SOC/110
6/7/2014

People from all over the world use verbal and non-verbal communication daily. Some people who are hearing impaired use special equipment and they also use sign language. People communicate many different ways, one way would be through telephone, and another way would be through face- to-face interaction. The differences between verbal and non-verbal communication is a way for people to communicate face-to-face. I am just going to name a few key components in verbal communication are sound, words, speaking, and language. Non-verbal communication is communication without speaking words. An example of non-verbal communication is facial expressions, eyes, and touching. The challenges in communicating between genders will be that men and women may use the same words to describe a situation but expresses it differently. For example, a man says to a woman that he never talks to her when he is feeling depressed or when something bothering him as a statement that he is frustrated not knowing if she has done something wrong. He interprets that as a statement of a fact. I think someone of the opposite gender understands similar information differently than I because I look at a situation at all different angles. I will try every way possible to solve a problem. For example, a man can do whatever he wants to do in a relationship whether it be good or bad such as if it be cheating or simply using a woman for her money and housing. When the tables turns that man cannot handle what that female is doing so he tries to stop her in any way that he can because some women are strong and endure a lot unlike some men. The challenges arise in communicating across cultures will be that they speak a different language which means no communication without being bilingual. Some examples are In Swahili “Jambo” means hello, In Spanish “Hola” is how you say hello, In French