The Application of Body Language in Rural Primary School English Teaching英语本科毕业论文

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1、 本科生毕业设计(论文)(2013届)设计(论文)题目 The Application of Body Language in Rural Primary School English Teaching 作 者 分 院 外国语言文化分院 专 业 班 级 英语0906 指导教师(职称) 论 文 字 数 论文完成时间 2013年2月1日 The Application of Body Language in Rural Primary School English TeachingA thesis submitted toSchool of Foreign Languages and Cultur

2、esQianjiang CollegeHangzhou Normal Universityin partial fulfillment of the requirementfor the degree of Bachelor of ArtsUnder the Supervision ofCao, XiaomingSchool of Foreign Languages and CulturesQianjiang CollegeHangzhou Normal UniversityFebruary 1, 2013AbstractThis paper mainly focuses on the res

3、earch of the application of body language in rural primary school English teaching with the methods of questionnaire and analytic method. It aims to find out the current situation of body language in English teaching in rural primary school, subsequently put forward some corresponding measures and s

4、trategies to improve the teachers competence of body language applying and gradually inspire students learning interest and efficiency. From the research results, we see that all students like teachers having classes with body language, and the teachers also admitted that the application of body lan

5、guage in rural primary school English teaching is a more efficient way. Key words:body language; English teaching; rural primary school内容摘要本文使用了文献法,问卷调查法和分析法来研究农村小学英语教学中肢体语言的应用问题,旨在发现肢体语言在农村小学英语教学中的应用现状,并提出相应的措施来进一步提高教师的肢体语言使用能力,进而激发学生学习兴趣,提高学习效率。经调查研究表明,所有的学生都喜欢老师讲课时带点肢体语言,而且老师也承认在农村小学英语教学时,应用肢体语言是

6、一个更有效地方法。关键词:肢体语言;英语教学;农村小学Contents1. Introduction12. Relevant Theories on Body Language22.1 Speech act theory in body language22.2 Multiple intelligences theory in body language33. Current Situation of English Teaching in Rural Primary School44.Methodology64.1 Research questions64.2 Subjects64.3 In

7、struments64.4 Data collection74.5 Data analysis75. The Application of Body Language in Rural Primary School English Teaching85.1 Stirring students interest with facial expression and posture85.2 Expressing better with gesture95.3 Understanding students better with cooperative eye contact and body to

8、uch105.4 Focusing students attention with gesture and eye contact115.5 Transforming abstract to concrete with postures and gestures126. Conclusion13References14Acknowledgments16Appendix171. IntroductionHuman communication consists of verbal communication and nonverbal communication. Many investigati

9、ons have shown that the information passed by verbal communication is only 35% and the rest part of it is delivered through a non-verbal communication. Also Linguist David Abercrombie points out that “we speak with vocal, but we talked with the entire body” (Zhan, 2010). In addition, Terence Hawkes

10、also pointed out that “No one is only talking. Any speech acts are included the information transferred through the gestures, posture, facial expressions, eyes, body contact and other such languages to complete”. From that we can clearly see the non-verbal communication plays an important role in hu

11、man communication, especially in English teaching.Body language is a significant form of non-verbal communication and plays an irreplaceable role by non-verbal patterns in English teaching. It is an effective teaching way that teachers use their body movements to teach and express themselves such as

12、 gestures, eye contact, facial expressions and postures.However, what is the definition of body language? There are many kinds of definitions from experts. Some scholars hold the view that body language is a language without words, and others give a similar statement that body language indicates all

13、 communicative symbols except oral speech. Samover (1981) have made some attempts on more specific definition about body language like this: Body language is the socially, biologically, psychologically or culturally framed exchange of valuable messages which are not verbally spoken out but conveyed

14、by the body, gesture, symbols or relevant context and surrounding environment etc.Generally speaking, body language refers to a non-verbal pattern conveying information through facial expressions, gestures, actions. People can use body language to help them express more easily and understood. Someti

