Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Success today depends greatly on the quality of communication. People communicate in a number of different ways known as verbal or nonverbal. Verbal communication consists of the actual content of our language like task ordering, how we say it, and how we describe individuals or group members While nonverbal communication is all behaviors including facial expressions, body position, posture, movement, hand gestures, and paralinguistic behaviors (Cheesebro, O’Connor & Rios, 2010). Therefore, good communication skills are imperative, because knowing how to get your point across effectively so that your audience understands exactly what you are trying to say helps close the communication gap among people. There are several principals involved in both verbal and nonverbal communications. The first principle of verbal communication is recognizing that every language has a significant value. Even though there are many different languages in the world, they are all equally important (Cheesebro, O’Connor & Rios, 2010). The second principle is recognizing the many dialects all of the languages that exist in the world. For example, Americans who live in the North have a different accent then those who live in the South. Moreover, those who live in the North may have a hard time understanding people from the South because of their accent (Cheesebro, O’Connor & Rios, 2010). The third principle involves understanding what one person says in their own language or dialect may not mean the same thing to someone else in their language or dialect. As a result, it can lead to a miscommunication because of the lack of understanding between the different languages. The fourth principle is to recognize and understand that every culture has a different way of talking and communicating.
