Body LanguageBody Language

I don’t know.

Flying kiss to show love

Thumb up: Great!

Fist up to show his objection

Cartoon’s Body 1

Cartoon’s Body 1

•Doubt•Command•Run•Sad•Excited

4

21

3

Cartoon’s Body 2

Cartoon’s Body 2

•Love•Hello•Angry•Happy

1

2

3 4

Which do you prefer?Which do you prefer?One is kind.

The other is cold.

(A)calm

(B)angry

(c)confident

(d)disappointe

d

(A)calm

(B)angry

(c)confident

(d)disappointe

d

1

2

3

4

3

1

2

4

(A)sad

(B)sleepy

(C)puzzled

(D)frightened

(A)sad

(B)sleepy

(C)puzzled

(D)frightened

1

2 4

3

2

4

3

1

What is body language?

What is body language?

• It’s your gestures and the expression on your face and in your eyes.

• It’s the way you stand and sit and walk.

• It’s your whole appearance that communicates things.

What is body language?

What is body language?

• eye language

• facial expressions

• gestures

• postures

• manners

• behaviors

• touch

People can communicate with one another not only through verbal communication but also through nonverbal communication; moreover, the latter plays an essential role. According to some researchers abroad, in people’s daily life, nonverbal communication takes part over 65% in all of information exchange. And body language is an important part of nonverbal communication.

Body language contains eye language, gestures, postures, facial

expressions, manners and behaviors and touch and so on.

Eye Language As saying goes “The eyes are the window of the soul”. That is to say, we can read one’s mind through his/her eyes. Eye language can express complicated feelings.

Gesture means we communicate and express by the movement and manners of our hands and fingers.

Posture is a matter of how people sit, walk, stand and move.

Touch refers to the way people exchange information by touching one’s body. The most common touch behavior is hands shaking and hugs.

Facial Expressions The face has been called an ‘organ of emotion’ because we constantly read facial expressions to understand what others are feeling. The face provides vital clues to our own feelings and those of the people around us. Of all the nonverbal channels, the face is the most important broadcaster of emotions.

How do you appear to people?

Look energetic, confident, relaxed and neat

Our body language

shows our feelings

Our body language

shows our feelings

Reading Skills: Skimming

Reading Skills: Skimming

•To skim a passage is

to read it quickly so

as to get the main

idea.

Reading Skills: Skimming

Reading Skills: Skimming

•Skimming means looking at

titles and headings,

pictures and diagrams, and

certain sentences in a

passage (such as the first

and last sentences) .

When you are reading…...

When you are reading…...

•WHO•WHAT•WHEN•WHERE•WHY•HOW

Skim the story and work in pairs to answer the question below:

1 What is the main topic of the story?

2 Where are Debbie and Simon?

3 Who gives Simon advice?

Body language

In the office of a travel agency

Mr Young