The Application of Teachers’ Body Language in English Teach(12)

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C. Pay attention to the culture diversity

In the world, especially in China, Chinese and Western culture are mix together and collision each other. When China accepted western culture essence, it should keep its own cultural independence, including body language which as one of the communication ways. There is no need to copy the all body language of English-speaking countries. Therefore in English teaching, it is necessary to use some Chinese body language to assist to English teaching. As an important part of communication, body language is indispensable in human communication. Nowadays, international communication is become more and more frequent. When the teachers use body language, they should pay attention to the culture diversity, master relevant knowledge, and teach students the relevant cross-cultural knowledge. For example, in Chinese view that American have too much gestures and facial expressions, but American may be think Chinese are inscrutable, and do not express their emotions. When Latinos are talking, their distance is very short; sometime they will touch each other. But in America and England, there are about four feet away when they are talking, and they taboo touch each other. If two men hand in hand when they talk, they will be considered as gay. So in different countries, a kind of body language may be has different means. As an English teacher, it is important to convey correct knowledge to the students with accurate body language.

Conclusion

The use of teachers‟body language can bring about great influences on students‟learning, such as emotion, interest and confidence. The teachers‟eye contact, facial expressions, gestures and posture affect students‟ attitudes and mental deeply, which results in obvious hints and appeals for students‟ emotions. But at the same time, some students lack knowledge of body language, they may misunderstand and misinterpret in learning. For this situation, the teachers should help the students overcome the difficulties with correct body language. In order to improve the students‟abilities of listening, reading, speaking and writing, the teacher should not only clear the important of body language in English teaching, but also pay attention to the audio,