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You are going to read an extract which is concerned in some way with communication. For questions 1-2, choose the answer which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
How useful is the term 'non-verbal expression'?
The term 'non-verbal' is commonly used to describe such communicative resources as gesture, facial movement and tone of voice. The term has long been useful in challenging the misconception that words constitute the whole of communication. However, a further assumption has sometimes seemed to follow: that `non-verbal' expression is something unitary, independent of verbal communicating, or classifiable under some single term like "body language'. This is to drastically simplify our actual practice. As pointed out by writers on language and social interaction, gestural and vocal actions are often integrated rather than autonomous, and verbal and non-verbal communicating usually produced in a highly coordinated fashion. Proposing a concept of non-verbal expression' has led to an unfounded generalisation about this supposedly distinct subject: that it is the medium for expressing emotions and relations rather than conscious thought or ideas, for example. Even if this were true, the fact remains that the resources covered by the term 'non-verbal' are diverse and complex in the extreme. It can only be misleading to bunch them together as a distinctive communicative mode.
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1) The writer supports the view that non-verbal expression A. is commonly used in conjunction with verbal expression.
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B. is more complex than verbal expression
. C. is able to communicate more information than verbal expression.
D. is a separate field of study from verbal expression.
2) The writer suggests that we should
do further research into non-verbal expression.
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recognise the differences between verbal and non-verbal expression.
be aware of the many aspects of non-verbal expression.
D. accept the limitations of non-verbal expression.
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