Enquiry into cultivating intercultural nonverbal communicative competence in college English teaching

Abstract

As a college English teacher, the author has witnessed many teachers who focus on linguistic competence of students or high marks in academic examinations. It is one of the main reasons for low efficiency in college English teaching that nonverbal communication is neglected in daily classroom teaching. This paper deals with the necessity and importance of using nonverbal communication in college English teaching and examines the four categories of nonverbal communication which consist of body language, paralanguage, object language and environmental language. Furthermore, the author aims to figure out several tentative suggestions on how to cultivate students' intercultural nonverbal communication competence in college English teaching. © 2012 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland.