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1、TheUseofBodyLanguageinChildrenEnglishTeachingI.IntroductionChildrenwerebornwithauniquefeelingandaspecialobservationalangletotheworld,theyarelively,curiousaboutthesurroundings;andtheyhaveastrongimitationability,intellectualcuriosityandcreativethinking.Aschildren’sthinkingisintuitivea
2、ndconcrete,theirthinkingmainlydependsonthespecificimage,appearanceandtheassociationsofappearance.So,theirlanguagelearningcannotbeseparatedfromthespecificobjects,actionsandsituations.Therefore,inmostcaseschildrenunderstandandexpresslanguagethroughintuitivemovements,expressionsorspeci
3、ficsituation.AmericanbodylanguageexpertPattiWood1foundinalong-termexperiment:ifapersonwantstoconveycompleteinformationtoothers,simplelanguageonlycovers7%,tone38%,andtheother55%oftheinformationneedstobeconveyedbynon-verballanguage.AmericanpsychologistEdwardT.Hall2alsopointedoutinhisb
4、ooktheSilentlanguage3:thesilentlanguagenotonlyshowsmuchmoremeaningthanthesoundlanguage,butalsomuchmoreprofound,assoundlanguagetendstohidemanyorevenmostmeaningoftheexpression.Nomatter“Non-verballanguage”or“silentlanguage”,bothofthemmainlyrefertobodylanguage.Soitisclearthatbodylanguag
5、eplaysacommunicativerolewhichcannotbereplacedbysoundlanguage,asitemphasizesthecontentsofthespeechandincreasespecialsignificancetothespeech.Then,whatisbodylanguage?Bodylanguage,whichisanimportantmediumpeopleusetocommunicatewitheachother,referstothepatternsoffacialexpressionsandgestur
6、espeopleusetoexpresstheirthoughtsandfeelingsincommunication.4Itnotonlyreferstothebodymovements,gestures,postures,facialexpressions,eyecontact,voice,etc.inourordinarysense,butalsothespaceoccupiedandclothing.Oneofthemostimportantfeaturesofbodylanguageisitslargeamountofinformation.One’
7、seyecontact,clothing,gesture,posture,distancewithothers,voicepitch,languagerhythmcan18transmitvarietyofinformationsimultaneously.Itislimitedandabstractforonetoconveyinformationonlyrelyingonhearingincommunication;andappropriateuseofbodylanguageismorevisual,vividandconcrete,andcanmake
8、thecommunicationeas
