An Empirical Study On The Influence Of Body Language In Primary School English Classroom

Non-verbal communication,as an important way of communication,is essential in the process of human communication.Body language also belongs to the category of non-verbal communication.Body language plays an important role in English classroom.It makes the classroom more lively and it can promote students' further understanding of knowledge and the smooth progress of teaching activities.This paper focuses on the following questions: First,do primary school English teachers use body language in class? Do they use it consciously? Second,what are the quantitative characteristics of body language ? Third,what are the type characteristics of body language ? Fourth,what is the effect of using body language?This paper makes a data analysis to answer the research questions through classroom observation,interview and questionnaire survey.Firstly,it is found that body language is regarded as an effective means to assist classroom teaching by primary school English teachers,but most of them lack of theoretical knowledge,and their personal awareness of using body language is weak.Secondly,the total number of body language used by primary school English teachers is large,but it is within the range of students' acceptance.Thirdly,when primary school English teachers use body language,facial expression language and gesture language are the most frequently used,while body posture and body distance language are the least frequently used;Fourthly,from the perspective of the teaching effect,students like the body language used by teachers,especially in the process of explaining knowledge.Body language can effectively promote students' understanding of knowledge points,mobilize students' interest in learning,and promote the smooth progress of teaching activities,which have achieved good teaching results.