Week 4 Paper Communication is a key aspect to the success of a group project or activity. There are two forms of communication that people use; verbal and nonverbal. In verbal communication people rely on spoken and written words to communicate with one another over the phone, through face to face speech, or through fax and email messages. This is useful for people to instantly relay messages between each other when haste is crucial or before they forget. Nonverbal communication is just as, if not more important than its verbal counterpart. A common saying is that “actions speak louder than words”. Though that phrase was meant to be used when someone does something rather than just talking about it but the same phrase can be used in this situation. Sometimes people have a better reaction when using nonverbal communication in a group project rather than just explaining something to someone. People use body language to provide an emotional aspect to their spoken words as well as to provide emphasis to something important. One way people use nonverbal communication is to point at something or remove something that is unimportant. The tone of someone’s voice is also considered a portion of nonverbal communication. You can tell a lot about what someone is saying to you by the tone in their voice and how they use their facial expressions to emote on what they are saying. Men and women have different views on different things and sometimes this makes it more difficult to discuss ideas and theories with teammates. A female may think of one portion of a project as extremely important while a male may believe it is not as important as other aspects and the two may argue on the point making it difficult to complete the project. Language and communication are considered learned behavior which develops through a combination of nature and nurture, genetic predisposition