The Importance of Using Non-Verbal Communication in Primary English Classes

Communication is necessary to people’s daily life. It can be divided into two types: verbal communication and nonverbal communication. Many people pay great attention to the accuracy and fluency of the verbal communication and overlook the importance of nonverbal communication, which plays an essential role in people’s daily communication. Nonverbal communication can help people express their emotions and deliver information. Non-verbal communication sharing that it includes facial expressions, eye contact, tone of voice, body posture and gestures, and positioning within groups. It may also include the way we wear our clothes or the silence we keep. Non-verbal communication plays a great role in having a successful communication inside and outside the classroom. However, it is worth noticing that through our experience, classes with low percentage of using body language have difficulty in communication and thus have unsuccessful outcomes. Teachers should know about the importance of non-verbal communication and how it affects communicating with their learners.