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assignment5
what's [What's]the human behavior? it [It]includes activities, body language and so on. The human behavior serves a variety of purposes. Firstly it can replace verbal communication, as with the use of gesture. Secondly it can modify verbal communication. Loudness and tone of voice is an example here. Thirdly it regulates social interaction: turn taking is largely [mainly]governed by non-verbal signals. Fourthly it conveys our emotions. Finally it conveys our attitude towards ourselves and towards the people we are communicating with. This is particularly important for successful cross-cultural communication.
so When you don’t speak [So even if you are not speaking]you may still be communicating.In other words, if we want to communicate with people of other cultures more successfully, we need not only be able to use the verbal language appropriately, but also be able to use the nonverbal behaviors that go with that particular language. Observation shows that a truly bilingual person switches his body languages at the same time he switches languages.[uses] (But I don't know we can use the "switch" in this way, if I make a mistake tell me as soon as possible! Thank you.)