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- Title
Nonverbal Teacher-student Communication in the Foreign Language Classroom.
- Authors
Qi Pan
- Abstract
Nonverbal communication refers to a form of communication without using the words to repress oneself. Nonverbal communication is so basic that the teachers tend to take it for granted and always ignore it in the English classroom teaching. For attaining the goal of teaching, and improving teaching quality and efficiency in the foreign language classroom, the improvement of teaching method is a very important factor. Briefly introducing the definition and types of nonverbal communication, this paper discusses the functions and principles of using nonverbal communication in English teaching classroom and it explains some ways of using the nonverbal behaviors to improve the foreign language teaching. Therefore, the significance of nonverbal communication should be fully acknowledged by both teacher and students.
- Subjects
TEACHER-student communication; NONVERBAL learning; NONVERBAL communication; FOREIGN language education; CLASSROOM environment
- Publication
Theory & Practice in Language Studies (TPLS), 2014, Vol 4, Issue 12, p2627
- ISSN
1799-2591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4304/tpls.4.12.2627-2632