The Use of Body Language in Middle Schools
TheUseofBodyLanguageinMiddleSchools发布时间：2003-5-6作者：秩名
Author:ZhnagLeiSupervisor:DongChunzhi
ForeignLanguageDepartment
HankouBranchofHuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology
【Thesis】:Withthecontinualreformoflanguageteachingandlearningmethods,teachersareingreatdemandtoorganizetheclassesinEnglishandcreateEnglish-learningcircumstances.However,withthelimitationofstudents'vocabulary,teachershavetosimplifytheirteachinglanguagewiththehelpoffacialexpressionsandbodymovements.Inthisarticle,thepossibilityandtheeffectofusingbodylanguageinlistening,speaking,readingandwritingwillbefurtherdiscussed.
【Keywords】:Englishteachinginmiddleschools,bodylanguage
I.Introduction
Aseveryoneknows,theclassroomteachingisoneofthemostimportantwaysthatthestudentslearnEnglish.AsfarastheEnglishteachinginthemiddleschoolsisconcerned,teachershavetoarousethestudents'interestsothattheymaylearnbetter.Therearemanywaystoarousethestudents'interestandhelpthemtolearnbetter,bodylanguageusedinEnglishteachingisoneofthem.
Bodylanguageisanimportantmediathroughwhichpeoplecommunicatewitheachother.Itreferstothepatternsoffacialexpressionsandgesturesthatpeopleusetoexpresstheirfeelingsincommunication.Thespecialistonbodylanguageresearch,Fen.Lafle.Angles,oncesaid:"Onceitwaslost,ababycouldn'thavegrownintoanormalperson".It'salsotruetothejuveniles.Inschooleducation,bodylanguageplaysapositiveroleincultivatingthestudents'characters.For,teachersareusuallyrespected,andfactually,whatorhowtheteacherssayanddowillbepossiblyimitatedbythestudents(sometimessubconsciously).Inaword,teachers'gracefulbodylanguagehelpstoimprovethestudents'artistic-appreciationandmoralcharacter.Ifthestudentsdevelopawonderfulbodylanguage,whichwillpossiblyleadsthemtoformanoptimisticandactivefeelings,theywillsurelyhaveamoresmoothinterpersonalrelation.
Theaffectionofteachers'bodylanguageonthestudentsisreflectednotonlybyestablishingagoodexample,butalsoshorteningtheteacher-studentestrangementbywhichamoreharmoniousstudyingatmosphereiscreated.Asamatteroffact,teachers'friendlyappearancecangreatlyencouragethestudents'studyingenthusiasm.Furthermore,thecharacteristicsoftheoreticandabstractionofknowledgealsorequiresthevivid,dramaticandanaccessiblegesturestomakeitspecificandfigurative.Asaresult,thestudents'interestismotivatedandtheeffectofteachingisgreatlyimproved.
II.ThenecessityandimportanceofusingbodylanguageinEnglishteaching
Englishteachingisakeypartoftheschooleducation.WiththeEnglishteachingmethodsreform,moreandmoreEnglishteachersorganizetheteachingprocessinEnglishsothattheymayrealizetheCommunicatedEnglish.TheCommunicatedEnglishmeansthatteachersinstructthestudentsandexplainquestionsbasicallyinEnglish,andthestudentsarealsorequiredtouseEnglishinclass.Contemporarily,however,thestudentsinthemiddleschoolcan'tspeakverywell;neithercantheyunderstandwhytheyshouldusedifferenttonesindifferenttimeorsituation;their
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