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Prepare a table differentiating between verbal and nonverbal communication, covering the following points:

• Aspects involved in nonverbal and verbal communication
  • Give specific examples
• Types of verbal and nonverbal communication to avoid
  • Why should you avoid these?

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Answer 1

	Verbal Communication	Non-Verbal communication
Definition	When we use words and sentences to share an information or our thoughts by either speaking or writing it to someone, it is called verbal communication.	When we use signs, gestures or any other body language to convey an information or our thought without using a word, it is called non-verbal communication.
Example	Writing a Letter or a Book, orating a speach, making a phone calls or directly talking to someone	Face expressions like nodding head back and forth to say yes or no, raising the eyebrows to show you are angry, a small smile to acknowledge someone, thumps up to tell you like it and many others.
Aspects	Some of the important aspect of effective verbal communication are the use of correct and appropriate language, correct use of grammer, minding the tone while saying something and saying or writing clearly	Some of the important aspect of non verbal communication can be making proper eye contact to convey something if they want, using the right posture or gesture, appropriate touch(like kissing someone on lips shows you love them while kissing someone on forehead shows you care for them), clear facial expression and attention
Verbal and nonverbal communication to avoid	Correction of inappropriate words like special child sounds better than abnormal child. In the same way, assault survivor sound better than victim Correct use of tone and language Too much slangs or accronmym	Fidgeting - It shows you are nervous Irrelevant Hand gestures - Like talking about something and pointing towards something else Not maintaining eye contact - Shows either you are nervous or you are not interested Using offensive gestures like the one for F-word or slitting the throat gesture or pointing towards genitals
Why to avoid	These things should be avoided in verbal communication because they put hindrance to the actual information and convey a different message which may be not intended by the host. For example if a person ask for something to someone in high tone, then there chances that the other person will deny them thinking as they were not requesting but ordering.	I have already mentioned the reasons. However for the last point, these gesture give a very bad impression about oneself