2.How-to-use-body-language-in-the-classroom

1HowtousebodylanguageintheclassroomI’mverygladtostandhereandsharemytopicwithyou.I’dliketotalksomethingabouthowtousebodylanguageintheclassroom.What’sbodylanguage?It’sthemovementsofourbody.Weusethemtoshowwhatwearetalkingaboutandhowwearefeeling.Bodylanguageisexpressingyourselfbyyourbodyaction.Thoughitisnotdirectthanlanguage,butitmakestheinformationmoreattractive.Doyouknowwhattheuseofbodylanguageisandhowtouseit?First,Insteadoffirstlanguage,itleadsstudentsgointothesecondlanguagecompletely.Intheclassroom,Tsshouldusebodylanguageasmuchaspossible,especiallytothebeginnerswhodon’tknowtoomuchwords.Iftheteacherdoesn’tusebodylanguage,Sscan’tlistenorunderstandwell.Perhaps,theywillloseinterestinlearningEnglish.Teacher’sgestureshouldbedoneeasily.Stretch,handmovementsshouldbeusedreasonably.Ahandupinthechestistointroduceoneself.“I’m…”WhenItought“MayIcomein?”Iknockedatthedoorafewtimes.ThenIpointedtotheclassroomandsaid:”MayIcomein?”80%ofthestudentsguessedoutthemeaningofthesentence.(Forsomelanguageknowledge,itishardtoexplaintothestudentsinEnglish.SOIliketousethecorrectandsimplebodylanguage,it2willhelpthestudentsunderstandwell.Forexample,whenItaught“Openyourbook”Itakeupabookandopenit,atthesametimeIsay“openyourbook”thenallstudentsunderstoodthemeaningatonce.Last,bodylanguagecanmaketheclassactive.WhenI“lookatmeThisismyhead.”It’seasytolearn,butit’salsoboring.Howtomaketheknowledgeinteresting?Howtomaketheclassinteresting?Iaddsomebodylanguagewhenspeaking.Lookatmethisismyear.Lookatme,thisismyeye,Thestudentsareveryhappyandtheclassisveryactive.)Second,itdevelopstheimaginationofthestudentsthought.Teacher’sbodylanguagecanalsobesaidtobeanactoracting.Weactwell,thestudentscanlearnwell.Forexample,whenIteach“thePresentContinuousTense”,Idosomeactionsconstantlyandask”WhatamIdoing”Studentsguess“youare…”Thiswillnotonlyhelpstudentsrememberlotsofwors.Butalsoenrichstudents’imagination.Third,Itisaspecialfeelingtoplayattractivebodylanguage.Asthesayinggoes,theeyesarethewindowsofthesoul.BodyLanguageintheeyenotonlyhasmorespecificactions,butalsohastheinstructionsandshowfeatures.MosttimeIhintwithmyeyes,childrenalwaysmorefocusedandpositive.Anencourageexpression3inmyeyescanmakethoseclever,timid,afraidchildrenbecomerelaxed,bold.Sotheycantaketheinitiativetoanswerthequestion.Inaword,bodylanguageisveryusefulinclass.Ithelpsmeorganizetheclass.Ithelpsthechildrenunderstandandrememberwhattheylearneasily.Itcanmaketheclassmoreeffective.Soasteachers,weshouldtrytousebodylanguage.Thanksforyourlistening,