15、mes it is more specific, richer and more moving than spoken language.The paper gives a brief introduction about the body language, presents a complete English class and shows the theories of English teaching. The main contents of the paper include: the current situation of English teaching in rural

16、primary school, methodology, the application of body language in rural primary school English teaching and the conclusion.2. Relevant Theories on Body LanguageThere are many theories closely related to body language. In this thesis, the author tries to discuss how Speech Act Theory and Multiple inte

17、lligences theory can be applied to the interpretation of body language.2.1 Speech act theory in body language“The production or issuance of a sentence token under certain conditions is a speech act and speech acts are the basic or minimal units of linguistic communication” (Searle, 2001). Speech Act

18、 Theory is the first major theory in the study of language in use, which originated with the Oxford philosopher John Langshaw Austin. His theory finds great expression in How to Do Things with Words, which states that to say something is to do something. As we all know, all linguistic communication

19、involves linguistic acts. Of all the issues in the general theory of language usage, speech act theory has probably aroused the widest interest (Levinson, 2001). In Austins opinion, there are three senses in which saying something may be understood as doing something:(i) Locutionary act: “when we sp

20、eak we move our vocal organs and produce a number of sounds, organized in a certain way and with a certain meaning” (Hu & Jiang, 2002). For example, when somebody says “It is cold in the classroom”, we can ask a question like “What did he do?” The answer could be that he produced a sentence“It is co

21、ld in the classroom”.(ii) Illocutionary act: “when we speak, we not only produce some units of language with certain meanings, but also make clear our purpose in producing them, the way we intend them to be understood, or they also have certain forces as Austin prefers to say. Illocutionary force ma

22、y be said to be equivalent to speakers meaning, contextual meaning, or extra meaning, and maybe translated into Chinese as 言外之意 ” (Hu & Jiang, 2002). (iii) Perlocutionary act: “it concerns with the consequential effects of a locution upon the hearer. By telling somebody something the speaker may cha

23、nge the opinion of the hearer on something, or mislead him, or surprise him, or induce him to do something, etc. whether or not these effects are intended by the speaker, they can be regarded as part of the act that the speaker has performed” (Hu & Jiang, 2002). For example, after hearing “It is col

24、d in the classroom”, the listener may stand up to close the door or window. These three acts are reflected in body language. First, locutionary act in body language can be considered as the displays of body language signs, such as facial expressions, postures, gestures, and so on. Second, illocution

25、ary act is just like the making of a request, offer, promise, etc. By showing these body language signs, speakers can convey their intentions together with body language signs, that is what the speakers wants the hearer to do. Third, perlocutionary act can be claimed that after speakers do some body

26、 language signs, the hearer will do something as a result. All there three acts in body language can be explained in this example: when an teacher is giving a class, some students are listening carefully, some students were absent-minded, some were just talking with each other, and at this time, the

27、 teacher stop talking, standing with hands across, and staring students. As a result, the talking students will stop talking, and the absent-minded students will realize they need to listen to teacher carefully.2.2 Multiple intelligences theory in body languageIn 1983, a famous American psychologist

28、 Howard Gardner put forward the multiple intelligences theory in his writingThe Structure of the Intelligent. He thought that human beings had seven intelligences: linguistic intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, visual-spatial intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, musical intell

29、igence, interpersonal intelligence, and intrapersonal intelligence. He also pointed out that these intelligences are independent and accompany human when they were born. There were some differences in intelligences among people. Everyone had their own advantage in some areas of intelligences, and di

30、sadvantages in others. If people didnt help each other, when they need to use intelligences to solve problems, they may suffer obvious failure. Examination-based education would lead to a result that students linguistic intelligence and logical-mathematical intelligence can be developed well, but ot

31、her intelligences are ignored, or even harmed. Thus, it is important for the teachers to solve this problem. It is proved that the application of body language in class can solve this problem well. For example, most students think the study of phonetic alphabet is boring and dull. If teachers can te

