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1、TheUseofBodyLanguageinChildrenEnglishTeachingI.IntroductionChildrenwerebornwithauniquefeelingandaspecialobservationalangletotheworld,theyarelively,curiousaboutthesurroundings;andtheyhaveastrongimitationability,intellectualcuriosityandcreativethinking.Aschildren’sthinkingisintuitiveandconcrete,their
2、thinkingmainlydependsonthespecificimage,appearanceandtheassociationsofappearance.So,theirlanguagelearningcannotbeseparatedfromthespecificobjects,actionsandsituations.Therefore,inmostcaseschildrenunderstandandexpresslanguagethroughintuitivemovements,expressionsorspecificsituation.Americanbodylanguag
3、eexpertPattiWood1foundinalong-termexperiment:ifapersonwantstoconveycompleteinformationtoothers,simplelanguageonlycovers7%,tone38%,andtheother55%oftheinformationneedstobeconveyedbynon-verballanguage.AmericanpsychologistEdwardT.Hall2alsopointedoutinhisbooktheSilentlanguage3:thesilentlanguagenotonlysh
4、owsmuchmoremeaningthanthesoundlanguage,butalsomuchmoreprofound,assoundlanguagetendstohidemanyorevenmostmeaningoftheexpression.Nomatter“Non-verballanguage”or“silentlanguage”,bothofthemmainlyrefertobodylanguage.Soitisclearthatbodylanguageplaysacommunicativerolewhichcannotbereplacedbysoundlanguage,asi
5、temphasizesthecontentsofthespeechandincreasespecialsignificancetothespeech.Then,whatisbodylanguage?Bodylanguage,whichisanimportantmediumpeopleusetocommunicatewitheachother,referstothepatternsoffacialexpressionsandgesturespeopleusetoexpresstheirthoughtsandfeelingsincommunication.4Itnotonlyreferstoth
6、ebodymovements,gestures,postures,facialexpressions,eyecontact,voice,etc.inourordinarysense,butalsothespaceoccupiedandclothing.Oneofthemostimportantfeaturesofbodylanguageisitslargeamountofinformation.One’seyecontact,clothing,gesture,posture,distancewithothers,voicepitch,languagerhythmcantransmitvari
7、etyofinformationsimultaneously.Itislimitedandabstractforonetoconveyinformationonlyrelyingonhearingincommunication;andappropriateuseofbodylanguageismorevisual,vividandconcrete,andcanmakethecommunicationeasie
