Non-verbal Forms Research Articles

Reliability of the Sexual Knowledge Picture Instrument: a potential diagnostic instrument for sexual abuse in young children

ObjectiveTo determine the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the Sexual Knowledge Picture Instrument (SKPI), a potential diagnostic instrument for young suspected victims of sexual abuse containing three scoring forms, that...

Principles of Creating an Electronic Catalog of Graphics Based on the Manuscripts of F. M. Dostoevsky

The article substantiates the principles of studying the graphic content of Dostoevsky᾽s handwritten texts and creating an electronic catalog of graphic samples that would include the most representative examples of the writer᾽s handwriting and their scientific description. The research material is Dostoevsky᾽s workbooks, which include entries of various kinds: rough sketches for artistic and journalistic ideas, letter drafts, notes for memory, addresses, calculations related to household and editorial and publishing . The variety of the material under study allows us to collect more informative and complete data on the specifics of graphic characteristics in the writer᾽s texts. The analysis and systematization of handwriting features, typical and atypical handwriting, are productive in deciphering the so-called “difficult readings” and are important for understanding the semantic context of Dostoevsky᾽s recordings, in some cases allowing to clarify important factual information. The practical value of the research lies in the possibility of using the data obtained in the study of hard-to-read handwriting, illegible spellings, as well as in the analysis of non-verbal forms of Dostoevsky᾽s graphics and their role in the creative process of the author. To solve these problems, a special toolkit has been developed that allows for the research selection of graphic images and their description.

To dance or not to dance?

This article discusses the body politic of the GDR in the context of leisure and dancing. Two case studies are employed to show how conventional Western methods of describing and defining a musical event fail to capture the social aspect of popular music dancing in East Germany. The embodiment of popular music through dancing is proposed as an aesthetic choice that subverts official body politic and offers a non-verbal form of resistance. Through the focus on the body and the creation of affective communities, this article shows how young people were able to escape state control and regain a level of agency that might not have existed otherwise. By introducing aesthetics as a method of enquiry, a wider examination of the relationship between the body, politics and popular music is enabled.

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN TRAINING INTERPRETERS

The article deals with the issue of future interpreters’ training. The essence, content and components of the interpreter’s professional competence have been characterized. There has been analyzed communicative competence as one of the main skills for future specialists in the sphere of translation. Communicative competence is an integrated use of language and nonlanguage means of communication. The basis of communicative competence are communicative skills formed through speech skills. Communicative competence also implies the ability to interpret non-verbal forms of communication. Translation as a special type of communicative activity aims at providing the opportunity to communicate and exchange information in a situation of intercultural (bilingual) communication. The process of translation is a kind of language activity, which aims at the most complete reproduction of the content and form of a target text. There have been used different methods in the study: general scientific (analysis and synthesis), methods of theoretical research, descriptive method (classification, cataloguing), continuous sampling method alongside definition analysis.

Learning with respect: a Mapuche cultural value (Aprender con respeto: un valor de la cultura mapuche)

ABSTRACT This article examines the value of respect, as demonstrated towards non-human living beings by a group of Mapuche girls in Southern Chile, while attending a rural school. This work is an ethnographic study based upon systematic observations of daily life within an educational space. An example is presented in which the practices of care and social interactions in a spontaneous activity during recess, which involves protecting an insect, are described. The findings demonstrate that the cultural value of respect underpins the activities performed by the girls. The presence of synchronous, collective organization, flexibly assembled and coordinated through non-verbal forms of communication was observed. The findings are discussed taking into account the LOPI model and the Mapuche educational model, reinforcing the ongoing repertoire of cultural practices learned inside of the family and community space.

