Body language and facial expressions convey many messages to others. In fact, both are often be able to convey the real message in communicating, compared with just more than words. There are many ways of interpreting body languages. If we come from different countries, the meaning of body language is different too, because of cultural differences. Body language consists of eye contact, gestures, hand movements, and facial expressions. There are three examples of body language commonly used in Indonesia.
First, eye contact. The eyes are one of the most revealing instruments of body language. Sometimes we get clues about a person’s heart and mind through the eyes. When eye contact happens directly, then it’s a positive signal, because it means the person pay attention to your greeting. But if there is a little eye contact or even no, it is a negative indication, that means, he/she could be not interested, lying, hiding something, or feel uncomfortable. And then the second is facial expression, one of the most important facial expressions is the mouth / lips. If the tip of their lips toward the top (like a smile) , then this is positive signal, while if the tip is pressed her lips to the bottom, then this is a negative signal. And the last, hand movement, if your thumb and forefinger pinch the chin, indicating that we are interested with the conversation. So, if I collaborate them into one sentence, it will be ‘he/she is very interested with this conversation because his/her eyes contact with me directly, the tip of their lips toward the top, and his/her thumb and forefinger pinch the chin’.
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