Language Blog

Part 1

Part one of this assignment I did at Universal Studios with my family. I was not a loud to talk at least with using words or using different forms of language. Even though it was kind of difficult, it was not impossible. They kept trying to ask my deep questions that were a little more than a nod of the head or just a simple laugh. They were actually quite impossible to answer so I just glared at them instead. They did keep trying to ask me questions and different forms of questions to try and get me to crack.

I was in a small group of people however it was one person that kept talking to me and trying to crack me and yes, he definitely controlled the conversation, he was the one changing the topics, and he asked all of the questions while I ‘tried’ to answer. I was not really excluded too much also, it was almost like I got more attention since they felt the need to crack me. My partner definitely had the power for this fifteen minutes. Like I said he lead all the questions and conversations with me. I almost felt powerless since some things I couldn’t even respond to and I could not talk or contribute anything to the conversation. I had no power in this conversation therefore it was not balanced.

                I Believe that the spoken language would have the advantage here with communicating complex ideas within their population because I could not even imagine a lot of people just making a bunch of faces at each other and waving their arms and getting anything done! I think the spoken language people would just be very easily irritated at the people that only use gestures thinking, “just speak up”. I would also think that they would think that they are not as mature, almost like a baby who does not know how to talk.

Part 2

                Part two of this assignment was also doe at universal Studios with my family. This one I was aloud to talk but not use any gestures, hands, smiles, or smirks. This one was definitely harder than part one. I feel like part one there are clear easy guidelines… just don’t talk. Where this one was a little more vague it was way harder to tell when you would make a facial gesture or accidentally use your hands. The hardest part for me though was smiling. If you are saying no body language, then that means you really can’t laugh when something is funny (which of course, everything became funny right as soon as I started) because that is almost an expression of how you are feeling, and you couldn’t give a nice warm smile to someone as they walked by. I almost felt mean with this part just because I felt like I could not smile or laugh I just had to be monotoned and boring. I do not think they were really affected too much by my lack of body language. Once again, they were trying to crack me and point out every little thing that was funny or they would tell a joke… this is where they got me I did crack quite a few times doing this part.

                I think yes, signs are useful, but they are not as useful as the language itself. I think being able to talk is more useful and productive but, it is very, very hard to speak with out doing some kind of signs or body language. I think speaking with no emotions is kind of like having conversations over text. They could be a great way for communication and just talking and keeping friends, but then again it could also go very wrong by the way they perceive you.

                A smile goes a long way and sometimes actions do speak louder than words. Like I have said previously speaking is more useful and can get more things done, or even get them started but it is very hard to go around in your every day life without using any body language. That is just one thing that I feel like comes so naturally and you don’t even have to think about it. I think body language is also so much more than what we think. It reveals your personality are you timid and shy? It will show. Are you a bit obnoxious? I’m sure that will also show in the way you conduct yourself. This will help you though life. Kind of how you need confidence in that interview to maybe get that job or sometimes you have to fake it. People supposedly love confidence and I feel like a lot of that is shown in your body language.

                I’m not sure if there is anyone who has a hard time reading body language, none come to mind. Maybe animals or babies. I think it is not as helpful to just judge someone off of an interview, like I was saying before. People fake it to make it all the time. That may not be there actual selves. Also, movies, those are all actors. You cannot expect those people you see in movies to conduct themselves the same exact way off of the movie as you would on the movie.