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1、AnAnalysisofBodyLanguageinPrimarySchoolEnglishTeaching1IntroductionAseverybodyknows,theclassroomteachingisoneofthemostimportantwaysthatthestudentslearnEnglish.AsfarastheEnglishteachingisconcerned,teachershavetoarousethestudents’interestsothattheymaylearnbetter.Therearemanywaystoarousethest
2、udents’interestandhelpthemtolearnbetter,bodylanguageusedinEnglishteachingisoneofthem.Bodylanguageisanimportantmediathroughwhichpeoplecommunicatewitheachother.Itreferstothepatternsoffacialexpressions,gesture,eyecontactandbodydistancethatpeopleusetoexpresstheirfeelingsincommunication.Inschoo
3、leducation,bodylanguageplaysapositiveroleincultivatingthestudents’characters.Teachersareusuallyrespected,andfactually,whatorhowtheteacherssayanddowillbepossiblyimitatedbythestudents(sometimessubconsciously).Inaword,teachers’gracefulbodylanguagehelpstoimprovethestudents’artistic-appreciatio
4、nandmoralcharacter.Ifthestudentsdevelopawonderfulbodylanguage,whichwillpossiblyleadthemtoformoptimisticandactivefeelings,theywillsurelyhaveamoresmoothinterpersonalrelation.Theaffectionofteachers’bodylanguageonthestudentsisreflectednotonlybyestablishingagoodexample,butalsoshorteningtheteach
5、er-studentestrangementbywhichamoreharmoniousstudyingatmosphereiscreated.Asamatteroffact,teachers’friendlyappearancecangreatlyencouragethestudents’studyingenthusiasmFurthermore,thecharacteristicsoftheoryandabstractionofknowledgealsorequiresthevivid,dramaticandaccessiblegesturestomakeitspeci
6、ficandfigurative.Asaresult,thestudents’interestismotivatedandtheeffectofteachingisgreatlyimproved.2BodyLanguage2.1TheoriginofbodylanguageBodylanguagemaydatebacktoAristotle,whohadstudiedtheexpressionsofactions.AndDarwin’sExpressionsofHumansandAnimalspublishedin1872canberegardedastheinitials
7、tudyofbodylanguage,inwhichitwasmentionedaspartofhumanactivitiesfromtheverybeginningoftheprimitivesociety.However,thepublicknewlittleaboutitanddidnotstudyitsystematicallyandscientifically.ThepublicationofRayLBirdwhistell’sAnIntroductiontoKineicsin1952markedtheb
