Nonverbal communication is usually understood as the process of communication through sending and receiving messages without words. Such messages can be communicated through gesture; body language or posture; facial expression and eye contact. Speech may also contain nonverbal elements known as paralanguage, including voice quality, emotion and speaking style, intonation and tone of voice. However, much of the study of nonverbal communication has focused on face-to-face interaction. These different types of nonverbal communication are common; weather we see them or not, the signs are there. An important fact in nonverbal communication is understanding these nonverbal gestures. The message can be misunderstood and then the hole conversation is misinterpreted.

Here are the different types of nonverbal communication : 1. Facial expressions can include smiling, facial warmth or pleasantness; 2. Body language and posture is related to the way you sit or stand when talking to someone. You can find out many things from just looking very carefully at one`s position. 3 Gestures 4. Paralanguage is the various acoustic properties of speech such as tone, pitch and accent, collectively known as prosody, can all give off nonverbal cues. Paralanguage may change the meaning of words. The voice set is the context in which the speaker is speaking. This can include the situation, gender, mood, age and a person's culture.  The voice qualities are volume, pitch, tempo, rhythm, articulation, resonance, nasality, and accent. They give each individual a unique "voice print". Vocalization consists of three subsections: characterizers, qualifiers and segregates. Characterizers are emotions expressed while speaking, such as laughing, crying, and yawning. A voice qualifier is the style of delivering a message - for example, yelling "Hey stop that!", as opposed to whispering "Hey stop that".

Vocal segregates such as "uh-huh" notify the speaker that the listener is listening. 5 Eye gaze - eye contact can indicate interest, attention, and involvement. Gaze is composed of the actions of looking while talking, looking while listening, amount of gaze, and frequency of glances, 6 Haptics is the study of touching as nonverbal communication. Touches that can be defined as communication and includes handshakes, holding hands, kissing (cheek, lips, hand), back slapping, high fives, a pat on the shoulder, and brushing an arm. Touching of oneself during communication may include licking, picking, holding, and scratching.

7 Proxemics is the study of how people use and perceive the physical space around them. The space between the sender and the receiver of a message influences the way the message is interpreted. 8 Appearance that is very important for each person. We tend to talk more with beautiful people. They are considered more interesting and sociable. People who have a bad opinion about themselves stay in the corner or talk less. They don`t show off so much and are a little introverted.