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Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin

Non-verbal behaviour is very important in conversations, yet it is not given much attention. Foreign language learners who are not exposed to these pivotal non-verbal communications will find it difficult to recognise it during a conversation which consequently could lead to confusion. In addition...

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Main Authors: Farid, Farhana, Mamat, Roslina
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Published: Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94375/
https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/article/view/38089
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spelling my.upm.eprints.943752023-04-04T04:28:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94375/ Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin Farid, Farhana Mamat, Roslina Non-verbal behaviour is very important in conversations, yet it is not given much attention. Foreign language learners who are not exposed to these pivotal non-verbal communications will find it difficult to recognise it during a conversation which consequently could lead to confusion. In addition, it will also affect the flow of the conversation especially among language learners that have less access to real language situations or native speakers. This article begins with analysing a German language conversation in a German film “A Coffee in Berlin” by Jan Ole Gerster, to detect the non-verbal turntaking signals as well as to interpret the function and purpose of the signals based on the Stenstrom’s theory (1994) of turn-taking. This article uses Gesprächsanalytisches Transkriptionssystem 2 (discourse and conversation- analytic transcription 2) or also recognised as GAT 2 by Selting (2009) for the data transcription as it is highly adaptable in transcribing data of German language to detect the non-verbal turn-taking signals in the conversation. Qualitative descriptive is chosen as the method of this study as it is detailed, comprehensive and makes sense to the reader. Using the method and theories stated bring results of the non-verbal turn-taking signals such as gaze, gestures and facial expression which are used in German conversation when yielding, continuing and taking the floor of conversation. Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed Farid, Farhana and Mamat, Roslina (2021) Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin. Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication, 37 (2). 53 - 67. ISSN 2289-1528 https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/article/view/38089 10.17576/JKMJC-2021-3702-04
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description Non-verbal behaviour is very important in conversations, yet it is not given much attention. Foreign language learners who are not exposed to these pivotal non-verbal communications will find it difficult to recognise it during a conversation which consequently could lead to confusion. In addition, it will also affect the flow of the conversation especially among language learners that have less access to real language situations or native speakers. This article begins with analysing a German language conversation in a German film “A Coffee in Berlin” by Jan Ole Gerster, to detect the non-verbal turntaking signals as well as to interpret the function and purpose of the signals based on the Stenstrom’s theory (1994) of turn-taking. This article uses Gesprächsanalytisches Transkriptionssystem 2 (discourse and conversation- analytic transcription 2) or also recognised as GAT 2 by Selting (2009) for the data transcription as it is highly adaptable in transcribing data of German language to detect the non-verbal turn-taking signals in the conversation. Qualitative descriptive is chosen as the method of this study as it is detailed, comprehensive and makes sense to the reader. Using the method and theories stated bring results of the non-verbal turn-taking signals such as gaze, gestures and facial expression which are used in German conversation when yielding, continuing and taking the floor of conversation.
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author Farid, Farhana
Mamat, Roslina
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Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin
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Mamat, Roslina
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title Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin
title_short Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin
title_full Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin
title_fullStr Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin
title_full_unstemmed Non-verbal communication of German language in a German film: a coffee in Berlin
title_sort non-verbal communication of german language in a german film: a coffee in berlin
publisher Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94375/
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