The interpersonal communication can be divided into verbal communication and non-verbal communication.Body lan-guage is an important means of nonverbal communication for people communication.Normally,the proportion of body language communi-cative functions are more than verbal communication,therefore,body language and its function can not be ignored in language teaching, as a reflection of teacher style or the media between of teachers and students .This paper has analysed the main form of teacher body lan-guage,and discussed its application strategy in university English teaching,provided suggestions to serve the teaching activities for teachers on how to use body language in teaching.
Nonverbal communicationbody languageEnglish Teaching in University