英语教学中的非言语交际开题报告

Nonverbal Communication in Classroom English Teaching

外语教学中的非言语交际

II. Aim, significance and current situation

Human communication is a dynamic, systemic process in which meanings are created and reflected in human interaction with symbols. It is performed both verbally and nonverbally. One study done in the United States showed that in the communication of attitudes, 93 percent of the message was transmitted by the tone of the voice and by facial expressions, whereas only 7 percent of the speaker’s attitude was transmitted by words. Apparently we express our emotions and attitudes more nonverbally than verbally. Classroom English teaching, as a process of a face-to-face communication, is also the same. Nonverbal skills are invaluable for teachers in getting the messages across and understanding the messages of interests or messages of confrontations, which are sending through postures, gestures, eye contact and so on. In classroom, teachers and students, both consciously and unconsciously, send and receive the nonverbal cues several times a day, but unfortunately, too often teachers pay much attention to verbal communication, ignoring the fact that the majority of the information in face-to-face communication is conveyed through nonverbal means. They have laid much emphasis on the students’ ability of verbal communication, both in oral and written form, while neglecting that of nonverbal communication, an indispensable part of communication.

Our aim to teach a language, especially a foreign language, is to teach the students how to use the language to communicate more effectively with other people, but for the limitations of the words and the culture of other languages, the students cannot understand well in class while teachers use foreign language to organize the teaching process, so as English teachers, we should try our best to help the students to learn better. Nonverbal cues, which transmit two-thirds messages of our communication, can help us. We can improve our teaching and achieve better results if we can appropriately use nonverbal communication in classroom English teaching.

During the long period, although the research of analyzing on nonverbal communication starts slowly, the aspects of analyzing on nonverbal communication has walked into a mature stage. We should attach much importance to this aspect and make full use of them in our teaching. III. Content

The impact of nonverbal communication is at least as significant as verbal communication. Besides verbal

communication, nonverbal communication, by which teachers can impart knowledge to students and make exchanges with them, also counts for much in classroom English teaching. This paper gives a brief

introduction of the definition, types and functions of nonverbal communication, some examples to show that teachers’ proper nonverbal behaviors have positive impact on classroom English teaching, and it also gives a detailed account of the use of nonverbal communication in classroom English teaching. Besides, it puts forward some suggestions for improving nonverbal communication skills and ability for both teachers and students to achieve better teaching and learning. IV. Outline 1. Introduction

2. Definition of nonverbal communication3. Functions of nonverbal communication 3.1 Repeat

3.2 Complementing 3.3 Contradicting 3.4 Substituting 3.5 Regulating

4. Nonverbal communication in classroom English teaching 4.1 Body language 4.2 Paralanguage 4.3 Facial expressions 4.4 Eye contact 4.5 Spaces

5. Principles of using nonverbal communication in classroom English teaching 5.1 Consistency

5.2 Appropriateness5.3 Self-control 6. Conclusion Bibliography

Acknowledgment

V. Methods

Before I write this thesis, I have made some research on nonverbal communication and written the paper last term. Now, I have read some materials about the examples of nonverbal behaviors. Then I will make a careful research into them by adopting analysis, summarization and generalization exemplification and quotation based on the materials I have collected. In my paper, it gives a brief introduction of the definition, types and functions of nonverbal communication, some examples to show that teachers’ proper nonverbal behaviors have positive impact on classroom English teaching, and it also gives a detailed account of the use of nonverbal communication in classroom English teaching, then, it puts forward some suggestions for improving nonverbal communication skills and ability for both teachers and students to achieve better teaching and learning.

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