1970
DOI: 10.3126/nelta.v14i1.3096
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The Role of Teachers’ Non-Verbal Communication in ELT Classroom

Abstract: The role of non-verbal behavour in English classroom plays an important role for teaching content and skills. Based on this assumption, this article attempts to shed light on this hitherto unexplored area of research in the Nepalese context based on the observation by the author at various higher secondary schools in Nepal. The findings show that teachers' non-verbal behaviors play a highly important and essential role on learners' motivation in language classroom. Key words: non-verbal communication, paralan… Show more

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“…Based on the above finding, facial expression, body movement, gestures, proxemics (proximity), haptics (touch), eye contact, and paralanguage of the teacher positively affect students' motivation and the teaching and learning process. These findings are in line with some empirical studies that conducted earlier, and reported in introduction and empirical review, in the journal of Butt & Shafiq (2013), Hsu (2011), Negi (2009), Behjat, Bahyat, & Kargar (2014, Karim & Sotoudehnama (2014), Akinola (2015) and Haneef, Faisal, Alvi, & Zulfiqar (2014).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…Based on the above finding, facial expression, body movement, gestures, proxemics (proximity), haptics (touch), eye contact, and paralanguage of the teacher positively affect students' motivation and the teaching and learning process. These findings are in line with some empirical studies that conducted earlier, and reported in introduction and empirical review, in the journal of Butt & Shafiq (2013), Hsu (2011), Negi (2009), Behjat, Bahyat, & Kargar (2014, Karim & Sotoudehnama (2014), Akinola (2015) and Haneef, Faisal, Alvi, & Zulfiqar (2014).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…Empirically, there were several studies that have been conducted concerning in the area of teacher's non-verbal communication in the journal articles of Butt & Shafiq, (2013) entitled "Significance of Non-verbal Communication in the Teaching-Learning Process", Hsu (2011) entitled "The Impact of Perceived Teachers' Nonverbal Immediacy on Students' Motivation for Learning English", Negi (2009) entitled "The Role of Teachers' non-verbal Communication in ELT Classroom", Behjat, Bahyat, & Kargar, (2014) entitled "An investigation of students' attitudes on teachers' nonverbal interaction in Iranian EFL classrooms",Karim and Sotoudehnama, (2017) entitled ,"A qualitative study on teacher's nonverbal communication and Iranian EFL learners' perception of language learning", and Haneef, Faisal, Alvi, and Zulfiqar (2014) entitled "The role of non-verbal communication in teaching practice". These researchers found that facial expression, eye contact, body movements, the teacher's voice, and the appropriate distance between teacher and the students positively affected the students' motivation, and teaching and learning process.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…BN dapat membantu peserta didik dalam belajar bahasa, baik dalam keterampilan berbicara maupun menyimak. Ada beberapa wujud BN yang sering muncul dalam proses pembelajaran (Negi, 1970), yaitu (1) proxemics (ruang antara komunikator), meliputi keakraban hubungan, sosial, ruang pribadi dan publik. Jarak antara dua orang yang berkomunikasi membantu mitra tutur untuk memahami jenis hubungan apa yang mereka miliki, (2) oculecsics (kontak mata), (3) haptics (perilaku menyentuh, seperti kontak fisik dengan seseorang: berjabat tangan, menepuk pundak, dll.…”
Section: Pragmatik Edukasional Sebagai Pendekatan Pragmatikunclassified
“…Communication is more than expressing ideas and feeling by means of a word only. Nonverbal communication from the moment we enter the world is a basic element of human existence (Negi, 2009). Each researcher worked on one aspect of NVC.…”
Section: Review Of Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Francisca & Santos(n.d.), as well as Gregersen (2007),asserted that teachers nonverbal sign tends to explain or monitor their verbal behavior. Negi (2009) wrote an article regarding The role of NVC educators in the courses of ELT. He concluded that NVC plays a very significant and vital role in the language classroom motivation of learners.…”
Section: Review Of Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%