Identity and Non-Verbal Communication: The Case of UCC Students on Master of Arts Teaching Communicative Skills Programme.
Keywords:
Identity, enactment, non-verbal, communication, gestures.Abstract
Whether we communicate verbally or non-verbally, we are bound to enact identities for ourselves, or we might be perceived as enacting identities. The main objective of this study is to analyse the kinds of identities that are enacted with some non-verbal cues. Using the identity theory, the researchers examined a data set of four (4) presentations by M. A. Teaching Communicative Skill students. The study identified several non-verbal cues which were further categorized into five main groups - physical appearance, gestures, face and eyes behaviours, vocal behaviours and space environment. These were the parameters used to determine the identities enacted during the presentations. Having used these parameters, researchers observed that each of the presenters A, B, C, and D enacted distinct identities and in some cases common identities.
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