Course: Fundamentals of non-verbal communication

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Course title Fundamentals of non-verbal communication
Course code KZU/ZNKB
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Foret Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Opletalová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Foretová Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The goal is to familiarize students with the ways in which people communicate non-verbally. Various channels through which people express themselves non-verbally, the functions of non-verbal communication, and contextual factors influencing non-verbal communication will be covered. Attention will be paid not only to traditional areas of non-verbal behavior (ranging from facial expressions and gestures to posturics and proxemics), but also to less frequently addressed yet equally important areas (chronemics, olfactics, oculesics). Intercultural aspects regarding the use and functioning of non-verbal communication will also be discussed. Among other things, the course also aims to debunk traditional myths and half-truths that have surrounded the study of non-verbal communication from the outset.

Prerequisites
Completion of the courses Introduction to Communication Studies (KZU/USKBN) and Social Communication (KZU/SKN).

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V., & Fadrný, J. Emoce pod maskou: poznám, co si myslíš, podle toho, jak se tváříš.
  • Knapp, M. L., Hall, J. A., & Horgan, T. G. Nonverbal communication in human interaction.


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