Waving hello

Communication has done a great part on our lives. Obviously, by this, we are able to understand each other. As what I have observed, we people always do many gestures when talking or communicating in order to be understood. Sometimes, we do these different kind of gestures maybe because we don't feel like talking and we just do these things to show or express something by which a person could easily understand. There are also some gestures that we do involuntarily, just like when we emphasize something to clearly state out what we intend to show or tell. Some of them are contagious that when someone showed us a gesture, we tend to respond at them by also doing certain gestures.
The communication act, waving of the hand, is what i have chosen. It is one of the examples of the different kinds of gestures that we usually do when we communicate.
The waving of the hand indicates a greeting to a person. Students in UP Mindanao commonly do this. They wave their hands with the palm facing outward to greet someone like friends, classmates and professors. This act also shows friendliness to people and this is commonto each of us when we pass by someone we knew.
By observing and conducting a survey to the people around me, i will be able to know why do people wave their hands and what do they intend to show when they are waving their hands to a person.


Planner:

Month of January
-3rd week:
I will first observe the people around me that are doing this communication act.

-4th week:
Search the web for informations about hand waving.

Month of February:
-1st week:
Make an outline for my research.

-2nd week:
Conduct a survey.

-3rd week:
Make a draft for my research paper.

-4th week:
Create and polish my research.

Sources:
http://www.answers.com/topic/gesture
http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/body_language.php