Non-verbal Communication

    Language is an important tool that people use it to communicate with other people everyday. However, is the verbal communication the only way to transmit the meaning? Through reading the "non-verbal communication", it is obvious that non-verbal communication is more useful than verbal communication for knowing the meaning transmitted from other people. Non-verbal communication have different categories: eye-contact, gestures, facial expression and so on. Because of the different culture in different countries,  the same act or gestures may have different meanings. For instance, between China and America, the same way to communicate with other people can transmit different meanings. 

     Body language is a common way to transmit the meanings without saying a word.  The same body language may have different meanings between China and other countries. Such as, stamping one's foot in China means frustration, however in America, the act means impatience. Gestures is also a non-verbal communication way to interact with other people.  In China, shaking hand is not used between two different generations. It can be considered a impolite act.. It is always can be used  between friends and businessmen. However, in singaporeans, people are more open-minded and they will shake hands when they meet at the first time.