Face-to-face communication vs emails or phone calls In our developed society there are many means for getting in touch among people, such as e-mail, letters, and telephone calls In my opinion however, the best way for talking with people is the traditional and the oldest method- face-to-face communication I consider it the best way for communicating for several reasons First of all, there are many things, such as gestures, emotions, body language that can't be interpreted by email, for example By face-to-face communication you have the chance to understand what the other person is thinking at the moment Gestures, signals and other kinds of body language are accounting for more than ninety percent of the whole conversation These signs mean a lot, but they can't be interpreted through other kinds of conversation Moreover, as you speak with your partner face to face you can always understand if he is lying to you or if he is honest By using other methods of conversation, you can't be sure of the person's sincerity and emotions Another reason why I think the best method of communication is face-to-face communication is that you can talk to the other person immediately after him, with no delays This is very helpful because if you don't understand anything you can just ask and you aren't likely to misunderstand something For example, a few months ago, I talked with my boyfriend through the Internet and we were kidding I told him that I wanted to break up our relationship and he didn't understand that I was joking He was very surprised because he didn't get it in the right way It took me few days to explain him that I didn't mean it If we had talked face to face, he would have understood that I was joking and there wouldn't be this lack of understanding In other words, I consider face-to-face communication the right and most secure way of communicating because there is no misunderstanding and you can feel the real emotions in the conversation that you can't feel in the other ways of communicating