3.2.1 Authenticity 5

3.2.2 Intuitive 5

3.2.3 Flexibility 5

3.2.4 Divergent 6

3.3 The Functions of Body Language 6

3.3.1 Substitution 6

3.3.2 Assistance 6

3.3.3 Adjustment 7

3.3.4 Reflection 7

4. The Relation Between the Body Language and The New Curriculum Standard 8

4.1 The Basic Principles and Teaching Objectives of the New Curriculum Standard 8

4.1.1 The Basic Principles of the New Curriculum Standard 8

4.1.2 The Teaching Objectives of the New Curriculum Standard 8

4.2 The Relation between the Body Language and the Basic Principles of the New Curriculum Standard 8

4.3 The Relation between the Body Language and the Teaching Objectives of the New Curriculum Standard 9

5. The Application of Body Language in the Context of the New Curriculum Standard 10

5.1 The Feasibility of Applying Body Language in English Class of Primary School 10

5.2 The Application of body language 11

5.2.1 The Application of Eye Contact 11

5.2 .2 The Application of Facial Expression 11

5.2.3  The Application of Gesture 12

5.2.4 The Application of Posture 12

5.3 The Principles of the Application 13

6. Conclusion and Refection 14

References 15

1. Introduction

1.1 Background 

Body language is a kind of unspoken language that is widely used by us as nearly 70% of communication between human beings is derived through nonverbal language,which is an important  medium for people to communicate in their daily life. Body language includes facial expressions,eye behavior,gestures,posture,space and distance.

1.2 Significance

Currently, English becomes more and more important to students, and classroom teaching is the major way for students to learn English. Primary students' attention is impersistent and unstable, so use body language in English class of primary school meets the physical and psychological characteristics,because body language is more vivid so that it can attract primary students' attention. What's more, the vocabulary and expressive ability and understanding ability of primary students' are limited, so it is difficult for teachers to use spoken English through the whole class. According to the limitations, the proper use of body language can help teacher improve their teaching and also help students to get a better understanding.

Body language is so important for English teaching of primary school that there are a lot of researches focus on the usage of body language. Body language has a very long history. The study of body language started from 19th century when Darwin published his book --- The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, which laid a solid foundation to the research of body language. The publication of Introduction to Kinesics by American professor Birdwhistell marked the formal founding of this discipline.

1.3 Research questions