The gesture, the movement of the hand, is the most vivid and exquisite body language. ... So teachers should combine their oral sound and gestures to make the class lively and dynamic. Gesture appears to differ from one culture to another. Most Chinese teachers are not active in using gestures but they do use gestures either consciously or subconsciously. The most common gesture when they are talking is to stretch two palms, sometimes rotate from inside o...

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This consists of body language, gestures, and facial expressions. ... The popular stereotype of Italians, involving big gestures, lots of hand-waving, and plenty of loud and excited shouting, may be a stereotype, but it exists for a reason. ... People use gestures as an everyday utensil like waving, pointing, beckoning, and using their hands when they're arguing or speaking animatedly. But sometimes gestures are misinterpreted and that can mean that someone gets offended. ... Without gestures people will need to express their emotions, and intentions through better choice of words, gestur...

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Their facial expressions, hand movements and gestures become their nonverbal forms of discourse. ... (field notes 11/04/03) I started to see how each different hand gesture meant something different. ... In addition to the nonverbal discourse of gestures and movements, visual discourse is displayed in the style of dress of the Salsa dancers. ... On the dance floor each gesture can be interpreted to mean something. Where on a daily basis people would use words to communicate dancers "speak" to each other through hand movements and gestures. ...

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It is usually argued that while women's general bodily demeanour must be restrained and that their femininity is gauged by how little (personal) space they take up, in contrast, masculinity is judged by males' expansiveness and their strength of their flamboyant gestures. ... Thus, the three men fight for her attention through flamboyant gestures of whistling or yelling, "They whistled and shouted - However, no matter what they do, she refuses to respond the way they expect her to. ... It may as well symbolise her ferociousness .The description we are given about the woman and her...

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Autistic children have a harder time interpreting what others may think, feel, and understanding gestures and facial expressions. ... Saying something that suggest the response (Indirect Verbal), using a gesture such as pointing to ind...

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How a US Executive can Make a Good First Impression on an American Executive upon their First Business Meeting Introduction Japan, a country within the continent of Asia, is a chain of islands located east of Korea with a population exceeding 125 million. Japan does business in a wide range o...

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Classroom Management Classroom management is important, especially for beginner teachers, because it helps make those first few years of teaching easier when there is an effective classroom management system in place. Nearly one third of new teachers leave their teaching jobs within the first two years, and almost all of those teachers say that the reason behind them leaving is because of problems with classroom management. Basically, a great classroom management system means a happier teaching experience. In an ineffective, poorly-managed classroom, trouble becomes the norm as students are...

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David Leeb wrote a very compelling, unpublished paper titled "Shades of Goodman Brown". In this paper, Leeb discussed a common "yarn" that presented itself in Young Goodman Brown, The Man that Corrupted Hadleyberg, Monster, and The Devil and Daniel Webster. He writes that "It is truly curious that ...

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Tourette Syndrome "When I breathe, it breathes. When I speak, it speaks. When I try to sleep, it won't let me. Whatever I attempt to do, it's there, waiting to spoil the moment. To a doctor, it's a disorder, a medical oddity. To an onlooker, it's a spectacle "perhaps humorous, perhaps grotesque. To ...

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Letting the whiskey, a naturally strong drink, be diluted to a point where it becomes almost unreasonable to be drinking alcohol at all other than a social gesture, is an extension of Chandlers cautiousness about life, and his inability to dive into it with a fervor and passion that puts construction and order at great risk. ...

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The personality theorist, according to the editor of one of the leading journals in the field (Funder, 1994), has "an interest in what individual human beings think, feel, and do," including "how the social situation affects and is affected by the individual." Personality theory, wrote Walter Mischel, is concerned not only with differences between individuals, but also with "the basic processes of adaptation through which people interact with the conditions of their lives" (Mischel, 1993). Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) One of the primary disorders of the personality is borderline...

