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This study suggests a plan to apply head movements to Korean culture class to highlight the importance of nonverbal communication in educational aspect. Nonverbal communication involves those nonverbal stimuli in a communication setting that are generated by both the source [speaker] and his or her use of the environment and that have potential message value for the source or receiver [listener]. Basically it is sending and receiving messages in a variety of ways without the use of verbal codes (words). It is both intentional and unintentional. Most speakers/listeners are not conscious of this. In this paper, we explore nonverbal characteristics of Korean traditional “Bongsan mask dance”, focusing on head movements. Conclusions derived from this study are followings: The function of nonverbal communication in the “Bongsan mask dance” represents repeating, contradicting, complementing, accenting, substituting, and regulating. This study paid attention to this aspect and attempted to implement values of nonverbal communication in Korean culture class.