摘　要

随着经济和技术的快速发展，全球化趋势越来越明显，国家间的交流日益紧密。随之而来的，英语作为一门世界语言，越来越收到人们的关注。所以对于英语教育也日益重视起来，特别是小学英语，因为它是学习英语的第一阶段，是基础。本文所探讨的是肢体语言在小学英语教学中的应用。将肢体语言运用在小学英语教学其意义在于肢体语言教学能增强学生们对所学内容的记忆，提高学生的学习兴趣，活跃课堂气氛等。与其他研究者不同的是本文所探讨的肢体语言教学不单单只体现在手势上，也体现在教师的眼神，表情，穿着等，范围更加广。并且进一步说明，在教学中使用肢体语言必须达到正确性，合理性。以及如何将肢体语言教学运用到教授听力，词汇等学习中，使学生更有效的学习英语。

关键词：小学英语；肢体语言；教学；应用

Abstract

With the rapid development of economy and technology, the trend of globalization has become more and more obvious and the communication between countries has become more and more close. English as a world language has aroused more and more people’s attentions, especially for primary English. Because primary English study is the first step to study English. This paper studies on the application of body language in English teaching in primary school. The importance of using body language in English teaching in primary school lies in some reasons. First, using body language can enhance students’ memories on teaching contents in classroom. Second, using body language in English teaching can attract students’ notice and inspire their interest. Third, using body language in English teaching can improve atmosphere in English class and the relationship between teachers and students. The difference from other researchers is that this paper not only focuses on gestures from teachers, but also on the facial expressions of teachers, the wearing of teachers and so on. The range of this paper studies is wider. What’s more, when teachers use body language in English class, they should conform to its principles, such as importance principle, normality principle, rationality principle, comprehensiveness principle. And about how to use body language to teach listening, vocabulary and pronunciation in order to help students learn English more effectively.                                                                                                      

Key words: primary English; body language; teaching; application

1. Introduction
   This paper stresses on the application of body language in English teaching in primary school. And the main purpose of this paper is to consider some current problems, concepts and their relationships between body language and English teaching in primary school. This paper bases on many famous articles from outstanding scholars, referring to their standpoints of body language in English teaching in primary school and comparing them suitably. I want to illustrate the application of body language in English teaching in primary school in several aspects as follows—background of body language, the current situation of body language in primary English teaching and English class in primary school, the relationships between body language and English class in primary school, the importance of body language, how to use body language in teaching and so on. I want to know and understand the body language in English teaching in depth to see more advantages of body language and disadvantages to overcome.