Abstract Human communication is the combination of verbal communication and nonverbal communication。 As an important part of nonverbal communication, body language can perfectly achieve interpersonal communication as well as verbal communication。 What’s more, body language is an important English teaching skill, which it is considered as a media of teacher-student communication。 However, because of the effect of traditional teaching, the teachers always pay too much attention to the language points, which leads to the fact that they neglect the application of nonverbal communication 。Therefore, this thesis aims to arouse both the teachers’ and students’ attention to the body language by introducing the application of body language in primary school English teaching。75654

Keywords: nonverbal communication; body language; primary school English teaching

摘要人类交际是言语和非言语交际的结合。体态语作为非言语交际的一个重要组成部分，与言语交际一起实现人际交流的目的。同时，体态语在英语教学中也是一项重要的技能，是学生与教师交流的媒介。然而在传统教学模式的影响下，老师往往过于注重知识的讲解，而忽略了非言语交际的应用。因此，本文旨在通过介绍体态语在小学英语教学中的应用，唤起老师与学生对体态语的关注。

毕业论文关键词：非言语交际；体态语；小学英语教学

Contents

1。 Introduction 1

2。 Literature Review 2

2。1 Definition of body language 2

2。2 Classification of body language 2

2。3 Studies on body language in English teaching 5

3。Advantages of Body Language in English Teaching 6

3。1 Regulating class 6

3。2 Promoting teacher-student relationship 7

3。3 Improving students’ learning 8

4。Application of Body Language in Primary School English Teaching 8

4。1 Application of body language in vocabulary 8

4。2 Application of body language in listening 9

4。3 Application of body language in speaking 9

5。 Suggestion 10

6。 Conclusion 11

Works cited 12

1。 Introduction 

As we all know, not only verbal communication but also nonverbal communication is a good way for people to communicate with each others。 But it is a pity that most people pay more attention to verbal communication while ignoring the importance of nonverbal communication 。In fact, nonverbal communication plays a crucial role during communication because it can contain more information and express more information compared with verbal communication。 What’s more, as a part of the nonverbal communication, body language is also an important media in the process of human communication。 During the communication, Albert Mehrabian claims that only 7％ of what is transmitted is through the words themselves,38％ through the tone of voice and 55％ is a result of body language (Sun。1997)。That is to say, body language provides more information than the words and we may not complete communication without body language。论文网

In China, most students learning English through the English class。 Actually, it is one of the easiest way for the students to access to English。 However, because of the examination--oriented education system, many English teachers attach much importance to the verbal communication, therefore, they often ignore the application of body language deliberately which makes  teaching language rigorous ,precise, vivid and lively and make the teaching content more easy for students。 As a matter of fact, in the process of teaching, body language can help teachers to create a good teacher-student atmosphere and arouse students’ interest in learning。 When it comes to body language, there are many types of body language including facial expressions, postures, gestures, eye contact and so on and each type is for its own trade。 For example, a smile can encourage students who have little confidence or a piercing stare can give the student a warning who is chatting with his or her partner during class。 So it is body language that makes the classroom-teaching more harmonious and lets the teacher regulate the class without defaming the students’ self-esteem 。In a word, body language is a great teaching aid during the teaching process。