A Research on Both Teachers’ and Students’ Nonverbal Behaviors in Classroom Teaching of English Majors

Yijiang  Wang

doi:10.54691/d184n448

Authors

Yijiang Wang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/d184n448

Keywords:

Nonverbal Communication; English Majors; Nonverbal Behaviors; English Classroom Teaching.

Abstract

The research intends to study the application of NVC of English majors’ classroom learning and teaching based on a case study in Sichuan International Studies University. Three approaches are involved in this paper: classroom observation, interview and questionnaires. The author does a classroom observation for two weeks in three English majors’ classes. Follow-up interviews are then conducted with the students and the teachers. 100 English majors and 20 English teachers complete the questionnaires. The study aims to make the university English teachers and English majors realize the fact that NVC takes a great part in English majors’ classroom teaching and that both teachers and students have to be equipped with sufficient knowledge of NVC so as to improve the teaching and learning efficiency.

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