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Abstract： That’s true according to communication experts ，some students show that up to 90 percent of communication is nonverbal .Though you might you say one thing ，your body movements may indicate something entirely different .This nonverbal way of communicating is called body language .The use of body language can not attract the students’attention ，but also deepen their impression and imagination .However， with the limition of students’ vocabulary specially in middle schools ，teachers have to simplify their teaching language with the help of facial expressions and body movements.To teachers ，body language in middle schools is very useful .In this article ， the possibility and the effect of using body language in ， speaking ， reading ， and writing will be further discussed.
Keyword： body language； speaking； writing
Chapter One The Concret Application of the Body Language in Speaking and Reading
Fifst the effect of body language in speaking with others ， so teachers should try to develop the students’ ability of speaking from middle school . That is the important strat to train students’ oral language to train . Factually they are helped to reach the aim in a certain degree by their teachers’ body language .
The contemporary emphasis is gradually laid on spoken English teaching. The first lesson os every unit in Senior English begins with dialogues . The teaching programs require the teachers to organize the class to practice the dialogues with 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 . This can practice students’ courage and find their confident to use English . Gradually students have courage to speak English . In other words ， body language helps to improve students’ spoken English . Take it for example ， the first lesson in Unit one ， Book one is about the time when the new students first meet ， and they don’t know each other .
So a teacher can introduce himself first ， such as ：”Hello ， everyone ， nice to meet you here . Now I’ll introduce myself to you . My name is Daisy . I like playing basketball.....”During the introduce ， the teacher should use the new words and sentense strucures together with a vivid expression and cooperating gestures as possibly as he can . He smiles when he says hello to the class ， he shakes hands with some students saying “Nice to meet you ，”he writes name down on the blackboard ， he imitates the action of dribbling and shooting at the basketball .. After his introduce ， the teacher can creat a circumstance for the students to practice ： “Mary and Xiaohong are new classmates .They are walking together in the street ， and they meet one of Xiaohong’s old friends ， John . Then John and Mary are introduced to each other by Xiaohong .” After the students’ practice the diologue is introduced naturally from it . Usually， the application of body language in fifferent situations will result in an attracting and successful lesson . By this way ， it practice students’ speaking .
Body language helps to improve reading .The purpose of Junior English teaching is to train the students’ preliminary ability of using spoken and written English . In the Junior school ， the teacher should emphasis one the reading ability that serves the students’further study and their courage . Here the teacher mainly mention the helpfulness for reading aloud .Reading aloud helps the students to get a correct pronunciation . find their mistakes and intonation and to develop the combination of vocabularies’ pronunciation ，spelling and meaning . Furthermore it also helps the sudents to find out the article’s internal feelings and appreciate the beauty of the language .The students will have such an impression ： Reading aloud is basic in the middle school ， and the teachers should make full use of body language to develope and motivate the studentss’ ability of reading aloud .
When reading the sentences ，students attention should be paid to where to speak softly ，emphasize ，and raise or lower their tone . To make poem clear，the teacher can imitate the strong or soft timing which that are used in music teaching ， which means to use the curves to express different tones . Generally speaking ， we use falling tones in declarative and special questionary sentence ， first rising tones and then falling tones in the choosing questionary sentence .The students in the middle school are not often accustomed to and always confuse to them ， however ， with the help of body language ，students can solve the problem much more easily . For example ， they use gestures by imitate teachers When they read the choosing questionary sentence ，they raise their hands in rising tones and lower in falling tones . After training for some times ，as soon as they read sentences， they will remind themselves of the gestures . As a result ， there will be no problems and should not nervous in rightly reading the sentences at all .
Chapter Two The Concrete Application of the Body Languge in Writing and Listening Body language also helps to improving students’ writing ， the effect of body language in writing will be discussed .Writing is one of the four basic skills of learing language ，and it is so important a skill that it can be even saying without writing ， people can’t communicate with each other . Not only should the students get some English kownledge and vocabularies ， but also the ability to communicate with spoken and written English as what is mentioned in the teaching promgrams . According to some experts ， to some extents， writing is much more important than speaking ， because it can spread without the limitation of space and time . Since the students learn English as a media for communication ，they should have the ability of writing .
To get rid of the students’ feelings of being dull and tiring in the learning English process ， an English teacher has to use every possible method ，using body language is a best way . This is the same to the writing . Teachers use different methods in order to improve the students’ability of writing ，among which ， the application of body language can deepen the object impression ， such is magnificent in developing the students’ writing abiity .
The lingist Frankin ever said ， “Tell me ，I’ll forget ； teach me ，I’ll remember ； involve me ， and I’ll learn .” . If the students are asked to write an unfamiliar composition ， they would probably be unable to and feel discouraged . However ， the students can write excellent articles if they have experience . The students should be asked to participate some English-related activities， and then ask them to write it enjoyed themselves in the beautiful snowing and been given some hints ， the students can write much better a composition . For contrast to their complete imagination ， the studentsdeeply impressed by the body movement of the teachers and themselves ， which surely leads to a better article .
At last body language helps to improve listening . The Greek philosopher Epictetus ever wittily said ： “”Nature has given man one tongue and two ears that he may hear twice as much as he speaks “ . From this it can be saying how important the listening in our daily life . To understand others is a basic purpose in English teaching ，and teachers ofter 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 theacher narrates the English story in order to roude students’ enthusiastic in class . The body language may help . For example ， a teacher can stretch his arms slowly when he says “She is in a very big room ；” he or she csn open his or her eyes widely with mouth opened when he says “She is so beautiful a lady . “As a redo imitates the the crying or the movement of the animals under the premise of teaching order will surely achieve a better effect .