32、ach students phonetic alphabet combined with some gestures, students attitude may change quickly. Yan aimei (2007) pointed that when students learn the pronunciation of diphone after learning the single phoneme, teachers can use some gestures, like swing down the left hand means reading the left pho

33、nemes, and swing down the right hand means reading the right phonemes. This kind of gestures will be imitated by students quickly, and when they imitate, they learn the pronunciation naturally. Therefore, the imitation of different movements in English learning can develop students bodily-kinestheti

34、c intelligence. Whats more, when a student is asked to answer questions, and he or she is too nervous to answer, if at this time, the teacher looks at him or her with a smiling face, the student will feel relaxed and be confident. Just like Yan aimei (2007) said “teachers positive attention can let

35、students feel being cared, and inspired and form the psychological characteristics of confidence and self-improvement.” Thus, some facial expression and eye contact can develop students intrapersonal intelligence. 3. Current Situation of English Teaching in Rural Primary SchoolNowadays, English has

36、become an international language. English learning is not only the requirement to meet with the international development, but also the important tool for us learning English better. Therefore, learning English has been one of the main courses in schools. In China, nearly every primary school has se

37、t English classes for primary pupils, especially in urban primary schools. However, in rural schools, despite the fact that rural primary schools have set English classes for pupils, the English teachers in rural primary schools are still lack of teaching experience and major knowledge. In other wor

38、ds, in rural primary schools, English teachers have some problems. First, the number of English teachers in rural schools is too small, which influence the teaching quality. Zhang jingjing and Shi danni (2008) have claimed that the low salary and treatment in rural primary schools result in that tho

39、se young and English majored teachers are unwilling to teach in rural schools. Therefore, the English teaching quality of rural schools can be hardly improved. Second, todays teaching opinion in rural primary schools is too traditional, and the teaching method is too simplex. Yu Ruijun (2010) said “

40、most English teachers in rural primary school are not majored in English, and they still adopt the original and traditional teaching methods and opinions when they have classes. Whats more, in rural primary schools, there are few multi-media tools.” In this situation, pupils only remember words. Thu

41、s, the classes are very boring, and pupils lose interest in English gradually.Third, the teachers comprehensive ability and major knowledge are poor. Chen Jianxin (2012) found that rural primary school English teachers cannot pronounce correctly, and they seldom use internet to help their teaching,

42、which make them lack of the knowledge of cultural background and make their classes boring.Besides, the pupils in rural primary schools have problems as well. For example, the English foundation of rural primary pupils is commonly poorer than urban primary school, the English materials in rural prim

43、ary school are not as many as the urban primary schools, and the interest of learning English is lower than the students of urban primary schools. Xie Hedan (2012) has said that most rural rich families sent their children to the town primary school or urban primary school, and the children left in

44、rural primary school were almost from poor families.It is known to all that English learning is very popular among Chinese. But why only a few of people can learn and speak English well? In my opinion, the main reason is the interest of learning English. Su Yanmei (2010) claimed that rural primary s

45、chool still used traditional teaching mode, which made the classroom atmosphere boring, and couldnt arouse students interest in English learning. There is no doubt that English teachers in urban primary schools now can use different methods to arouse pupils interest in English, such as the applicati

46、on of body language. Most of them have been trained how to use body language correctly. However, English teachers in rural primary schools have no such chances to learn how to use body language. Thus, they only can use the traditional and boring way to teach English. Just like Zhang Jingjing and Shi

47、 Danni (2008) said “rural English teachers teaching opinions and ways are too old, and their major knowledge is not so good that pupils are not interest in English.”Gradually, the more the teachers teach, the harder the students would feel and the worse the students would learn. Eventually the inter

48、est in learning will be buried. The learning motivation would be suffocated.4. MethodologyThis paper intends to explore the application of body language in rural primary school English teaching by the method of questionnaire.4.1 Research questionsThe purpose of the questionnaire is to find out the c

