Do you know what body language is? Body language is using your face or body to communicate.
For example, if you say:
- “What are you doing?” with an angry face
or
- “What are you doing?” with a happy face.
The words are the same, but the message is VERY different!
Today, let’s start to think about body language and how it helps or damages communication.
Watch this video:
This video is of a robot girl. It was built recently in Japan.
Many people say she looks scary! Actually, I think so too!
QUESTION: Why does she look scary? Think carefully about her BODY LANGUAGE.
- Is it natural?
- Why or why not?
Now think about your body language when you use English. Is it natural? What do you notice?
Put your answer in the comments!
It (I can’t write she) really looks scary because of very disagreeable appearance. It looks like zombie. It hasn’t any body language. IMHO Japanese should stop this experiment otherwise such clumsy creatures will be part of our life. It’s terrible!
She looks scary because of her eyes and lips , it’s not natural because her face can’t express emotion even though her skin ‘s built by flexible silicone . She can move more like a human than a previous robots but she’s still a robot .
I’m trying to use my body language but it’s not natural . When I focus on everything my friends’re saying , my face’s full stretched.
She looks like a wax figure from a terror film!
Yes she is scary looking. The reason is that her body language does not match her voice.
Like Jane said, we use our full face when we communicate with others! We also use our whole body too (arms, hands etc).
Thank you for your comments!