体态语在小学英语教学中的应用_英语论文

A study on Application of Body Language in Primary School English Teaching

摘要

人类交际有两种形式：语言的和非语言的。体态语是属于非语言交际的，它是人们在表达感受，展现态度或者传递信息时特定的肢体动作和行动。就像体态语在我们日常生活中所起的重要作用，在英语教学，特别是在小学英语教学过程中，体态语也应引起我们的注意。

体态语的功能可以分为以下几种：重复，强调信息，表达情感，展现态度，补充作用等等。因此，在英语课堂里，体态语可以用作展示功能，建议，以精妙的方式组织内容。

在小学课堂里需要使用体态语的原因有以下几方面：小学生生理和心理等方面的特征，语言交流和非语言交流之间的联系，以及当下形式，也就是说经济全球化和世界多极化。除此之外，中国当今快速的现代化要求在英语教学中涉及英语国家的文化，因此也需要涉及到与文化相关的体态语的学习。

总之，在小学英语教学中，以更合适的方式使用体态语是非常有必要的，我们同时也需要在使用体态语过程中文化间的差异，并确保在使用体态语的过程中避免犯错。

关键字：体态语；小学生；英语教学

Abstract

Human beings have two ways to communicate: verbal communication and nonverbal communication. Body language belongs to nonverbal communication. Body language is the nonverbal specific position or movements people adopt during communication to express feelings, to show attitudes or to convey some information. Body language plays a very important role in human communication especially when verbal communication does not work, it can play a key role in our communication. So just like the importance of body language in our daily life, so body language in the English language teaching, especially in primary school English teaching, also calls for our due attention.

The functions of body language can be summarized as: repeating or emphasizing information, expressing feelings, showing attitudes ,substituting etc. Therefore, in English classroom, body language can be used to demonstrate, suggest, and organized in subtle ways. 

The reason why the primary school English teaching needs the body language during the class time is about: the physical and psychological characters of primary school students, the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication and the current situations, that is to say, the economic globalization and world multi-polarity. Moreover, China’s rapid modernization demands that the culture of English-speaking countries should be involved in English teaching, so, the teaching of culture-related body language must be involved, too.

In brief, it is very necessary to adopt body language in the appropriate way in primary English teaching. Also, we should be careful of the intercultural differences between body languages and make sure there is no mistakes in using body language.

Key word: body language;primary school students;English teaching