Differences in Computer-mediated Interactions        ㊣㊣

      163.238.35.140/klibaner/Jan11/SexandPower.htm

      Findings suggest that cyberspace, a context where gender of communicators is not salient, remains a male dominated atmosphere, where gender differentiation and power displays in communication persist, similar to other communication modes.

 

18. Communication between Men and Women in the Context of 

    Christian Community                     ㊣

     www.cbmw.org/resources/articles/gender_communication.html

     This page mainly focus on 'Improving Communication Between Men and Women. Only one small paragraph mentions about different body language used by different gender.

 

19. Genderly Speaking                         ㊣

      www.nade.net/documents/SCP96/SCP96.7.pdf

      This article examines communication styles that can be adapted to the classroom, providing information on gender communication patterns and identifying several communication rituals to help teachers understand themselves and their students better. The article concludes with some suggestions for improving communication in the classroom. (If cannot download, please click here)

 

20. Video Selling                1/2㊣

      ucmedical.ucxonline.berkeley.edu/sales/medicine04/medmain4.html

      This site which sell lots of teaching materials, especially videos. It has a video called "Gender and Communication: Male-Female Differences in Language and Nonverbal Behavior".

 

 

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