Brief Study about the Function of Intercultural Nonverbal Communication in English Language Teaching

摘要

Study of nonverbal communication has already caught much attention in the intercultural communication academic and English language teaching filed. Nonverbal communication has been neglected for a long time in the traditional English teaching in china. Nonverbal communication is the indispensable component in the process of communication, it has strong cultural trait. Neglect of nonverbal communication and cultural differences of nonverbal communication behavior, only paying attention to language communication is not a kind of complete and successful teaching. Therefore, nonverbal communication is an integral part of English language teaching, in order to improve the students' ability of communication and using language, train qualified talents of English language, beginning with talking about the significance of intercultural nonverbal communication in English language teaching, this paper will analysis the function of nonverbal communication in foreign language teaching.