Body Language Another form of Literacy

Body language is also its own personal form of literacy. It has meaning behind it. Each body position or a particular posture can be read, and it expresses a particular emotion. In order to understand body language or be literate in it one must be able to identify a particular body position or stance with a certain emotion. If a person is sad or hurt their body language may appear limb, sluggish, or they may appear to be curled up. If a person is angry they may have their arms firmly folded, their fist balled up, and hands on their hip in such a way that let’s you know that they mean business. If a person is nervous they may appear to be scrounged up or just very awkward looking, which expresses their extreme discomfort. Body language can also play a part in the world of employment, or entertainment. If I am a business owner or a casting director and I am looking to hire some more employees or cast some actors and they walk into the room sluggishly, or slumped over, this would tell me that they are uncomfortable, and may not work well with others. Therefore I may not want to cast or hire these individuals. So clearly body language plays a part in decision making, and peoples first impressions and overall perceptions of you. So we as people interacting in this occasionally judgmental society should be aware of how we present ourselves and the stance or posture that we have when we walk into a room, because it could send off all the wrong signals So clearly through the understanding of body language you may be able tell a lot or draw conclusions about a person by just observing there posture, it is all very simple, and again it is just another form of literacy.