Media Literacy in Modern Education: Problems and Achievements of Scholars

The article on the basis of systematic retrospective analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature and modern educational realities, substan-tiates the relevance of the formation of media literacy of the individual in the information society. Since the media ambiguously affect the spiritual world of a person, the education of the younger generation, its integration into society, it is necessary to teach children and young people to adequately perceive, analyze and evaluate broadcast information and use it wisely in their lives. The views of scientists from different countries on the essence of the concepts of media education and media literacy, which entered into the scientific circulation and educational space in the 30s of the twentieth century and are aimed at the perception of a diverse information, to prepare growing generation for life in modern information conditions, to teach people to communicate verbal and nonverbal forms of communication through tech-nical means. Emphasis is placed on the need to start the formation of media literacy in primary school, in particular during the study of the content line “Exploring the media” in the lessons of language and literature. It analyzes the ways of carrying out this process and the components of ineffective literacy, as well as various forms of organization of educational activities of primary school students, the use of which allows to develop critical thinking and media competence of students. Theoretical considerations are confirmed by me-thodical developments in the study of the topic “Fairy tales from around the world” in the lessons of “Literary reading” (“Ugly duckling”, “Mitten”, “Bunny fairy tale”, etc.) using media. It is argued that the development of media literacy and media culture is an extremely important factor in shaping the moral and ethical qualities and civic position of primary school students of the New Ukrainian School, which integrates today into the European and world educational space.

Birth ofHomo Mimeticus: Nietzsche, Genealogy, Communication

This article develops a genealogical account of the birth of homo mimeticus – out of mimetic communication. While genealogy tends to be suspicious of stable origins, a key advocate of the genealogical method such as Friedrich Nietzsche was deeply interested in diagnosing the evolution of non-verbal forms of ‘communication’ that, in his view, gave birth to language, consciousness, and culture. For the Nietzschean mimetic theory this article proposes, mimesis is thus not simply an image far removed from reality but an all too human, embodied, and relational form of communication that makes Homo sapiens an eminently social species. I argue that Nietzsche’s genealogy of the origins of language (out of mimetic reflexes) opens up a timely alternative to both the Scylla of (post)structuralist accounts of arbitrary linguistic signs and the Charybdis of speculative hypotheses on founding sacrificial murders. In the process, it may also pave the way for recent re-discoveries of the role mimesis played in the birth of that thoroughly original species we call, homo mimeticus.

HUBUNGAN MEDIA TERHADAP PERILAKU BULLIYING DI SMA SEDERAJAT KECAMATAN PARE KEDIRI

AbstractThe development of information technology brings a change in society, the birth of the media itself makes people's behavior patterns experience a shift in both culture, ethics and existing norms. In fact, the internet has now become a necessary necessity for the majority in many circles, with the development of the media so that it has an impact, one of the impacts is that many teenagers are bullying others in verbal and non-verbal forms. The purpose of this study is to find out how related the media is so that it can trigger bullying behavior. The method used in this study is descriptive analytical correlation. And the results of this study are the relationship between social media and bullying behavior. If it is seen that the rxy obtained is 0.665, it turns out that it lies between 0.40 - 0.70 based on the guidelines contained in the table. So it can be stated that the correlation between the variables X and Y is a moderate or sufficient correlation. Keywords: Media, Bulliying, Verbal

Exploring EFL Learners' Metaphorical Conceptions of Language Learning: A Multimodal Analysis.

Owing to the limitations of linguistic modes to portray aptly L2 learners' metaphors of language learning experience, growing attention has been paid to taking advantage of other modes like visual ones to ameliorate this concern. Hence, the present study sought to explore images and metaphors Iranian EFL learners may have in mind about the essence of English language as a foreign learning. To this end, Iranian EFL learners' verbal and non-verbal forms of metaphorical depiction were examined. One intact class, including intermediate male and female learners (n = 11) at a non-profit language institute was selected randomly. The data were collected through both verbal (a single-item questionnaire) and non-verbal (drawings) tools. The learners' drawings and written descriptions were examined so as to both tap into their mental representations of what 'English learning' means to them and get closer insights into the learners' belief system. The study's conceptual framework was mainly built on Oxford et al.'s (System 26:3-50, 1998) perspectives on education and Vygotsky's (Mind in society: the development of higher psychological processes, Harvard University Press, 1978) Socio-cultural theory (SCT) of learning. The multimodal analysis of the metaphors evidenced that the learners' verbal and visual metaphorical representations shared the common perspectives towards English learning. Additionally, the extracted metaphorical concepts disclosed the learners' positive attitudes, enthusiasm, and desire for English learning. Results unveiled that most of the visual and verbal metaphorical depictions portray language learning as a joyful, dynamic and discovery individual process. The study ends with presenting some implications and offering some avenues for further research.

