Enhancing Kinesics in Undergraduate Students A Study on the Construction and the Impact of the Manual

Abstract

Nonverbal communication is the exchange of information between two people newlinewithout using words. The importance given to nonverbal communication has exponentially newlineincreased in the last 30 years and its significance is proven by many researchers. Kinesics newlineis a part of nonverbal communication which includes eye contact, gestures, posture, facial newlineexpression, head movements and the study is dedicated to educating engineering students newlineabout kinesics. newlineThe Research is aimed to construct and evaluate the Manual that is meticulously newlinecreated to enhance the use of body language among the Engineering students. Nonverbal newlinecommunication is indispensable for the students to thrive in their professional background, newlineto excel in presentation skills, to shine in interviews etc. Though Nonverbal newlinecommunication has its significance proven, it is not incorporated in the present newlineEngineering syllabus leaving a major deficiency in communication of the students newlinealtogether. To overcome the communication issues of the students, the manual created for newlinethe study is concentrated on understanding the needs of the students in kinesics and newlinesupplying them with a strong foundation of the skills. Social Learning theory is deployed newlinealong with Task Based Language Teaching and Integrated Language Teaching to create the newlinemanual. Engineering students from an affiliated College of Anna University were selected newlineto test the manual and they were evaluated based on the rubric prescribed for assessing newlinetechnical presentation newline