非语言交际在中学英语教学中的有效应用

摘　要

长期以来人们在注重语言交际的研究，而忽视了一个重要的事实：在面对面的交流中，大部分的信息是通过非语言来传递的，非语言交际的运用比言辞更为普遍。由于非语言交际的浅显，在英语教学中它总是被忽视。然而非语言交际对教学有着强有力的影响。非语言交际的运用对教师从每个学生的各个方面获取和理解其传递的信息极具有价值。英语教师作为英语知识的传播者应首先具备非语言交际能力。非语言交际适用于中学英语课堂教学，它丰富了教学手段，激发了学生的学习兴趣，从而改善了教学效果。

非语言交际的研究不仅有利于语言理论的发展，而且还利于课堂教学质量的提高和文化意识的培养。而在日常中学英语教学中，很多教师没有意识到非语言交际的重要性，缺乏非语言交际的能力。所以本篇论文主要讨论在课堂教学中有哪些重要的非语言交际方式，以及教师如何有效的应用非语言交际来提高教学效果。

关键词

中学英语教学；非语言交际；有效应用

Contents

Abstract……..…………………….....................………………...…………..………Ⅰ

Key Words………………………………………………………………....................Ⅰ

摘要……………………………….…………...………………………...............……Ⅱ

关键词…………………………………….................................................................Ⅱ

Introduction……………………………………………………………........................1

I. The Problems of Teachers in Using Nonverbal Communication…….................…...3

A. Teachers’ Unawareness of the Importance of Nonverbal Communication…….......3

B. Lack of Nonverbal Communication Between Teachers and Students………...........4

C. Teachers’ Lack of Ways of Using Nonverbal Communication…………....……….5

II. The Main Nonverbal Communication in English Classroom Teaching……...…….6

A. Facial Expression………………………………………………………………......6

B. Gesture………………………………………………………………………….......7

C. Posture………………………………………………………………………….......8

D. Eye Contact………………………………………………………………….…......9

E. Nonverbal Sound………………………………………………………………......11

III. Teachers’ Effective Use of Nonverbal Communication in English Teaching…....12

A. Awareness of the Importance of Nonverbal Communication…………….....….....12

B.Careful Observer of the Students’ Nonverbal Behaviors………………….........….12

C.Nonverbal Flexible Communication………………………………………...….....13

D.Warm Atmosphere in Classroom………………….……….......….….................…14

Conclusion……………………………………………………………….……..........15

Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………..16

Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………17

Abstract

For a long time, people in daily life normally emphasize the verbal aspect of communication, overlooking the fact that a large amount of the information in face-to-face communication conveyed by the people is nonverbal. Nonverbal communication is so basic that the teachers tend to take it for granted and always ignore it in the English classroom teaching. Moreover, according to scientific researches, the nonverbal cues are more appropriate to be used in the English classroom teaching in middle schools and they can enrich the teaching method, stimulate the students’ interest, and better the teaching effect. Thus, English teachers, as the disseminators of English knowledge, should be equipped with nonverbal communicative competence first. The teacher should know the importance of nonverbal communication and utilize it in his/her classroom teaching so as to improve the effect of the lesson.

The paper holds that the study of nonverbal language is beneficial not only to our linguistic theory but also to the classroom teaching and learning. In the middle school English teaching, teachers are not aware of the importance of nonverbal communication and they lack the ways of using nonverbal communication. So the main nonverbal communication in English classroom teaching is being discussed, such as facial expression, gesture, posture, eye contact and nonverbal sound. Then it is discussed how to make full use of teacher’s role in nonverbal communication. The teacher should be a careful observer of the students’ nonverbal behaviors, use nonverbal communication flexibly, and create a warm atmosphere in classroom. Thus, we can have a good effect in middle school English teaching.

Key Words

Middle school English teaching; nonverbal communication; effective