Prestiż. Kulturowy wymiar pracy w teatrze w aspekcie zrównoważonego rozwoju na Warmii i Mazurach

Prestige. Cultural Dimension of Work in the Theater in Terms of Sustainable Development in Varmia and Masuria The aim of the text is to show the role of culture in sustainable development as a process in which the values, that define work, are transferred and consolidated. The example is the prestige of artistic work in the theatre in Varmia and Masuria region. The cultural function of work is expressed here in the values that determine the prestige of workplaces and professions. Prestige is a concept that specializes and prioritizes the perception of work. It means public respect which is expressed by at least two participants of communication. The theatre is the object of expressing prestige in the performance of work. The subject of the analysis are congratulatory diplomas given to a well known actress of the Olsztyn theatre from the 1940s to 1980. The topics analysed include the reasons for expressing prestige, ways of determining merit, phrases emphasizing prestige and its non-verbal forms. The prestige of the theatre institution and prestige of persons who work there is not directly a result of their professional activities but is determined by other, external factors. The ‘subordinate’, service and non-profit character of cultural institutions and their workers is emphasized. Moreover, the prestige is expressed in a specific cultural context of a region which suffered from significa

Morphosynthec in Verbal Messages Angry Expressions in The Film Dua Garis Biru

The main subject of this research is the language used in the film Dua Garis Biru which expresses angry emotions. Language as a means of expression, of course, is very useful for channeling feelings, attitudes, ideas, and pressures of oral and written feelings. Films that raise the theme of social issues in society, often raise disputes that describe the angry emotions experienced by each character. The emotions shown can be seen in verbal and non-verbal forms. The purpose of this study is to determine the form of speech and types of speech that show angry expressions that are supported by existing psychological phenomena. The study data was obtained using the listening method with an advanced technique, namely the free-of-conversation listening technique. The results of this study indicate that there are several utterances found in expressing angry emotions such as negative lingual markers with emotional types of speech accompanied by psychological phenomena in the vocal expression of an elevated voice.

Breaking Linguistic and Communicative Barriers in an ESL Classroom through Nonverbal Communication

Communication has always been a problem between interlocutors, especially in a setting where a second or foreign language is the medium of instruction. Therefore, this work identifies the mode of nonverbal communication in an English as a Second Language (E.S.L.) classroom as one strategy to overcome communication barriers between the language teacher and his students. Here, the multicultural nonverbal mode that transcends cultural and linguistic boundaries resolves the quagmire of comprehension and clarity by reinforcing messages that words are incapable of delivering successfully to the language learner, as a famous maxim has it that actions speak louder and even more precisely than words. Therefore, our presentation principally examines the roles such nonverbal cues as body language and paralinguistic accompaniments play in Nigeria's English Language teaching and learning environment. To justify the use of a nonverbal form of communication to bridge linguistic and communication gaps in a Second Language (L2) class, this delivery is premised on the theoretical frameworks of Hargie (2011), Oster et al. (1992), and Kibrik (1992). It is suggested that language teachers and instructors perfect the use of gestures and extra-linguistic modes as alternatives to communicate meaning to their non-English audience.

