On the Role of Teachers Nonverbal Behavior in Classroom TeachingWord格式.docx

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1.Introduction

Languageisusedtointerchangethoughtsandfeelings.Teacherswhoteachthesamematerialgetdifferenteffect.Someteacherscantotallyactivatetheirstudents,andmaketheclassroomatmosphereratherlively,butsometeachersjustcannotgetridofdepressingclassroomatmosphere.Oneofthemainreasonsliesintheteacher’snonverbalbehavior.Nonverbalbehaviorisaformofsilentcommunication.Intheclassroom,nonverbalbehaviorincludesteacher’sbodylanguage,paralanguage,proxemicsandsoforth.In1872,scientificresearchonnonverbalcommunicationandbehaviorbeganwiththepublicationofCharlesDarwin’sTheExpressionoftheEmotionsinManandAnimals.ThesilentlanguagebyDr.Edward.T.Hall,AFieldGuidetoHumanBehaviorbyMorrisDManwatchingandBodyLanguagebyJvlinsFastarealltranslatedintodifferentlanguages.InChina,someexpertsstartedtheirresearchonnonverbalbehaviorinthelate1980s.However,booksorjournalspublishedathomeorabroadconcernmoreaboutthefunctionsinthetermsofinterpersonalcommunication.Therearejustfewbookswrittenfortheteacherstoread.Thereisnodoubtthatmanyteacherspaylittleattentiontononverbalbehavior.Theyaremoreusedtousingverballanguagetointerchangetheirthoughtsandfeelings.Sothisthesisiswrittentohelpteachersrealizethegreatimportanceandeffectualfunctionsofnonverbalbehavior.Thisessayaimstochangetheirviewonnonverbalbehaviorandraisesomeinterestinusingnonverbalbehavior.

2.Ageneraloverviewofteacher’snonverbalbehavior

2.1Definitionofnonverbalbehavior

“Whatisnonverbalbehavior?

”Nonverbalbehavioriscomplex.Itbothincludesbehaviorandcommunication.Itmaybesharedbetweenpeopleorwithinpeople.Itmaybeintentionalorunintentional.Nonverbalbehaviorisusuallyunderstoodasaprocessofcommunicationthroughsendingandreceivingwordlessmessages.Nonverbalbehaviorcanbecommunicatedthroughgesture,bybodylanguageorposture,byfacialexpressionandeyecontact.Nonverbalbehaviorcanbecommunicatedthroughobjectcommunicationsuchasclothing,hairstylesorevenarchitecture,symbolsandinfographics.Speechcontainsnonverbalelementsknownasparalanguage,includingvoicequality,emotionandspeakingstyle,aswellasprosodicfeaturessuchasrhythm,intonationandstress.

2.2Importanceofnonverbalbehavior

ResearchpublishedbytheNationalEducationAssociationstatesthat82%ofourcommunicationaseducatorsisnonverbal.Itiswellknownthatspeechisonlyonepartofcommunication,yetteachersoftenforgetaboutorunderestimatetheimportanceofnon-verbalcommunicationintheirownandtheirstudents'

performance.Nonverbalbehaviorisveryimportantinmanyaspects.

Firstly,nonverbalbehaviorcancontributesclassroommanagement.Usingnonverbaltechniquesintheclassroomallowsateachertomanagefrominfluence,notpower.Nonverbalbehaviorcharacterizedbysilenceprovidesasaferclassroomenvironmentforstudentandteacher.

Secondly,nonverbalbehaviorcanestablishharmoniousteacher-studentrelationships.Managingstudentswithnonverbaltechniquespreservesrelationships.Besides,byformingkindfacialexpression,makinggentleeyecontact,holdingopenposture,etc.teachersgetsclosertotheirstudents.Andgradually,itwillbuildabroadandfriendlybridgebetweenteacherandhisstudents.

Thirdly,nonverbalbehaviorcanenhanceteaching.“Changeablenonverbalbehaviorintheclassroomcanreceivemoreinformationandincreaseretention,becausestudent’braincortexisexciting,andabstractthinkingtogetherwithimaginalthinkingformsaharmoniousunity.”（罗树华，1991：

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Forthly,nonverbalbehaviorcancreateproperatmosphere.Emotionsareinfectious.Oneoftheintegralfunctionsofnonverbalbehaviorisconveyingfeelings,emotions.Teachers,byusingnonverbalbehavior,cantransmittheiremotionstostudents.Whenstudentsareinfectiouswiththeirteachers’emotions,theexpectedclassroomatmosphereisshaped.

Finally,nonverbalbehaviorcanhelpteacherssetagoodexample.Traditionally,youngstudentstendtotrustandlearnfromtheirteachers.Thereisanoldsaying,“actionsspeaklouderthanwords”.Thoughnonverbalbehavioriswordless,itispowerfulenoughtoinfluencestudents.So,teachersshouldbehavewelltosetagoodexampleforhisstudentstolearnfrom.

Fromtheabovestatement,teachersshoulddefinitelydoresearchonnonverbalbehavior,andtrytouseit,becauseitisimportantandfunctionalinteaching.

2.3Characteristicsofnonverbalbehavior

Teachers’nonverbalbehaviorhasthebasiccharacteristicsofnonverbalbehavior.Forinstance,nonverbalbehaviorinaccompanywithverballanguageattract