| Summary: | Non-verbal behaviour is very important in conversations, yet it is not given much attention. Foreign
language learners who are not exposed to these pivotal non-verbal communications will find it difficult
to recognise it during a conversation which consequently could lead to confusion. In addition, it will
also affect the flow of the conversation especially among language learners that have less access to
real language situations or native speakers. This article begins with analysing a German language
conversation in a German film “A Coffee in Berlin” by Jan Ole Gerster, to detect the non-verbal turntaking signals as well as to interpret the function and purpose of the signals based on the Stenstrom’s
theory (1994) of turn-taking. This article uses Gesprächsanalytisches Transkriptionssystem 2
(discourse and conversation- analytic transcription 2) or also recognised as GAT 2 by Selting (2009) for
the data transcription as it is highly adaptable in transcribing data of German language to detect the
non-verbal turn-taking signals in the conversation. Qualitative descriptive is chosen as the method of
this study as it is detailed, comprehensive and makes sense to the reader. Using the method and
theories stated bring results of the non-verbal turn-taking signals such as gaze, gestures and facial
expression which are used in German conversation when yielding, continuing and taking the floor of
conversation.
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