THE PERSUASIVE POTENTIAL OF MULTIMODALITY IN GERMAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE

The article aims at studying the features of the simultaneous and complementary interaction of verbal and non-verbal means in German political communication and the scientific description of multimodality as a characteristic discourse-style sign of politics. The methodology of the presented study is based on a holistic approach to language as the essential part of human cognitive-communicative actions, which always involves paraverbal and non-verbal forms of providing and/or obtaining information and communicating with others. The method of scientific analysis uses induction and deduction and suprasegmental and contextual analysis. The material for interpretation is political texts and communicative situations from the political life of modern Germany. Based on the agonicity and theatricality as systemic-forming features of political discourse, the author interprets certain types of interaction between politicians’ speech and such culturally dependent semiotic signs as visual color symbols and linguocolor secondary nominations, paralinguistic signals, details of the appearance of the speech subject, various forms of “body language”, etc. The discursively determined functions of polymodal communicative means are established: information function, attention-attracting function, identifying function, function of practical argumentation and emotional-associative influence. With the help of numerous examples, the assumption that communicative theatrical tactics accompanying the politician’s speech and based on paralinguistic, visual, kinesic and proxemic signals form not least the image of the politician, which includes not only his speech features but also the skillfully played individual psychological peculiarities, as well as the characteristics of the personal appearance and behavior developed with the help of political technologists and imagemakers. The cumulative combination of verbal and non-verbal communicative means with the charismatic behavior of a politician significantly increases the persuasive potential of public speeches and actions of political figures.

Вибір вербальних та невербальних засобів комунікації як спосіб уникнення конфліктів між учасниками освітнього процесу

The integration of all spheres of public life into the educational process requires from a modern educator the ability to rationally choose the means of verbal and non-verbal communication, which leads to understanding, contact, a stable informative position during classes. The article considers the problematic issues of verbal communication, namely: knowledge and use of language norms, the ability to get out of different conversational settings, in accordance with the changes in the Ukrainian spelling in 2019. Modern psychologists have proven the influence of non-verbal communication on the learning process, and therefore, regardless of fashion trends, a teacher must remain a professional in any way, and his (or her) every gesture should add incentives to learn but not distract a learner. The inability to find common ground in the teacher-student-parent triangle is increasingly leading to conflict situations and therefore, having experienced some social constraints during quarantine, pandemic, distance education, we must return to social interaction in all possible ways including the use of non-verbal means of communication which regardless of our wishes, give all aspects of the behavioral norm, character, psychological characteristics of a speaker. The inability to speak, express thoughts and ideas leads not only to misunderstandings but also to conflicts between the parties. There are many factors that affect the understanding process. The use of non-verbal forms of communication is perceived at a different but no less effective level of understanding information which is an indispensable method of work in the educational process, when you need to attract maximum effort for quality transferperception-assimilation of knowledge by students.

Рождество и колядная обрядность Брестчины в современных нарративах

The article presents contemporary written and oral stories about Christmas and carol rituals of the Brest region, which can be qualified as a hypertext of a common semantic field (the status of the folklore genre is not recognized yet for its prose components). They reveal the social meaning of spiritual (religious, philosophical, aesthetic) aspects of the holiday in the development of society and the communicative and pragmatic potential of verbal and nonverbal forms of ritualized interaction in particular communities.

Examination of the relationship between the creativity and social skills of primary school children

ABSTRACT The aim of the present study is to analyze the relationship between the social skills and creativity of children aged between 7 and 11 years. 312 children, aged 7–11 years and their mothers were the participants of the present study. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TToCT) Verbal and Nonverbal tasks fluency Form A was administered to the children in decades. The participating mothers completed the Social Skill Assessment Scale (SSAS) to evaluate the social skills of the children. The administration of the test took 80 min and was evaluated by two experts who converted the results into standard scores. Whereas at the end of the study a positive relationship was determined between the sub-dimensions of TToCT and the subdimensions of the SSAS, the multiple regression analysis results have determined that the subdimensions of verbal flexibility and figural enrichment have interpreted the subdimension of problem solving of the SSAS with statistical significance.

