肢体语言在教学中的应用

PAGEPAGE13河南财经政法大学成功学院本科生毕业论文TheApplicationofBodyLanguagetoEnglishTeachinginInfantSchool肢体语言在幼儿英语教学中的应用院系名称外国语言文学系姓名段亚红学号2008241321专业英语指导教师王晶讲师2012年5月15日TheApplicationofBodyLanguagetoEnglishTeachinginInfantSchoolAThesisSubmittedtoForeignLanguagesDepartmentofChenggongHenanUniversityofEconomicsandLawDegreeofBachelorofArtsBy:DuanYahongSupervisor:

WangJingMay

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2012AbstractWiththecontinualreformoflanguageteachingandlearningmethods,teachersarerequiredtoorganizetheclassesinEnglishandcreateEnglish-learningcircumstances.However,withthelimitationofstudents’vocabulary,teachershavetosimplifytheirteachinglanguagewiththehelpofBodyLanguage.Bodylanguagehasbeenwidelyusedincommunicationoutofclass.Atthesametime,itplaysaveryimportantroleinEnglishteaching.Inthisarticle，theauthorwilldiscussthenecessityandimportanceofusingbodylanguageinEnglishteaching.Itcanstrengthentheteacher’scharm;stirthestudents’interest;maketeachingbecomeSimple;understandstudentsclearly;andhelptoimprovethefourbasicskillsoflearninglanguage:listening,speaking,reading,andwriting.TheauthoralsodiscussestheusingofthreemajorkindsofbodylanguageinEnglishteachingandtheprinciplesofusingthebodylanguageteaching.Atthesametime,theauthoralsodiscussestheapplicationofbodylanguageinEnglishteaching.Theforty-fiveminutesinclassisverypreciousifateacherwantstogetmoreeffectivehemustusethebodylanguageproperlyandcorrectly.KeyWords:BodyLanguage;EnglishTeaching;FacialExpressions;Postures摘要随着英语教学法的不断深入发展,人们要求英语教师在课堂上使用英语组织教学,并为学生学习英语创设学习环境。然而，由于学生词汇量的限制，教师在课堂上要简化自己的语言，这就需要肢体语言的协助。肢体语言在课堂上得到了广泛的应用。同时，在英语教学中它也扮演了非常重要的角色。在这篇文章中，笔者主要论述了肢体语言在教学中的重要性：能引起学生兴趣，能促进和谐的师生关系，能帮助教师简化教学，以及如何恰当的使用目光语、手势语、面部语言等肢体语言。同时也指出了使用肢体语言需要注意的几点事项和肢体语言在英语教学中的应用。四十五分钟的授课时间是极为短暂的，要向短短的四十五分钟要效益，就要求教师尽可能的合理使用肢体语言，大大加强自己的教学效果。关键词：肢体语言；目光语；手势语；面部表情；仪态语

AcknowledgementsThisthesisistheproductoftheauthorandthesupervisor'sthreemonthsofefforts.IthasbeenrepeatedlyrevisedundertheguidanceofmysupervisorWangJingwhooffersmeacademicandconstructiveadviceoncomposingthispaper.Herencouragementandhelpareworthyofhighacknowledgement.Shepointedoutsomemistakesinmypaper.ThenIcorrectedthemandmadeitbecomebetterthanbefore.Moreover,IwouldsincerelythankmyfriendQinShuaiwhohelpedmetocollectreferencematerialsformeandamiddleschoolEnglishteacherwhogavememanyvaluablesuggestions.Ithankthemverymuchhere,especiallyformysupervisorWangJing.ContentsIntroduction 11TheNecessityandImportanceofUsingBodyLanguageinEnglishTeaching 11.1TheDefinitionofBodyLanguage 21.2FunctionsofUsingBodyLanguage 21.2.1StirringtheStudents’interests 21.2.2HelpingtoImprovetheFourBasicSkillsofLearningLanguage:Listening,Speaking,Reading,andWriting 32.TheUsingofThreeMajorKindsofBodyLanguagesinEnglishClassroomTeaching 52.1TheUsingofEyesightinEnglishTeaching 52.2TheUsingofFacialExpressionsinEnglishTeaching 52.3TheUsingofPosturesintheEnglishTeaching 63ThePrinciplesofUsingtheBodyLanguageTeaching 73.1UsingBodyLanguageinEnglishClassesMustAccordwiththePhysicalFeaturesofMiddleSchoolStudentsandtheTeachingContents 83.2DoingtheSamefortheWholeStudents;Respect,Believe,andLovetheStudents 84TheApplicationofBodyLanguageinEnglishTeaching 94.1Students’AttitudetowardsEnglish 94.2TeachingofTexts 9Conclusion 10Bibliography: 