blog assignment 3. Nonverbal communication

Every language has their own grammar, vocabulary and so on. So, if you want to learn a new foreign language, you can learn reading, listening, speaking and writing. However, there is another factor in language, nonverbal communication. For me, English is a foreign language that American nonverbal communication is not familiar. Especially, eye contacting could be a good example.
The eye contacting is accepted as different meaning in Korea and America. Eye contacting time in Korea is much shorter than America. It is because of strong Confucianism that Korea has. In Korea, gazing at the old people is a rude behavior. The old should have to be respected that the young must stand at attention and lower their position to the old. The greeting with banding down also means the respect to the others by lowering their position. For instance, if you are scolded from a teacher, parents or elder who to be respected, you should have to be crouch your body little big and lower your eyes. If not, like keep the eye contacting with them, it could be meaning you are fair that you do not have anything wrong. However, in America, eye contacting means respect for the speaker that shows you are paying attention to them. So, avoid eye contacting while they rebuke means you are indifference the speaker’s talking. For this reason, America people are familiar in an eye contacting to show their regard. But, for me, long eye contacting is not familiar that makes me embarrassed and, I have to avoid meeting their eyes.