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The Use of Body Language in English Teaching

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邓宁霞］

凤岗镇新世纪英才学校陈安琪

Abstract:

Withthecontinualreformoflanguageteachingandlearningmethods,teachersarerequiredtoorganizetheclassesinEnglishandcreateEnglish-learningenvironments.However,withthelimitationofstudents'vocabulary,teachershavetosimplifytheirteachinglanguagewiththehelpofBodyLanguage.ThispaperpointsoutsomemistakesthatEnglishteachershavemadeintheclassroom;explainstheimportanceofBodyLanguageinEnglishteaching,fromthefourpartsofEyesight,Countenance,GestureandManner;illustrateshowteachersshouldproperlyuseBodyLanguagebyexamplesandshowsvariouskindsofBodyLangugeusedinEnglishteaching.TeachingEnglishwiththehelpofBodyLangugecanimprovethestudents’interestoflearningEnglishandoptimizetheEnglishcoursedesign.

Keywords:

BodyLanguage,Englishteaching,Eyesight,Countenance,Gesture,Manner

1.Introduction:

Accordingtothethoroughgoingpolicyofopeningtotheoutsideworldinourcountry,alsowiththenewsituationofjoininginWTOandhostingtheOlympicgames2008,Englishhasbecomeamorecommonfeatureintoday’ssociety.TheschoolsatalllevelsalsoenhancetheEnglishteaching,eventheKindergarden.Althoughtheforeignlanguageteachinginvolvestheoutline,teachingmaterialsandteachingmethodsetc.,itcanbereflectedandachievedonlythroughtheprocessofrealandpracticalclassroom（AllwrightandBeiley,1991）.Forlanguage,itissoimportanttoimprovetheteachingquality,teachershadtopaymoreattentiontotheresearchoflanguageteaching.InEnglishteachingclassroom,teachersshouldnotonlyusetheorallanguageandwrittenlanguagetodelivertheinformation,butalsomakeuseofthesilentBodyLanguage.

2.DefinitionofBodyLanguage

whatisBodyLanguage?

ItshouldbespokenoftheNonverbalsocialintercourseandtheNonverbalbehavior.Inhumansocialintercourseprocess,speciallytheoralcommunication,peoplehavesomebodymovementwhiletalking,suchasbodyposture,countenance,gestureandsoon.Theyarealsodeliveringtheinformation,makingasetofsystemwhichisequaltothelanguagesignalone,theNonverbalsocialintercourse（YuAihong,2002）.Peoplecallthebehaviorforusingthenonverbalmethodtocommunicate,NonverbalBehavior.BodyLanguageisexpressinghowonefeelsbythewayonesits,stands,moves,etcratherthanbywords（OxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary,2001）.

3.Teachers’somemistakesinEnglishteaching

Aseveryoneknows,theclassroomteachingisoneofthemostimportantwaysthatthestudentslearnEnglish.AsfarastheEnglishteachinginmanyschoolsisconcerned,teachershavetoarousethestudents'interestsothattheymaylearnbetter.Therearemanywaystoarousethestudents'interestandhelpthemtolearnbetter,andbodylanguageusedinEnglishteachingisoneofthem.However,Englishteachersseldomrealizethattheyshoulduseproperbodylanguageduringtheirteachingprocess.Theyjustconsiderthesituationallthestudentsareattendingtothelecturewhenateacherhashisclasstobeagoodone.Actually,thefactisnotsosimpleastheythink.

InEnglishteachingprocess,thereissuchaphenomenonyet:

Althoughwiththesameteachingmaterials,thestudents,theteachers’knowledgeandexperience,theteachingeffectiscompletelydifferent.Someteachers’classesareveryinteresting,theclassroomatmosphereissobriskthateveryoneisactivetoanswerthequestionsandlistenstotheteachercarefully;whilesometeachers’classesaresoboringthatalmostallthestudentsare“Inoneplacephysically,butanotherplaceinmindandheart.”

Whythereissuchaphenomenon?

Themainreasoniswhethertheteachercouldhavehislessonvividandattractthestudents’attention;whethertheteachercanstirupthestudents’thirstforknowledge.TheeducationistofformerSovietUnionSue（Jinyule,2000）oncesaid:

"Iftheteacherdoesnottrytosurgeupthestudents’motion,thentheknowledgecanonlycauseakindofapatheticattitude,andamotionlessaffectioncanonlycausethefatigue."Therefore,iftheteacherwantstohavethelessonslastingvivid,hecannotusethatkindofmodelforjustspeakinginflexiblelyontheplatform,butshouldmakeuseofthebodylanguagefittingly,accuratelyandproficiently.

