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Silence

September 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Force of Silence
Originally uploaded by amaroak – quite a life
Our mission at WAL is to facilitate cross-cultural communication. But is all communication achieved through speech? No, people communicate through silence as well as spoken language. It is a way to express oneself non-verbally and it can be very powerful.
Different cultures understand silence in [...]

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