Body language is an important method though which teachers and students communicate with each other . It just takes a little practice . For example ： Your friend comes to you with a problem ， and you say you’d like to hear about it . But while she’s talking ，you look at your watch and around the room . Your body movements tell her that you are bored ， distracted ，in a hurry or all three .Your body language has given you away . From this example ， people can communicate each other with body language and body language can express one’s inter-idea .
Keyword： body language； speaking； writing
Chapter One The Concret Application of the Body Language in Speaking and Reading
Fifst the effect of body language in speaking with others ， so teachers should try to develop the students’ ability of speaking from middle school . That is the important strat to train students’ oral language to train . Factually they are helped to reach the aim in a certain degree by their teachers’ body language .
The contemporary emphasis is gradually laid on spoken English teaching. The first lesson os every unit in Senior English begins with dialogues . The teaching programs require the teachers to organize the class to practice the dialogues with 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 . This can practice students’ courage and find their confident to use English . Gradually students have courage to speak English . In other words ， body language helps to improve students’ spoken English . Take it for example ， the first lesson in Unit one ， Book one is about the time when the new students first meet ， and they don’t know each other .
So a teacher can introduce himself first ， such as ：”Hello ， everyone ， nice to meet you here . Now I’ll introduce myself to you . My name is Daisy . I like playing basketball.....”During the introduce ， the teacher should use the new words and sentense strucures together with a vivid expression and cooperating gestures as possibly as he can . He smiles when he says hello to the class ， he shakes hands with some students saying “Nice to meet you ，”he writes name down on the blackboard ， he imitates the action of dribbling and shooting at the basketball .. After his introduce ， the teacher can creat a circumstance for the students to practice ： “Mary and Xiaohong are new classmates .They are walking together in the street ， and they meet one of Xiaohong’s old friends ， John . Then John and Mary are introduced to each other by Xiaohong .” After the students’ practice the diologue is introduced naturally from it . Usually， the application of body language in fifferent situations will result in an attracting and successful lesson . By this way ， it practice students’ speaking .
Body language helps to improve reading .The purpose of Junior English teaching is to train the students’ preliminary ability of using spoken and written English . In the Junior school ， the teacher should emphasis one the reading ability that serves the students’further study and their courage . Here the teacher mainly mention the helpfulness for reading aloud .Reading aloud helps the students to get a correct pronunciation . find their mistakes and intonation and to develop the combination of vocabularies’ pronunciation ，spelling and meaning . Furthermore it also helps the sudents to find out the article’s internal feelings and appreciate the beauty of the language .The students will have such an impression ： Reading aloud is basic in the middle school ， and the teachers should make full use of body language to develope and motivate the studentss’ ability of reading aloud .
When reading the sentences ，students attention should be paid to where to speak softly ，emphasize ，and raise or lower their tone . To make poem clear，the teacher can imitate the strong or soft timing which that are used in music teaching ， which means to use the curves to express different tones . Generally speaking ， we use falling tones in declarative and special questionary sentence ， first rising tones and then falling tones in the choosing questionary sentence .The students in the middle school are not often accustomed to and always confuse to them ， however ， with the help of body language ，students can solve the problem much more easily . For example ， they use gestures by imitate teachers When they read the choosing questionary sentence ，they raise their hands in rising tones and lower in falling tones . After training for some times ，as soon as they read sentences， they will remind themselves of the gestures . As a result ， there will be no problems and should not nervous in rightly reading the sentences at all .
Chapter Two The Concrete Application of the Body Languge in Writing and Listening Body language also helps to improving students’ writing ， the effect of body language in writing will be discussed .Writing is one of the four basic skills of learing language ，and it is so important a skill that it can be even saying without writing ， people can’t communicate with each other . Not only should the students get some English kownledge and vocabularies ， but also the ability to communicate with spoken and written English as what is mentioned in the teaching promgrams . According to some experts ， to some extents， writing is much more important than speaking ， because it can spread without the limitation of space and time . Since the students learn English as a media for communication ，they should have the ability of writing .
To get rid of the students’ feelings of being dull and tiring in the learning English process ， an English teacher has to use every possible method ，using body language is a best way . This is the same to the writing . Teachers use different methods in order to improve the students’ability of writing ，among which ， the application of body language can deepen the object impression ， such is magnificent in developing the students’ writing abiity .
The lingist Frankin ever said ， “Tell me ，I’ll forget ； teach me ，I’ll remember ； involve me ， and I’ll learn .” . If the students are asked to write an unfamiliar composition ， they would probably be unable to and feel discouraged . However ， the students can write excellent articles if they have experience . The students should be asked to participate some English-related activities， and then ask them to write it enjoyed themselves in the beautiful snowing and been given some hints ， the students can write much better a composition . For contrast to their complete imagination ， the studentsdeeply impressed by the body movement of the teachers and themselves ， which surely leads to a better article .
At last body language helps to improve listening . The Greek philosopher Epictetus ever wittily said ： “”Nature has given man one tongue and two ears that he may hear twice as much as he speaks “ . From this it can be saying how important the listening in our daily life . To understand others is a basic purpose in English teaching ，and teachers ofter 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 theacher narrates the English story in order to roude students’ enthusiastic in class . The body language may help . For example ， a teacher can stretch his arms slowly when he says “She is in a very big room ；” he or she csn open his or her eyes widely with mouth opened when he says “She is so beautiful a lady . “As a redo imitates the the crying or the movement of the animals under the premise of teaching order will surely achieve a better effect .
Body language is an important method though which teachers and students communicate with each other . It just takes a little practice . For example ： Your friend comes to you with a problem ， and you say you’d like to hear about it . But while she’s talking ，you look at your watch and around the room . Your body movements tell her that you are bored ， distracted ，in a hurry or all three .Your body language has given you away . From this example ， people can communicate each other with body language and body language can express one’s inter-idea .