8. Match the words from the left column with their definitions on the right:

1. to occur	a) the process of giving information to each other, or of making emotions or ideas known to someone else
2. species	b) the feeling of being so nervous or worried that you cannon relax
3. interaction	c) someone who sees or notices something
4. either	d) a plant or animal group whose members all have similar general features and are able to produce young plants or animals together
5. communication	e) to supply with something in abundance
6. define	f) (of a feeling or thought); one that you do not realize you have
7. gesture	g) to describe clearly and exactly what something is
8. unconscious	h) the activity of being with each other and reacting to each other
9. tension	i) one or the other of two things, animals or people, especially when it does not matter which one
10. observer	j) the way of human communication using spoken or written words
11. to enrich	k) to exist or be found somewhere
12. language	l) a bodily movement that communicates a feeling or an instruction

9. Complete the following sentences, using the text:

1. People assess one another of their occupations, religions, aspirations, hopes and so .

2. Man also communicates nonverbally, chiefly of gestures.

3. Gestures and expressions the face, the head and the body.

4. Two or more gestures or bodily movements occur as a single of behavior.

5. There are instances where verbal communication is impossible and complete reliance upon nonverbal communication.

6. The point may be by comparing verbal commutation over the phone with that which occurs in interaction.

7. Signs may be natural conventional ones.

8. Symbols for concrete objects would include “dog, “pencil” and “house”.

9. From the of social behavior, man’s most important symbols are words.

10. Describe the meanings of the underlined prefixes and suffixes and translate the following words into Russian:

simplest, readiness, nonverbally, unconscious, irrelevant, interaction, observer, superiority, adulthood.

11. Answer the following questions:

1. Comment on the statement: “Survival depends upon some exchange of messages”.

2. Think of a situation where nonverbal signs show what one wants to conceal in his or her speech.

3. With conventional signs, is it always easy to change their meanings? Give examples of situations where it is possible/impossible.

4. What nonverbal signs can be controlled consciously more easily than others? Why?

5. Tell us about any episode of your life in which you got some information on the basis of another person’s gestures, facial expressions and/or postures.

6. What do you know about different meanings of gestures in different cultures?

12. Give the main idea of the text of section

Section III.3. Language (p.45 – p.48)

Words:

concept

interaction

language

symbol

to share

to evolve

vocalization

articulation

to originate

clarification

human

personality

maintenance

flexibility

indication

intention

Phrases:

to be conscious of

to use smth. at will

to have a profound influence upon

to distinguish smth. from smth.

to use smth. throughout life

first of all

to give smb. credit for smth.

to enable smb. to do smth.

conventional meaning

the uniqueness of language

to be meaningless

to join in new combinations

understanding listener

personality development

throughout the world

understood within the system

essential characteristics

to have in common

sophisticated thought

to take place

to be intimately involved in smth.