肢体语言在英语教学中的运用

Key words:body language; English class；teaching effect; student reaction
Contents
Introduction
By body language we mean through a variety practice of body movements to express emotion instead of the language to achieve the purpose of communication. Body language is a silent language, it not only makes the language become humorous, but also gives the most obviousexpression of the content whichlanguage expressed.Theresearch ofEnglish teaching isof great important. It isnot only reflected in the development of education, but also one of the necessary means to improve the quality of English teaching. Although English is more widely learned, because of the limitation of pupils’vocabulary and presentation skills, they can not speak fluent English, and this restriction makes it difficult for a teacher to speak English in class for a long time. Therefore, teachers should take some other effective methods to support English teaching. In this case, body language becomes particularly important, as it can help to explain what the teachers mean in some degree.Teachers also can deepen students’ understanding and memories with theutilizingof body language.Reasonableuseofbody languagecan make English classroom full display the connotation of the language and the students will feel the charm of language deeply.In school education, body language plays a positive role in cultivating the students’characters. Teachers are usually respected, and factually, what the teachers say and do will be possibly imitated by the students. Moreover, teachers teaching accompanied with gestures and facial expressions could create visual effect. It helps teachers express their own ideas and viewpoints more accurately and vividly to draw the attention of students. The research of the practical use of body language in primary E grate help to improve teaching effect.
制表日期：2013年12月05日
The Use of Body Language In Primary School English Teaching
Zhang Xiaoli
English 2010-3
Li Suqin (Associate Professor)
December 5,2013
摘要
肢体语言是传递信息、增加表达效果的一种重要辅助手段，是激发学生的学习兴趣、使学生学得更好的有效途径之一。本文主要通过探讨肢体语言的重要性和必要性，进而分析如何在小学英语课堂上巧妙有效地运用肢体语言，以及如何运用肢体语言提高学生学习英语的积极性。然后，归纳在教学中经常使用的肢体语言和所产生的效果，分析自身在教学实践中肢体语言的运用和学生的反应，得出结论。最后，总结调查成果，综合论述肢体语言在英语课堂中运用的一些注意事项和重要性，分析肢体语言在教学中具体运用的效果并提出具有可行性的建议。
关键词：肢体语言；英语课堂；教学效果；学生反应；
Abstract
Body language is a kind of important supplement means for sending messages and increasing expression effect. It also an effective way which not only inspire students’interests in learning but also encourage students to acquire better. This paper aimed at research the importance and necessity of body language. Then, educators will easily analysis how to use body language cleverly and effectively in teaching English, and will see how to use body language to improve students’motivations in English learning. Afterwards, we conclude the body language which is usually used in teaching, and observe the effect it produces. Analysis the body language used in real classroom teaching and students’responses. Through summarizing the research results of body language used in English teaching, we can put forward feasible suggestions eventually.
大理学院毕业论文（设计）
肢体语言在小学英语教学中的运用
The Use of Body Languagein Primary School English Teaching
学院：外国语学院
专业：英语
年级班级：2010级3班
学生学号：2010123338
学生姓名：张晓丽
指导教师：李素琴
起止日期：2013年11月10日—2013年12月07日
Body language usedinteaching activities isone ofthe hot topic.Themajority ofeducational researchers study and discussit frequentlyatthe present stage. In the process of foreign language learning, the cultural differences performedparticularly significantin the expressionand communication inforeign language learning. The bookBody Language and Foreign Language Teachingwrittenby Zhang Yifang and Chen Wenfeng mainly introduces the body language and classroom teaching, especially body language applied in foreign language teaching. Hu Zhiying’s“Let the Body Language into Primary English Classroom”, expounded that the application of body language to the primary school English class not only can stimulate children’s interests in learning the English language, but also improve the quality of class teaching effectively. There are already many papers to study body language at home and abroad, but mostly from the perspective of psychology and education law. Most of the papers only pointed out the importance and application of research body language, less involved in how to use body language effectively in classroom practice. Based on theexistingdisadvantages in the primaryschoolEnglish teaching, as well as the importance of stimulatingstudents interest in learning.Wearetryingtousebody language toassistteaching, makingEnglishintuitive, vivid andinterestingtostudents.This is consistent according to the age characteristics of students, but also help children’s cognitive development from the perceptual to the rational, thus their emotional will tends to optimistic, pro-active, and able to learn English as a pleasure, as a way of life needs eventually.Exceptingpossesses better language skills, each English teacher should pay attention to body language play an important role in English teaching practice.