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1、TheUseofBodyLanguageinChildrenEnglishTeachingI.IntroductionChildrenwerebornwithauniquefeelingandaspecialobservationalangletotheworld,theyarelively,curiousaboutthesurroundings;andtheyhaveastrongimitationability,intellectualcuriosityandcreativethinking.Aschildren’sthinkingisintuitiv
2、eandconcrete,theirthinkingmainlydependsonthespecificimage,appearanceandtheassociationsofappearance.So,theirlanguagelearningcannotbeseparatedfromthespecificobjects,actionsandsituations.Therefore,inmostcaseschildrenunderstandandexpresslanguagethroughintuitivemovements,expressionsors
3、pecificsituation.AmericanbodylanguageexpertPattiWood1foundinalong-termexperiment:ifapersonwantstoconveycompleteinformationtoothers,simplelanguageonlycovers7%,tone38%,andtheother55%oftheinformationneedstobeconveyedbynon-verballanguage.AmericanpsychologistEdwardT.Hall2alsopointedout
4、inhisbooktheSilentlanguage3:thesilentlanguagenotonlyshowsmuchmoremeaningthanthesoundlanguage,butalsomuchmoreprofound,assoundlanguagetendstohidemanyorevenmostmeaningoftheexpression.Nomatter“Non-verballanguage”or“silentlanguage”,bothofthemmainlyrefertobodylanguage.Soitisclearthatbod
5、ylanguageplaysacommunicativerolewhichcannotbereplacedbysoundlanguage,asitemphasizesthecontentsofthespeechandincreasespecialsignificancetothespeech.Then,whatisbodylanguage?Bodylanguage,whichisanimportantmediumpeopleusetocommunicatewitheachother,referstothepatternsoffacialexpression
6、sandgesturespeopleusetoexpresstheirthoughtsandfeelingsincommunication.4Itnotonlyreferstothebodymovements,gestures,postures,facialexpressions,eyecontact,voice,etc.inourordinarysense,butalsothespaceoccupiedandclothing.Oneofthemostimportantfeaturesofbodylanguageisitslargeamountofinfo
7、rmation.One’seyecontact,clothing,gesture,posture,distancewithothers,voicepitch,languagerhythmcan19transmitvarietyofinformationsimultaneously.Itislimitedandabstractforonetoconveyinformationonlyrelyingonhearingincommunication;andappropriateuseofbodylanguageismorevisual,vividandconcr
8、ete,andcanmakethecommunicationeas
