non-verbal communication (nvc) plays a major role in various aspects of human life (andersen, 2004; cameron, 2001; johnstone, 2008). children learning their first language come to realize non-verbal communication as their socialization process takes place (fletcher & german, 1990; ingram, 1996; owens, 2001). however, most efl learners may have little exposure to these non-verbal aspects of ...

Non-verbal communication incorporating visual, audio, and contextual information is important to make sense of and navigate the social world. Individuals who have trouble with social situations often have difficulty recognizing these sorts of non-verbal social signals. In this article, we propose a training tool NOCOA+ (Non-verbal COmmuniation for Autism plus) that uses utterances in visual and...

The article is devoted to the study of polycode in academic discourse. purpose describe as one parameters discourse, understood a complex social and communicative activity education. Academic discourse includes subjects, objects, products communication particular environment. raises question use educational environment at university. Polycode strategy, or technique by which participants are inf...

It has been suggested that since verbal communication (i.e., using human language to represent the world and pass on information) can be seen as a subsystem of a larger system of human communication, it therefore exhibits all features of an open communication system (cf. Katz and Kahn 1966). The following characteristics provide an insight into the nature of ́the speechmaking system ́ from this p...

Abstract The aim of intercultural translation is to communicate. Communication is acted via verbal as well as visual means. The interaction of verbal and visual means of communication makes a set of complex situations which demand special attention in translation. One context in which the interaction of visual and verbal elements gets vital importance is children’s picture books. Color is an in...

† Escola Superior de Saúde da Universidade de Aveiro (ESSUA), Aveiro, Portugal; e-mail: [email protected] ‡ Escola Superior de Saúde da Universidade de Aveiro (ESSUA), and Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro (IEETA), Aveiro, Portugal; e-mail: [email protected] †† School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; e-mail: [email protected] 2009 International N...