THE ROLE OF NON-LINGUISTICS AND KINESICS IN DAILY LIFE COMMUNICATIONS IN EGYPT

This article is devoted to the research of how the use of nonverbal forms of communications eases the interaction between people in daily life circumstances. The research revealed that in crowded cities or always busy work atmospheres like restaurants or offices, it turns out that the use of kinesics and body language makes it easier to communicate - saving a lot of time and thus being more productive. Taking into consideration Egypt - which is ranked 14th among the most populous countries in the world, we have done a study to analyse the effect of using nonverbal forms of communication on the overall meaning of speech, and it turned out that it complements, emphasises and strengthens the meaning, and clearly delivers the thoughts of the speaker who sometimes can’t express what he needs to say using verbal forms of speech. In general, gestures offer a better representation of the person and keep a good contact with the listeners, keeping their attentiveness. It proved out that most of the emotions and feelings can’t be expressed just by words, and that the use of gestures and illustrations is sometimes a must to completely deliver the intended meaning. In connection with all this, gestures open the door for the creation of new words, since not everything that can be expressed using a gesture can be explained in words. Even though there are no dictionaries or any formal references for local gestures, there is a need to involve more professional approaches to the study of gestures, thus increasing the word base of our dictionaries, which would eventually increase the general cultural level of societies.

ჟესტების ენა და მისი გამოყენების ტენდენციები პოლიტიკაში

It is clear that there have always been different communication forms between the people all around the world, in this case the word different is appropriate as with communication variety, also with difference between the public, culture and existed ideas in them. Thus, for politician, anywhere in the world, it is important to use verbal and non-verbal communication forms, as with the population, also with other politicians. The fact, that verbal communication is a general factor for the politician when impacting on the public, nobody denies this, and however, as a result of developing of technologies, visual understanding has more increased, that means that verbal communication can be less successful if it is not accompanied with non-verbal. We can say that at present precondition of success in politics is a well refined gesticulation for the politician, well coded around the topic. According to the above mentioned I think that the research about sign language, its theoretical analysis and research is quite important

Metadata Schema for Folktales in the Mekong River Basin

The aim of this study was to analyze the content, context, and structure of folktales from the Mekong River Basin, and to develop a metadata schema for data description and folktale storage. The research was conducted using the MAAT metadata lifecycle model, which comprises the following four steps: (1) conducting an information content analysis; (2) creating metadata requirements, (3) developing a metadata schema; and (4) carrying out a metadata service and evaluation. The folktale analysis, based on Anne Gilliland’s information object analysis, revealed the following: (1) the folktale content consists of types of tales, and the morals, beliefs, and parts they incorporate; (2) the folktale context consists of and names distributors, characters, scenes, magical objects, ethnic groups, languages, countries, relationships between tales, and their sources; (3) the folktale structure includes verbal, non-verbal, and mixed forms. The metadata schema development adopted the functional requirements for bibliographic records concepts and existing metadata standards, resulting in metadata with the following 18 elements: identifier, title, creator, contributor, description, relation, language, medium, sources, date, rights, keyword, character, moral, ethnic group, motif, place, and country. The metadata elements were described using the categories: name, definition, format, example, and note.

Further Thoughts about Expressivity and Language: Reply to Peter Goldberg and Anne Alvarez

ABSTRACT Two discussants offer different perspectives on my view of language as an expressive medium for some seriously disordered patients. An expressivist model of language is reviewed. Peter Goldberg challenges its integration of verbal and nonverbal forms, and the place of language when symbolization is undeveloped, as is common with such patients. I reply to his challenge and proposal of a sensory-perceptual mode to enable communication through language. Anne Alvarez sees verbal-nonverbal integration in the phenomenon of “voice,” which accords with my view of language as experiential. I find vitalizing aspects of voice that link to her approach of “reclamation.”