Abstract:

Body language is an essential medium for people to communicate in the daily life by means of facial expressions, eye contact, gesture and posture, space and distance. Body language has important influence on students', especially pupils’ acquisition. This study is aimed to carry on a preliminary discussion on the teachers' body language in the primary school English listening and speaking teaching. Based on the background and theories relevant to body language and psychology, the author focuses the study on the predecessors' exploration, summarizes the concrete application of body language in primary school English listening and speaking teaching and puts forwards some reflections in the course of practice. In addition, some of the warnings and strategies are stressed to avoid inappropriate use of body language in teaching English listening and speaking in primary school.

Key words: body language; primary English; teaching

摘要：

体态语，即运用手势，身势，面部表情，目光和空间距离来进行交流的一种无声的语言。对于学生尤其是小学生的语言习得有着重要的影响。本研究对小学英语听说教学中的教师体态语进行研究，并对如何促进教师与学生的体态语互动进行初步探讨。由体态语的研究历史和现状和心理学理论基础，提出本文的研究方向。根据前人的应用实践研究，总结出体态语在小学英语听说教学中的运用、实践反思、应用的意义和使用的注意事项。最后提出相应对策，建议在小学英语听说教学中更多地运用体态语。

关键词：体态语；小学英语；教学

1. Introduction
Body language is a silent language in communication by using gestures, facial expressions, eye contacts and spatial distance. Body language is multifaceted and is very essential and effective to assist language teaching especially at the primary English teaching level. It is known to all that before the existence of language, our ancestors had been able to use the body language to make the fundamental communication in their daily lives. Nevertheless, there were rare people who took up the theoretical research of the body language especially in the artistic respect until 19th century.