“GESTURE AND

POSTURE”

PRESENTED BY

ROSHAN KSHIRSAGAR
ROLL NO 49
 GESTURE
GESTURES ARE MOVEMENT OF
FINGURES, HANDS, LEGS, TOES,
AND HEAD.

GESTURE CAN EFFECTIVELY

ACT UPON THE BEHAVIOUR OF
TARGET GROUP OR PERSON IN
THE FORM OF TOOL OF
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
GESTURES ARE ALSO USED TO
CONVEY MESSAGES WHERE
WORD CAN NOT REACH THE
PERSON.

WHEN A PERSON WIN THE GAME

HE SHOWS HIS THUM TO HIS
PEER GROUP TO COVEY, ‘I HAVE
DONE IT’, AND ALSO SAYS IT IS
AND ORDINARY WIN.
POINTED FINGURES GIVES
WARNING TO A PERSON MORE
STRONGLY THAN WORDS.

SHAKING OF LEGS OR KEEPING

HAND TIGHT ON LAP, MOVING
THE BODY IN THE FORM OF
‘SWING’ BACKWARD &
FORWARDSHOW THE PERSON IS
TENSE OR HE IS AFRAID OF THE
SITUATION.
A POINTED FIGURES MAY
CONVEY IT IS YOU OR A
WARNING, SIGNAL OF ‘BE
CAREFUL’.

IN FACE TO COMMUNICATION
OR MEETING OR INTERVIEW
THE WAY WE HOLD OUR HEAD IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
 POSTURE
OUR BODY SHAPE AND AFFECT
THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT OUR
SELVES, HOW WE RELATE TO
OTHERS AND OTHER RELATES
TO US.

POSTURES INDICATES
CONFIDENCE, FEAR,
AGGRESIVENESS, REJECTION,
ANXITY ETC.
 BODY SHAPES MAY BE THIN AND
TALL, ATHLETICS AND MUSCLES
OR FAT AND LOUND.
E.G. LEANING FORWARD OR
BACKWARD , STANDING AND
SITTING ERECT, BENDING SIDE
WAYS ALL THESE MAKES AND
IMMEDIATE IMPRESSION ON
OTHER PERSON MIND.
 PART OF BODY
LANGUAGE
1. FACE
2. EYE CONTCT
3. CHECKS
4. LIPS
5. HEAD
6. BODY SHAPE
ADVANTAGES OF GESTURES
AND POSTURES

1. IT IS SIMPLE AND EASY

BECAUSE IT DOES NOT
REQUIRED SKILLS OR
TECHNOLOGY TO
COMMUNICATE IN BODY
LANGUAGE.

2. IT IS EFFECTIVE SUPPORTING
DEVICE TO VERBAL
COMMUNICATION.
DISADVANTAGES OF
GESTURES AND POSTURES
1. IT CANOT CONVEY TOTAL
MESSAGE BUT ONLY A SMALL
PART OF IT.

2. SOME OF THE GESTURES AND

EXPRESSION VARY FROM ONE
REGION TO ANOTHER OR
DIFFER FROM PEOPLE OF
DIFFERENT CULTURES.
THANK YOU