The Application of Teachers’ Body Language in English Teach(6)

(name of author) 6 ii. Usages of teachers‟ body language in English teaching

Teachers‟ body language is inevitable to create an active atmosphere in English teaching. Teaching is a participating bilateral activity between students and teachers. Teachers‟duty is to guide the students learn English, motivate the students‟interesting of learning English, create a language situation to encourage the students to participate in practice activity and require the students to find questions and solve questions by themselves. It not only needs the teachers are knowledgeable, but also use various teaching methods.

a. The creation of an active class atmosphere

An active class atmosphere includes two parts: a relaxing and friendly atmosphere, and better class discipline. Classroom is the main position of the students learning, which designed by the teachers. It means that the teachers‟ teaching method is so important because it decides where the students‟ attention is, mentality and classroom atmosphere. In English teaching, proper and various body languages could attract students‟attention; encourage the students‟ learning interesting, and brisk classroom atmosphere.

b. The development of students‟ abilities on thinking, imagining, expressing and imitating

Adolescent students are energetic. It is difficult for them to stay at classroom without any move. Meanwhile they have strong imitation and aesthesis to teachers‟ behaviors. In English teaching, teacher use body language, the students imitate the body language. It will deepen the impression of knowledge. In this process, the students will also learn the abilities of the teacher in reading, writing, singing, drawing or other abilities. Through long time experience accumulation, the students will become the teachers‟abilities into themselves. Because of students‟ curiosity and emulation, it could stimulate students‟ ability of thinking and imagining, and learn more deep knowledge by themselves. Moreover, teachers‟living interpretation and reading could help some shy students open their mouth. The dialogue between teacher and student or between students is favorable for increase the chance of communication practice to the students, and can make the students learn each other, advance together, to be the master of learning.

c. The creation of better understanding between students and teachers

In English teaching, if the teacher keeps a straight face, the students will think the teacher is too high to reach. It will hinder the students‟ learning initiative and kill the students‟ imitative ability. But if the teachers use body language in their teaching, perform with the students and play games with the students, and the students will think the teacher is approachable and amiable, which it could build up relationship between the students and teachers, also it can short the distance between the students and teachers. Therefore the use of