Students’ Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Patterns:

A Gender Perspective

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210424.054How to use a DOI?

Keywords

communication patterns, gender, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Abstract

Interpersonal communication consists of verbal components and nonverbal symbols. It is believed that gender differences exist for both communication components. This research attempts to obtain a description of the students’ verbal and nonverbal communication patterns concerning gender and to find out how male and female students interact with each other. Employing DeVito’s model of communication patterns, this study was conducted through a descriptive method. The results show that male students tend to use oral verbal communication instead of nonverbal communication. It indicates that male students prefer to interact with their friends directly in the face to face interaction. While female students tend to use both verbal and nonverbal communication, but more nonverbal communication compared to male students. It can be said that female students prefer to use various patterns to communicate, and they are able to share their opinions in the media. Concerning the difference in communication patterns performed by male and female students that influence their communication skills, it is imperative that teachers should formulate the appropriate teaching methods to improve the students’ communication skills.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dini Hadiani
AU  - Emma Dwi Ariyani
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/26
TI  - Students’ Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Patterns:
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Social Science (ICAST-SS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 282
EP  - 286
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210424.054
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210424.054
ID  - Hadiani2021
ER  -