Find at least one article about nonverbal communication that interests you, particularly regarding nonverbal communication in your host country and culture.
Write a paragraph about at least one surprising way people in your host country communicate nonverbally.
I had trouble finding any articles about nonverbal communication in Senegal, but found a couple references to gestures/nonverbal communication in the blogs of other Americans living in Senegal. One that caught my attention was a Senegalese way to refuse something: one sticks their tongue out and kind of bobs their head towards the thing they are refusing. This seems peculiar to me as an American because this action seems like something a child might do, and I feel like seeing an adult do something like this might make me laugh a little. It makes me wonder what gestures I’ll do that makes the Senegalese laugh at me…
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