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Properties of Human and Animal Languages Since the time when fiction stories started, many stories have been told about animals that are able to communicate in different ways as human by talking, gestures and signalling. ... In addition, animals use the finite which is set of signals that they use to communicate within their kinds such as vocal and gestural signals used in specific situations and times (Yule, 2010). ...

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The madness that manifests itself in her final delirium of sexually explicit gestures calls to mind such literary madwoman as Ophelia, Charlotte BrontÎ's Bertha Rochester, and Robert Musil's Clarisse. ...

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Secondly, numerous devices are used to represent gestures, movement, feelings, conversation etc. and as such they draw the reader's attention to the shortcomings of language. ... In the second volume, after Dr Slop crosses himself (pg. 74), Sterne inserts a little cross that represents the actual gesture that was made. ...

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.  Suicidal impulses, statements, plans; giving away favorite things; previous suicide attempts or gestures.  Agitation, hyperactivity, restlessness may indicate masked depression. ...

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The Irish culture also has its own distinctive gestures. ... A good gesture also consists of purchasing your comrades or drinking buddies a round of drinks when it comes to your turn. ... Using a handshake that is strong is also seen as an excellent gesture. ...

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Introduction There was a time when negotiating with your children involved little more than harsh punishment. Little Johnny would ask "why?" and the response was similar to "because I said so". If Little Johnny rebutteled into "that's not fair", he was likely to find out just how unfair life can really be. Without thinking twice, his father had probably already walked away to get his belt or simply reached across the table to give him a quick slap across the mouth. ...

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Politics, art, and utopia in French anarchism and Italian futurism 1890-1920 In Paroles d'un revolte, Peter Kropotkin outlined a new vision for the arts as part of his anarchist philosophy, asserting that "the arts have a mission to accomplish for the achievement of the future society... Depict for us in your vivid style or in your fervent paintings the titanic struggle of the people against their oppressors; inflame young hearts with the beautiful breath of revolution which inspired our anarchism"1. This sentiment marks the beginning of a struggle commenced by the anarchists and brou...

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The Irish culture also has its own distinctive gestures. ... A good gesture also consists of purchasing your comrades or drinking buddies a round of drinks when it comes to your turn. ... Using a handshake that is strong is also seen as an excellent gesture. ...

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SYMPTOMS OF RESISTANCE TO CHANGE Symptoms to resistance can take the form of: Aggression: Showing hostility toward management or fellow employees through gestures, words, or even physical attacks. ...

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Genetically modified foods have been a big topic for debate recently. People both for and against have very convincing arguments but I, Constance A. Morella, republican of Maryland's 8th district believe that I have the best possible argument for this, and I hope this congress sees the point I"m trying to make and then vote on the bill with a omniscient grasp on the matter. I would vote against HR-16 which hopes to ban genetically modified foods because I know that genetically modified food will save money, and increase the health of people everywhere in the world. First off, let me st...

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The major advantage of the focus group over questionnaires and structured interviews is that it reveals what is on the respondents mind and not the researchers (Bryman, 1988). The respondents are able to talk in their own terms about issues that are of central significance to them rather than responding to predetermined, closed ended questions presumed important by the interviewer. In the latter, the respondent is limited by the choices offered and therefore findings could be unintentionally influenced by the researchers oversight or omission. Direction in interviews is also largely incompatib...

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The meaning of the statement must be compared with something else: "some other statement or statements, an action, an event, or perhaps a gesture, intonation, or facial expression" (Vasiliou, 1999). ...

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In order to explain why Warner Brothers Made a series of gangster films in the thirties it is important to understand the cinematic and social situation at that time, as these films were heavily influenced by political, financial and social affairs. I shall outline all the major contributing factors that led to Warner Bros producing this cycle of films. I will then discuss how they were received both publicly and critically, and what effect this had on the movement itself. The late 1800's and early 1900's was a very important period of growth in the United States, economically, in...

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Socialisation: Socialisation is a process by which people learn the accepted ways of behaving in the society and the roles, norms, values and culture of the society and a sense of self.it mainly takes place during childhood, but continues throughout life via various agencies like education, mass me...

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