49、urrent situation of the application of body language in rural primary school in English teaching and also some ways to improve it. The questionnaire is consisting of 15 questions, which fall into five categories: (1) eye contact; (2) posture; (3) facial expression; (4) gesture.Through the questionna

50、ire, we can get to know the current situation of the application of body language in rural primary school in English teaching.4.2 SubjectsIn this study, the respondents are students in Heng Xi Primary School. It is a rural public school. In order to get reliable data, one hundred and twenty students

51、 in total were chosen from Class 1 to Class 6 in grade 3. Twenty students in average were chosen from each class, which can represent different levels of English. To some extent, the situation of this school can represent that of most primary schools in local area. 4.3 InstrumentsIn order to learn a

52、bout the current situation and some problems in primary school English teaching, the questionnaire was designed for students, which was written in Chinese to avoid any misunderstanding by subjects. It is easier and more direct for us to see the existing problems and it can help us effectively analyz

53、e the problems and conclude some reasonable solutions. 4.4 Data collectionThere were one hundred and twenty pieces of questionnaire in total, which were distributed to 20 students respectively in 6 classes in grade 3. The questionnaires were answered during their break time, without their English te

54、acher present. Therefore students can be more likely to offer the true information. These questions in my questionnaire were answered in 15 minutes. All the questionnaires sent out had been taken back to be used for the data analysis.4.5 Data analysis There are 92.7% of the students who think that a

55、pplying the body language in the class is very appropriate and useful, only 8.6% of them think it is nothing but fine. According to the questionnaires, 10.4% of the students think that their English teachers will use some body language when having classes. At the same time, almost all the students h

56、old the opinion that the application of body language in English classes can make a big difference in their English learning and interest. And they all think body language plays an important role in acquiring knowledge.In many students view, they are interested in those teachers who have affluent bo

57、dy language in the English class. As a result, their interest in English is improved. From the questionnaire, only % of the students say that teachers often using different body language seldom can help them understand those difficult words or sentences to ask questions. This means that most student

58、s like teachers giving class with body language. Compared with the traditional way of teaching, 82.3% of the students feel that the body language in English class can help them to learn knowledge more conveniently and easily, which suggests that appropriate body language is needed to be included in

59、the classroom English teaching. From the questionnaire, only 4.2% of the students say that their teachers emphasize the importance of body language and tell them what body language is. Frankly speaking, it is extremely necessary to strengthen this part as it will help the students to learn English b

60、etter.5. The Application of Body Language in Rural Primary School English Teaching How to make the body language be effective in English teaching? This is a question that should be seriously taken into consideration. To achieve this goal, I conclude five points according to my research.5.1 Stirring

61、students interest with facial expression and posture It is known to all that a comfortable class atmosphere will give us a good situation to study. If the atmosphere is boring, students may feel sleepy and not want to listen any more. Just as Professor Liu Weizhong (2009) said that in classroom teac

62、hing, atmosphere is like a kind of recessive education that has a great potential effect in the students autonomous learning. Therefore, atmosphere is important. However, how to build a good atmosphere is also a question. The most important thing is that teachers should stir pupils interesting in En

63、glish. If pupils have interest in English, every word from teachers mouths will be accepted by them. There are many ways which can stir pupils interest, while as far as I am concerned, in term of teachers themselves, their facial expression and posture may be the best.Liu Jiayun (2007) said “Facial

64、expressions between teachers and students are one of the most important types of nonverbal signals in the classroom, and facial cues are the first information that we give to or receive from others.” There is an old saying “Silence speak louder than words”. However, silence does not only mean no speaking, but needs people having facial expressions to express their thoughts. “A cold hard stare has long been the repertoire of teachers weapons. Similarly, a smile can be useful tool in reinforcing desired student behaviors” (Liu, 2007

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