2.What does silence communicate to you? How is your culture’s use of silence connected to Hall’s cultural patterns of low- and high-context communication?

3.Using concepts from this lesson, analyze your own nonverbal encoding competence. Describe two (2) of your strengths and weaknesses. Do the same for your nonverbal decoding competence.

4.Why is it important to look at both intentional and unintentional forms of nonverbal communication? Provide an example of each from your own life experience. What were the consequences of each of these examples relative to the effectiveness of your communication?

5.As a student of intercultural communication, which of the various types of nonverbal behaviors discussed in this lesson do you think is most important? Why? Provide a few examples from your own life experience.