Abstract
This thesis entitled ‘Non-Verbal Communication by Autistic Children’ was conducted with the aim to find out the component s of kinesics as a part of nonverbal communication expressed by autistic children when interacting with their teachers at S LB ABC Taman Pendidikan Islam. Beside that this study also intended to know the meanings of those kinesics component s expressed by autistic children when interacting with their teachers. This research used a descriptive qualitative approach by applying kinesics theory by Ray Birdwhistell. The data collection techniques were conducted by using non-participant observation techniques and documentation. The documents used to support this study were in the form of photographs and video recorder that showed the communication done by the autistic children with their teachers during the learning process in the class. The results showed that although autistic children cannot interact clearly through verbal communication, they can express their desires through non verbal communication. They can communicate by expressing it through facial expressions, eye contact, body movement , posture and touch. T he meaning of the non-verbal communication expressed by each autistic child has a different meaning. This study also intended to give worthy contribution to all people who want to understand the non-verbal communication of autistic children.
Highlights
Humans always carry out social interactions with each other because they cannot live alone
The researcher used descriptive qualitative design to analyse the data, in which to understand the forms of kinesics found in autistic children and about the meaning of those kinesics forms through observation and documentation
It means that not all the non verbal communication expressed by autistic child have the same kinesics components and the same meaning with the other autistic child
Summary
Humans always carry out social interactions with each other because they cannot live alone. Communication is very important for people to help them interact with other humans andto convey their ideas. The definition of communication in terminology means the delivery of statements by someone to others as a consequence of social relations (Sunardi and Sunaryo, 2006, p.174). The understanding of communication here emphasizes communication as a tool of social relations and as a consequence of humans as social beings. Communication is an important aspect of expressing feelings, ideas, desires, and needs. The main tool in communication is language (Jordan and Powell2, 2002, p.51). It means that both communication and language cannot be separated. Language is needed for communication, involving either verbal or non-verbal language. It is known that in human’s communication, there are two essential aspects, they are verbal communication and non-verbal communication (Borg, 2009)
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