4.ThenecessityandimportanceofusingbodylanguageinEnglishteaching

InordertoevaluatethetrueroleofEnglishintheschoolsystem,itisimportantfortheteacherswhoarenotnativespeakerstoevaluatetheirknowledgeofandabilitytouseEnglish（FraidDubinandEliteOlshtain,2002）.Englishteachingisreallyakeypartoftheschooleducation.Inschooleducation,bodylanguageplaysapositiveroleincultivatingthestudents'characters.Bodylanguageisalsoanimportantmediathroughwhichpeoplecommunicatewitheachother.Brieflyspeaking,BodyLanguageisexpressingacertainmeaningofakindofsilentlanguagebygesture,mannerandcountenance,whichincludeseyesightlanguage,faciallanguage,handlanguage,bodylanguageandsoon.Accordingtoexperts,ournon-verballanguagecommunicatesabout50%ofwhatwereallymean（voicetonalitycontributes38%）whilewordsthemselvescontributeamere7%.Ourbodiessendoutmessagesconstantlyandoftenwedon'trecognizethatwe'recommunicatingalotmorethanwerealize（S.,Chen,D.,Watts,J.,1992）.Thebehavioralscientiststellusthatalmostthewholebodylanguagecanbeusedasthemannersforhumancommunicationandbeservedfortheteaching.TheUnitedStatespsychologistAlbertMelabin,（ZuangJinying,LiZhencun,1995）1968,madeanexperimenttoprovethatthetotalresultoftheinformation=7%writing+38%tone+55%countenanceandmovement.ThelinguistMrLusays:

"Theforeignlanguageteachershouldbeabletoperformanddanceforjoy,makeavividgesture,movementandcountenanceasanactor,shouldnotalwaysbegentleandcultivatedorjuststandstifflyontheplatform."（GuoXuehua,1999）.BodyLanguagenotonlyreplenishesanddeepenstheverballanguage,butalsotakesanunsubstitutiveeffectontheverballanguage.IftheteachercanusetheBodyLanguagefittingly,accuratelyandproficientlytoassisttheteachingintheclassroom,itcannotonlydrawonthestudent'sattention,bringuptheirstudyinterest,butalsoenablethemtheaccurateunderstandingoflanguagecontents,deepentheirimpression.Fromtheabovewecanlearn,theuseofbodylanguageinEnglishteachingisnecessaryandpractical.IntheEnglishteaching,bodylanguageisfrequentlyusedtoimprovetheteachingeffectandthestudents'ability.

5.TheconcreteapplicationofbodylanguagewithEyesight,Countenance,GestureandMannerinEnglishteaching

Eyesight,Countenance,GestureandMannerarethefourkeyattributesofphysicaldelivery,orBodyLanguge.BodyLanguagewillhelpdeterminewhethertheteacherssuccessfullygainandholdthestudents’interest.Teachers'gracefulbodylanguagehelpstoimprovethestudents'artistic-appreciationandmoralcharacter.SoweshouldpaygreatattentiontotheBodyLanguageresearchforitsimportanceinforeignlanguageteaching.

i.Eyesight

Eyecontactisthemostimportantoneofall.Aseveryoneknows,eyeisthe"window"ofsomeone’sheart.Wecanknowwhathedoubts,howhelovesorhates,whetherheapprovesordisapprovesjustfromthepupil’ssize,theluminosity,thevisualangle,thegazingtime,thechangingfrequencyandsoon.Thehighlevelofteachingistheexchangeandtheharmonizationoftheheart.Peopledeeplybelievethattheycanexploretheheartworldbythechangingeyesight,suchasthesizeoftheeyes,themovingangleoftheeyeballsandthecooperationofthearoundingeyemuscle,whichcanexpressinnumerablefeelingandattitudechange.Asaresult,theteachershouldgivefreereintothefunctionofeyesightandusethesighteffectly.Forexample,ifthestudentsarestillveryexcitingbeforeclass,theteachercanlookaroundthewholeclasstoattracttheirattentionandalsotransferthemeaningthatitistheclasstime.Theforeignlanguageeducationistsbelievethatteachershouldlooksteadilyateverystudentwhilehavingaclassbecauseitmeansloveandequalitytomakethestudentsrealizetheteacher’svaluableattention,whichcanraisetheirdynamicroleofstudy.Furthermore,teachersshouldtrytoestablisheyecontactwiththeentirestudents,butshouldnotjustwiththefrontroworonlyoneortwostudents,orjuststareatthestudentwhoisgoingtobeasked,becauseitcannotletallthestudentsthinkaboutthequestion.Heshouldhaveabalancedeyesightlookstothebackandfrontandfromsidetosidearoundthewholeclass.Whentheteacherfindssomeoneisabsent-mindedordoesanythingelse,hecanstillhavehisclass,simultaneously,hecanalsogivethestudentakindlyeyesighttoattracthisattention.Evenwhensomeoneislateforclass,teacherscanusetheeyesighttohintthathecancomeintotheclassroom,inordertoavoiddispersingtheotherstudents’attention.Inshort,thelovingandkindeyesightoftengetintothestudents’memoryalongwiththeteachingcontents.Sotheteacher’sgoodmoralqualityisdeeplyengravedonthestudents’mindbysucheyesight.

ii.Countenance

Countenanceisthewholeshowingscreenofpeople’smind,thoughtandnerve.Allthepleasure,anger,anxiety,think,sorrowandfearofapersoncanbereflectedoutfromthecountenance.Ourfacesplayakeyroleinexpressin