Conversation Post

Part A- This part was the easier part of the assignment. I did not realize how much I liked to talk until I was unable to! With me not being able to speaking, that forced my partner to do all the talking. She was the one asking all the questions and changing the topic whenever needed to. It got very hard when she was asking complex questions. So what she did instead was she made those hard questions into much easier questions to answer; she tried using yes or no questions. My partner was definitely in control of the whole conversation and held the power. She was the one who asked the questions, changed the topics when necessary, and changed the way we communicated by asking certain types of questions. In cultures where there is no talking, they would be treated differently and held to a lower standard than those who speak. Also, it would make people who speak not want to interact with the other culture. For example, people who are deaf use sing language. However, so many people do not know sign language, which makes it very difficult with people who speak communicate with them. People speak to each other every day, but we do not value how fortunate we are to be able to do so.

Part B- This part was by far the hardest part of the assignment. Not being able to have any body movements showed that there was almost no point to the conversation because my partner was the one doing all the work. My partner asked all the questions and did not get any answers she needed out of me due to the lack of body motion. This made her very frustrated and mad at me! Body language is extremely necessary to use in a conversation. Without it there is no way to have emotion or to show reaction without it. Conversations become very boring and robotic.

People who may experience difficulty with body language are people with autism. They are in a world that is centered around themselves and when someone makes gesture or hand motion, it is lost to them. Most autistic children have a hard time making eye contact during conversation. When someone who does not have autism is speaking to someone who does, not having eye contact would be difficult to see if you are making sense to them because their attention could be somewhere else.

The benefit of possessing the ability to read body language is such an advantage to life. For example, if you are on a date with someone, you can tell I that person is having a good time or not by their facial expressions and by their body language. Many conversations that lead to relationships begin because interest in communicated or some sort of body language, like a smile, a wink, a nod, etc. Another example would be if you are working at a convenient store. If a robber were to come in holding a gun, you can tell if they have done this before or not by their body language. If they are shaky, continuously looking around, sweating, and the look of being scared in their eyes. Being able to read body language is a huge advantage.

For the most part, most people can read body language because it is something we do every day. I think a situation where not reading body language would be okay is if you travel to another country. There are so many different cultures out there that live and act in so many different ways. If I were to travel to Europe, they may act differently than I do here in America. You do not want to confuse yourself. Another example would be playing poker. When playing card games, you want to try and trick others by giving them false body language and false facial expressions. In this case, not being able to read body language would be a good thing because you may be telling yourself different things that can confuse yourself.