The Use of Body Language in Junior English Teaching (英语论文).doc

The Use of Body Language in Junior English Teaching Everyone knows , with the continual reform and opening  of China, English is becoming moreand more important in many fields ，so the students’ spoken English level must be improved , teachers are in great demand to organize the classes in English and create English-learning circumstances. However, with the limitation of students' vocabulary and English-learning situation, teachers have to simplify their teaching language with the help of facial expressions and body movements. In this article, the possibility and the effect of using body language in listening, speaking, reading and writing will be further discussed. As everyone knows,   one of the most important ways that the students learn English is the classroom teaching. As far as the English teaching in the middle schools is concerned, teachers have to attractand improve the students' interest so that they may learn better. There are many ways to arouse the students' interest and help them to learn better, body language used in English teaching is one of them. Body language is an important media through which people communicate with each other. It refers to the patterns of facial expressions and gestures that people use to express their feelings and meanings in communication. The specialist on body language research, In school education, body language plays an  active role in cultivating the students' characters. Teachers are usually respected, and factually, what or how the teachers say and do will be possibly imitated by the students In a word, teachers' graceful body language helps to improve the students' artistic-appreciation and moral character. If the students develop a wonderful body language, which will possibly leads them to form an optimistic and active feelings, they will surely have a more smooth interpersonal relation. The affection of teachers' body language on the students is reflected not only by establishing a good example, but also shortening the teacher-student estrangement by which a more harmonious studying atmosphere is created.  As a matter of fact, teachers' friendly appearance can greatly encourage the students' studying enthusiasm and interest. Furthermore, the characteristics of theoretic and abstraction of knowledge also requires the vivid, dramatic and an accessible gestures to make it specific and figurative. As a result, the students' interest is motivated and the effect of teaching also is greatly improved. According to the students' present level and practical situation, body language is pretty necessary. For example, when a teacher gives an instruction, "You two, please  stand up." The students can easily understand it if the teacher looks at (or points to) some two students. Then, the teacher moves his hand up. The students will carry out the order without obstacle even if they don't hear the key words "stand up" clearly. Furthermore, teachers usually have to explain some language points, and at this time, they have to differentiate the classroom expressions and the examples. Take it for example, we should use the form 'have done', such as 'Have you finished that job yet?'" To make the students understand clearly and easily, a teacher has lots of ways. One is to do it by speed, the teacher uses a common speed when he is reading "we should use the form 'have done in this sentence'", and reads slowly when giving examples; he can also get the effect by repeating the example 'Have you finished that job yet?'; a more frequent way is to use gestures to lay emphasis on the key points when he said "have done"(emphasizing it in voice at the same time), he reaches out his index finger,  pauses in the air, and then gives out the example. This action will usually give the students a deep impression. From the above we can learn, the use of body language in English teaching is necessary and practical. In the English teaching in middle schools, body language is frequently used to improve the teaching effect and the students' ability.Body language helps to improve listening When beginning a new lesson, the teacher narrates the story outline in English. The body language may help. For example, a teacher can stretch his arms slowly when he says "She is in a very big room"; he can open his eyes widely with mouth opened when he says "She is so beautiful a lady". As a result, the students will have such an impression: She is very beautiful indeed; a teacher who imitates the crying or the movement of the animals under the premise of teaching order will surely achieve a better effect, especially when there are some new words. Body language helps to improve speaking。

The spoken language is one of the important ways to communicate, so we should try to develop the students' ability of speaking. Factually they are helped to reach the aim in a certain degree by their teacher's body language. The first lesson of every unit in Junior English begins with dialogue. 。