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understand: If The main Non-verbal cues imprecise: Non- the speaker disadvantages of complement a verbal delivers his or speech or verbal message communication is her speech on inaccuracy. If by adding to its quite vague and the basis of the the speaker fails meaning. You can imprecise. Since in audience level, it to understand pat someone you this becomes easy the need of the offended at the communication understanding. audiences, back as you say there is no use of So, the main speech becomes sorry to him or words or language advantages of worthless. her. which expresses speech are 2. Complexity: 2. Easy clear meaning to understandable. This form of presentation: the receiver. No 2. Time saving: communication Information can dictionary can Direct speech increases the be easily accurately classify between the complexity in presented in non- them. Their speaker and the the verbal meaning varies not listener saves communication communication only by culture time to channel. If the through using and context but by communicate number of visual, audio- degree of information. audience is visual and silent intension. 3. Good relation: large, it is means of non- 2. Continuous: It is Speech can help difficult to verbal possible to stop to develop the understand the communication. talking in verbal relation between meaning of the 3. Substituting: communication, the speaker and speech. Non-verbal but it is generally the audiences. It 3. Delay: It is a message may not possible to is possible to lengthy process substitute for the stop nonverbal establish to take decision verbal message cues. Also, spoken friendly relation making because especially if it is language has a among the it takes more blocked by noise, structure that parties concern times for interruption, long makes it easier to through direct personal distance etc. for tell when a subject speech. discussions to example: has changed, for 4. Cost saving: each other. If gestures-finger to instance or to Direct speech the audiences do lips to indicate analyze its saves money, not understand need for quite, grammar. because it does the meaning of facial Nonverbal does not require any the speech it expressions- a not lend itself to device or writing takes more time nod instead of a this kind of to take a final yes. analysis. instruments like decision. 4. Accenting: Often 3. Multi-channel: pen, paper, 4. Irrelevancy: used to accent a while watching computer, Sometimes the verbal message. someones eyes, telephone etc. speaker delivers Verbal tone you may miss an irrelevant indicates the something 5. Suitability: It is speech which actual meaning of significant in a very suitable to makes the the specific hand gesture. communicate audience words. Everything is with both displeasure or 5. Repeat: Used to happening at once illiterate and disgust. repeat the verbal and therefore it literate people. 5. No record: message (e.g. may be confusing But written Usually no point in a to try to keep up communication records are kept direction while with everything. is suitable only in this form of stating Most of us simply for literate communication. directions.) do not do so, at people. So speech 6. Help to illiterate least not 6. Quick means: cannot be sued people: This type consciously. Speech is a as legal of communication 4. Culture-bound: quick mean of document unless use gestures, Non-verbal communication. it is taped. facial communication is Many 6. Lack of expressions, eye learnt in formalities are to secrecy: In this contact, childhood, passed be needed for form of proximity, on to you by your written or other communication, touching etc. and parents and others communications the important without using any with whom you . But it does not and secret spoken or written associate. A few take any information may word. So, it is other gestures formality. be disclosed. very much seem to be 7. Direct 7. Conflict: helpful for universal. feedback: There Speech cannot illiterate people. Evidence suggests is a quick and be kept in mind 7. Help to that humans of all direct feedback for long. So it handicapped cultures smile of oral can create many people: Non- when happy and communication, conflicts among verbal cues of frown when because the the parties communication unhappy. audience can concerned. greatly help in However, most interact directly 8. Expensive: handicapped nonverbal symbols to the speaker. Sometimes the people especially seem to be even 8. Mass organization to deaf people. further communication pays the T.A. Deaf people are disconnected from : Direct speech And D. A. To exchange any essential is suitable for the audiences. message through meaning than mass So it is also the movements of verbal symbols. communication. expensive. hands, fingers, Gestures seen as The speaker can eye ball etc. positive in one communicate 8. Attractive culture (Like the with many presentation: thumbs-up gesture people at a time Non-verbal in the USA) may through speech. communication is be seen as obscene based on visual, in another culture. picture, graph, 5. Long sign etc. that can conversations are be seen very not possible: In much attractive. non-verbal 9. Reducing communication, wastage of time: long conversation The message of and necessary non-verbal explanations are communication not possible. No reached the party can discuss receiver very fast. the particular For this reason it issues of the reduces the messages. wastage of 6. Difficult to valuable time of understand: the Difficult to communicator. understand and 10. Quick requires a lot of expression of repetitions in non- message: Non- verbal verbal cues of communication. communication Since it uses like sign and gestures, facial symbol can also expressions eye communicate contact, touch etc. some messages for communicating very quickly than with others which written or oral may not be messages. understandable for the simple and foolish people. 7. Not everybody prefers: Everybody not prefers to communicate through non- verbal communication with others. Sometimes it cannot create an impression upon people or listeners. It is less influential and cannot be used everywhere. It is cannot be used as a public tool for communication. 8. Lack of formality: Non- verbal communication does not follow any rules, formality or structure like other communication. Most of the cases people unconsciously and habitually engaged in non-verbal communication by moving the various parts of the body. 9. Costly: In some cases non-verbal communication involves huge cost. For example, neon sign, power point presentation, cinema etc are very much costly compared to others form of communication. 10. Distortion of information: Since it uses gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, touch, sign, sound, paralanguage etc. for communicating with others, there is a great possibility in distortion of information in non-verbal communication.