12IntroductionAsweknow，theclassroomteachingisoneofmostimportantwaysthatthestudentslearnEnglish.Traditionaleducationpaystoomuchattentiontoinstillingtheknowledgeintothestudents.SuchcrammingmethodofteachingbringsupthestudentswhohavegoodmarksbutlowabilityIfteacherswanttoarousethestudents′interestssothattheycanlearnbetterencouragethemandenhancetheefficiencyofclassroomteachingtheyhavetouseallkindsofways.UsingbodylanguageintheEnglishteachingisoneofthem.Bodylanguagestudiesarenowinacademiaabrand–newtheory.Sobodylanguageapplicationinclassroomteachingexplorationstillareshort.AmericanpsychologistJamesAsherJPRteachingisthebodylanguageintheteachingexperiment.CombinedwithmyselfinEnglishteachinghowtousebodylanguageItriedtodiscusstheapplicationofbodylanguageinEnglishteaching.Thisthesisaimstoresearchthenecessityandimportanceofbodylanguageandtherearefourmajorkindsofbodylanguageinthisthesisandwewilldiscusshowtouseofthemproperlyandcorrectlyandwewilldiscusssomeprincipleswhenweusethebodylanguage.1TheNecessityandImportanceofUsingBodyLanguageinEnglishTeachingBodylanguageisanimportantmediathroughwhichpeoplecommunicatewitheachother.Itreferstotheprocessofcommunicatingwhatyouarefeelingorthinkingbythewayyouplaceandmoveyourbodyratherthanbywords.AfamousanthropologistE.T.Hallpointed“silentlanguagesexpressmoreinformationthanverballanguage.”Becausebodylanguageisusedmoretimesthanverballanguage.TheUnitedStatespsychologistAlbertMelabin,1968,madeanexperimenttoprovethatthetotalresultoftheIinformation7writing38tone55countenanceandmovement.AndthespecialistonbodylanguageresearchFenLafelAnglesoncesaid“Oncebodylanguagewaslostabodycouldn’thavegrownintoanormalperson.”Sobodylanguageplaysanessentialroleinhumancommunication.EveryoneknowswiththecontinualreformandopeningofChinaEnglishisbecomingmoreimportantinmanyfieldsforexampleineconomysportandscience.ThedevelopmentofsocietyisingreatneedofalargenumberofpeoplewithrichEnglishknowledge.ThewildestuseofEnglishistocommunicate.AndwiththecontinualreformoflanguageteachingandlearningmethodsteachersareingreatdemandtoorganizetheclassesinEnglishandcreateEnglish–learningcircumstances.SocommunicatedEnglishisveryimportant.CommunicatedEnglishmeansthatteachersteachEnglishinEnglishandthestudentsarealsorequiredtouseEnglishinclass.Howeverwiththelimitationofstudentsvocabularyteachershavetoorganizetheir6teachingwiththebodylanguage.FromtheabovewecanseethatbodylanguageisimportantandnecessaryfortheEnglishteaching.Itnotonlycanstrengthenteacher’scharmarousethestudentsinterestestablishmoresmoothinterpersonalrelationbetweentheteachersandstudentsbutalsocanmaketheteachingbecomesimplerandithelpstoimprovethefourbasicskillsoflearninglanguagelisteningspeakingreadingandwriting.1.1TheDefinitionofBodyLanguageBodylanguageisknownasnon-verbalbehaviorwhichtransmitsinformationthroughgestures,movementandfacialexpression.Peoplecommunicatewitheachotherbytheirbodylanguageinthewaysofnodding,eyecontacting,shruggingandsoon.Accordingtothepsychologists’research,thesewayscanexpresssomethingthatverballanguagecannotdirectlyexpress.Bodylanguagecanbedividedintosightlanguage;bodytoucheslanguage,posture,gesture,manner,facialexpression,andclotheslanguage.1.2FunctionsofUsingBodyLanguage1.2.1StirringtheStudents’interestsAfamouspersoneversaid,“Interestisthebestteacher.”Soattractingandimprovingthestudents’interestisaveryimportantpartofEnglishteaching.Therearemanywaystoarousethestudents’interest.BodylanguageusedinEnglishteachingisoneofthem.ThelinguistMrLueversaid:“Theforeignlanguageteachershouldbeabletoperformanddanceforjoymadeavividgesturemovementandcountenanceasanactorshouldnotalwaysbegentleandcultivatedorjuststandstifflyontheplatform.”Buthowdoweattractthestudents’interestsbyusingbodylanguageBelowIwillexampletoillustratethisproblem.Forexample:Whenteachersteachthewordsofthebodypartssuchas:“head”“nose”“face”“hand”……theycanletthestudentstouchtheirbodyownbodyparts.Byusingbodylanguagethestudentsmustbefullofpleasureinthisclass.SobodylanguageplaysanimportantroleinStirringthestudentsinterest.1.2.2HelpingtoImprovetheFourBasicSkillsofLearningLanguage:Listening,Speaking,Reading,andWritingUsingbodylanguagecanhelptoimprovethefourbasicskillsoflearninglanguage:listeningspeakingreadingandwriting.A:Bodylanguagehelpstoimprovelistening.TheGreekphilosopherEpictetuseverwittilysaid:“Naturehasgivemanonetongueandtwoearsthathemayheartwiceasmuchashespeaks.”Fromthesayingwecanlearnhowimportantthelisteningisinourdailylife.TounderstandothersisabasicpurposeinEnglishteachingandteachersoftentrainthestudentslisteningaccordingly.Inthisprocessifthebodylanguageisusedtheeffectwillbebetter.B:Bodylanguagehelpstoimprovespeaking.Thespokenlanguageisoneoftheimportantwaystocommunicate.Soweshouldtrytodevelopthestudents’abilityofspeaking.Factuallytheyarehelpedtoreachtheaiminacertaindegreebytheirteacher’sbodylanguage.ThecontemporaryemphasisgraduallylaidonspokenEnglishteaching.ThefirstlessonofeveryunitinSeniorEnglishbeginswithdialogue.TheteachingprogramsrequiretheteacherstoorganizetheclasstopracticeEnglishaccordingtot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First,theteachersshouldhaveelegantpostureofsittingandstandingwhenateachersits,heshouldsitstraight;andwhenhestands,heshouldhighuphishead.Second,ateacherhadbetternotweartheshoeswithhighheels,becausewhenateacherwalks,highheelscanpossiblydisturbthestudents`attention.Third,theteachershouldlearntowalkintothestudents`hearts.Forexample,whenthestudentsdiscussthequestions,youcanwalkinthemiddleofthemtohelpthemsolvethequestions;andwhenyouhaveclasses,ifsomeonemakemistakes,youcanwalkcloselythestudentstowarmhimhemustn’tdothat.Inaword,asateacher,youshouldwalkintothestudents’heartsreally.ItwillbeusefulfortheEnglishteaching.Atlast,thetoneandspeedwhenyouspeakarethewaysofpostures.Fromtheabove,wealreadyhaveknowntoneisveryimportanttotransfertheinformation.IntheEnglishclassroomteaching,toneisalsoplayanimportantrole.Whenateacherteachessomelanguagepoints,hecanemphasizetheimportantpartsbyraisingthetoneandslowingthespeed.Fromtheabove,wecanseetheposturesplayimportantroleintheEnglishteaching.3ThePrinciplesofUsingtheBodyLanguageTeachingIfateacherwantstousethebodylanguageinhisteachingclass,hemustpayattentiontothefollowingnotes:A:UsingbodylanguageinEnglishclassesmustaccordwiththephysicalfeaturesofmiddleschoolstudentsandtheteachingcontents.B:Preparingearnestlythestudents,designingbodylanguageproblemsforthemC:Doingthesameforthewholestudents;respect,believe,lovethestudents!D:Usingbodylanguagemustcooperatetotheverballanguage.E:Makingnoteofthedifferencesofbodylanguageindifferentculture.3.1UsingBodyLanguageinEnglishClassesMustAccordwiththePhysicalFeaturesofMiddleSchoolStudentsandtheTeachingContentsJuniormiddlestudentsareactive.Theyhaveactivethinking.Thevivid,funnyandcreativebodylanguagecanarousethestudents’interest.Buttheseniormiddleschoolstudentshaveabstractthinking.Theycansolvetheproblemsontheirownbydevotingtheirattentiononthingswhichtheyareinterested.ForJuniorAsajuniormiddleschoolteacher,Ithink,Ishouldbestrictinmybodylanguageusedintheclass.WhenIusethemintheclass,Ishouldensurethebodylanguagesareneithertoofalse,nornoappealing.Ofcourse,thebodylanguagewhichbeusedintheclassmustaccordwiththeteachingcontents.AsateacherofEnglish,youmustfamiliarizethetextbookswhichbetaughtbyyourself;deeplyunderstandtextbooks,moreunderstandeachlanguagepoint:whatneedtoknowandwhatneedtounderstand.Onlyinthisway,wecancooperatewithourexplanationneed,usemoreappreciatebodylanguage.Andthatcanhelpthestudentsdeepenandunderstandbettertheteachingcontents.3.2DoingtheSamefortheWholeStudents;Respect,Believe,andLovetheStudentsIftheteachertreatsthestudentswithcoloredglassesandregarddifferentlyasthestudentsandbadstudents,theeducationmustfail.Thefoundationofeducationis“love”.Treatingthestudentsshouldbethesame.Sousingthebodylanguageisonaccountofthe“love”forallthestudents.Inourclassroomteaching,educationshouldfacetoallthestudents,butnotforthegoodstudents.Weonlytreatthesameforallthestudents,wecanarousethebadstudents’interests.Thus,thereisaplacefortheteacherinthebadstudents’hearts,andtheycanlistentotheclassfromtheteacher.Sothefirststeplfusingbodylanguageistotreatallthestudentsequally.Ifateacherdoesasthese,Ithinktheeffectofusingbodylanguageisefficient.4TheApplicationofBodyLanguageinEnglishTeaching4.1Students’Attitude stowardsEnglishForonething,letusinvestigateanddrawapictureofthestudents’behavior.WhentheyhaveEnglishclass,classroomsaredividedintomanycheckerscarefully,andalargenumberofthestudentscrowdintotheclassroom.Allthestudentsaredressedthesameclothes,andtheyarefacedtoremembermanynewwords,texts,todomuchhomeworkeveryday.Theyareboringwithsermonoftheirteachers.Therefore,inthisconditiontheylosttheinterestofstudying.Learningasecondlanguageneedspersistentpassion.However,inthiscondition,thestudentshavenotenoughpassiontobemotivated.Theyarelongingforfreedomtostudyinafreshway.SoIsurelybelievethatthisisagoodexplanationwhysomestudentsabsentinEnglishclasssometimesandadolescentsseemtobemorerebelliousthanothers.IftheylosttheirpassiononEnglish,theydonotlikehavingEnglishclassanymore.Inclass,theteachersaskthestudentstoreadtextsorwordsagainandagain.Andafterclass,theyleavemuchhomeworktothestudentstodo,andtheydonotconsideraboutthestudents’thought,sothestudentsappeartobereluctanttodowhattheirteachersrequest.4.2TeachingofTextsBodylanguagecanimprovebilateralexchangeofemotionbetweentheteachersandthestudentsinordertomakeknowledgeareeasilyabortedbythestudents.Aneducationalpsychologyindicatesthattodevelopthestudents’intelligenceisaffectedbytheirmoodinclass.Thechangeoftheteachers’behaviorandexpressioncontrolthechangeofthestudents’mood.Theteachers’expression,eyesightandgestureaffectthestudents’mentalstateandstudyingattitude.Theteachers’positivebodylanguagebenefitsthestudents’intelligenceandcreatesarelaxing,naturalandhappystudyingatmosphere.Meanwhile,positivemoodandhappymentalstatebenefittoteachandstimulatethestudents’studyinginterest.Aconfidentiallook,aappreciativesmilefromtheteachersgivegreatstudyingpowertothestudents.Theteachers’humorgesturesgivethestudents’confidenceandrespectandmaintainthestudents’studyinginterest.Thereforetocreateanactiveclassatmosphereisvitalforteaching.Forexample,whenanEnglishteacherteachesACityIsDying,bodylanguagecanplaysanimportantroleinit.Atbeginning,heorsheopenshisorhereyeswidelyshowingapuzzledexpressionandraisesaquestionthatonlylifeareapttodie,butwhyacitycandie.Atthismoment,thestudentsaredeeplyattractedbytheteacher’sbehaviorandbefullofinterestandcuriositytostudy.Agoodbeginningmeansahalfof