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1、TheUseofBodyLanguageinChildrenEnglishTeachingI.IntroductionChildrenwerebornwithauniquefeelingandaspecialobservationalangletotheworld,theyarelively,curiousaboutthesurroundings;andtheyhaveastrongimitationability,intellectualcuriosityandcreativethinking.Aschildren
2、’sthinkingisintuitiveandconcrete,theirthinkingmainlydependsonthespecificimage,appearanceandtheassociationsofappearance.So,theirlanguagelearningcannotbeseparatedfromthespecificobjects,actionsandsituations.Therefore,inmostcaseschildrenunderstandandexpresslanguage
3、throughintuitivemovements,expressionsorspecificsituation.AmericanbodylanguageexpertPattiWood1foundinalong-termexperiment:ifapersonwantstoconveycompleteinformationtoothers,simplelanguageonlycovers7%,tone38%,andtheother55%oftheinformationneedstobeconveyedbynon-ve
4、rballanguage.AmericanpsychologistEdwardT.Hall2alsopointedoutinhisbooktheSilentlanguage3:thesilentlanguagenotonlyshowsmuchmoremeaningthanthesoundlanguage,butalsomuchmoreprofound,assoundlanguagetendstohidemanyorevenmostmeaningoftheexpression.Nomatter“Non-verballa
5、nguage”or“silentlanguage”,bothofthemmainlyrefertobodylanguage.Soitisclearthatbodylanguageplaysacommunicativerolewhichcannotbereplacedbysoundlanguage,asitemphasizesthecontentsofthespeechandincreasespecialsignificancetothespeech.Then,whatisbodylanguage?Bodylangua
6、ge,whichisanimportantmediumpeopleusetocommunicatewitheachother,referstothepatternsoffacialexpressionsandgesturespeopleusetoexpresstheirthoughtsandfeelingsincommunication.4Itnotonlyreferstothebodymovements,gestures,postures,facialexpressions,eyecontact,voice,etc
7、.inourordinarysense,butalsothespaceoccupiedandclothing.Oneofthemostimportantfeaturesofbodylanguageisitslargeamountofinformation.One’seyecontact,clothing,gesture,posture,distancewithothers,voicepitch,languagerhythmcan19transmitvarietyofinformationsimultaneously.
8、Itislimitedandabstractforonetoconveyinformationonlyrelyingonhearingincommunication;andappropriateuseofbodylanguageismorevisual,vividandconcrete,andcanmakethecommunicationeas
