Students’ perceptions of the role of the nonverbal dimension in intercultural communication : a mixed study in foreign language programs across various universities of Colombia

ABSTRACT: Foreign language programs tend to leave aside nonverbal communication (NVC) which could cause intercultural conflict or misunderstanding in interaction. It has been agreed that communication is multimodal (Kress, 2010; Álvarez Valencia, 2016) and that the nonverbal dimension has been absen...