I. Introduction
　　As everyone knows, the classroom teaching is one of the most important ways that the students learn English. As far as the English teaching in the middle schools is concerned, teachers have to arouse the students' interest so that they may learn better. There are many ways to arouse the students' interest and help them to learn better, and body language used in English teaching is one of them.
　　II. The concrete application of the body language in listening, speaking, reading and writing
　　1. Body language helps to improve listening
　　The Greek philosopher Epictetus ever said: "Nature has given man one tongue andtwo ears that he may hear twice as much as he speaks." From the saying we can learn how important the listening is in our daily life. To understand others is a basic purpose in English teaching, and teachers often train the students' listening accordingly. In this process, if the body language is used, the effect will be better.
　　When beginning a new lesson, the teacher narrates the story outline in English. The body language may help.
　　2. Body language helps to improve speaking
　　The contemporary emphasis is gradually laid on spoken English teaching. The first lesson of every unit in Senior English begins with dialogue. The teaching programs require the teachers to organize the class to practice English according to the characteristics of dialogue. Generally speaking, the body language can arouse and sustain the students' interest of learning and using English. In the English class, the teachers should not only use body languages themselves, but also ask the students to use them according to the different situation.
　　3. Body language helps to improve reading
　　When reading the sentences, attention should be paid to where to speak softly, emphasize, and raise or lower our tone. To make it clear, we can imitate the strong or soft pats that are used in music teaching, which means to use the arcs to represent different tones. The students in the middle school are not often accustomed to and always confuse them, however, with the help of body language ，they can solve the problem much more easily. For example, they use gestures. As they read the choosing interrogative sentence, they raise their hands in rising tones and lower in falling tones.
　　4. Body language helps to improve writing.
　　The linguist Franklin ever said, "Tell me, I'll forget; teach me, I'll remember; involve me and?I'll learn." If we asked the students to write an unfamiliar composition, they would probably be unable to and feel discouraged. However, the students can write excellent articles if they have the experience. In and out of class, we should ask the students to participate some English-related activities, and then ask them to write it down.
　　III. Conclusion
　　Learning English needs practice. The 45 minutes in class is very precious and should be cherished, during which the students should practice as much as possible.The use of body language is completely up to the standard of audio-visual teaching principle, so teachers should try to teach in English from the beginning to the end, together with the corresponding body language. In the end, the students’ ability of English will be certainly and greatly improved.
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