Language Assignment Experiment

                Surprisingly this part of the assignment was not as difficult as I thought it would be. I thought trying to express myself without being able to speak would be the hardest thing to do.  They seemed a little bit puzzled when trying to express what they were saying probably due to the fact that they were not able to fully understand what they were saying when I thought I was being really clear. They completely altered their way of communicating with me of how they normally would to adapt to the way I was communicating with them. It was almost like we both just wanted to start laughing because we did not know what to say or how to say it. I believe that the culture that is able to speak verbally has more of an advantage in being able to communicate their ideas and ways of living. Although the one that is able to use their hands to communicate can probably express themselves more emotionally. The speaking culture may be confused, mainly because they are not used to that sort of communication. They do not know how to understand it without understanding verbal language. It goes in the same situation with a deaf human being and a person that is able to speak. Deaf people normally can only understand sign language meaning using their hands. So someone speaking would be no use to a person who is deaf. This is a situation that happens constantly in our society today.

                I was not able to last the full 15 minutes without using any sort of gesture or language when I was speaking. The most difficult thing was not being able to move my hands because that is something I am always doing. Moving my hands is a very important way of communicating to me. My partners in this communication experiment felt that they were not able to fully understand what I was trying to say because I was not able to complete what I was saying without using my hands or face. Using signs in our language today to me is one of the most important concepts of our language. It is what we use to express how we feel or help express something we are trying to say or do. This experiment helps explain hour important those signs really are and it really gives you the true meaning of them. I believe that there are some people that have difficulty in reading body language but in a lot of situations I think that most people understand it to the most extent. You’re able to understand how they’re feeling, or what they’re trying to do. Body language really shows someone’s emotions to a certain depth. Some situations you might want your body language to be hidden in situations like when showing fear. Maybe in a robbery or other bad situation of that nature showing your emotions may cost you your life. Although there are many other situations that you could hide your fear for the sake of your safety.