In the primary stage of English, we need to observe actions to help us understand words. Teacher Ji of Shantou Longwen Education believes that if teachers properly and appropriately use body language to assist teaching, give full play to the diversity and effectiveness of classroom teaching activities, and fully mobilize students' enthusiasm and initiative in learning English, they can promote students' inner potential. In order to lay a good foundation for English, it is of great practical significance to apply body language to English classes in primary schools.

First, the use of body language to learn English vocabulary

As far as vocabulary in English is concerned, there are many words in the textbook that can be directly elicited by actions, such as verbs such as sleeping, jumping, flying, walking, cutting and eating, nouns such as tiger, monkey, bird, duck, bear, rabbit, dog and cat, and adjectives such as fat, thin, long, short, tall and strong. Teachers can do actions directly and use exaggerated actions to improve their interest in vocabulary learning. Students can use eyes, ears and other body organs to receive information in many ways, so as to better understand the learning content.

Second, the use of body language to cultivate students' emotions

With the cooperation of body language, the presentation of emotional goals is more intuitive and concrete, such as explaining the sentence "Where are you from?" "I'm from China." When I said this, I held my head high and my voice was loud, which made my classmates feel the pride of "I'm from China". The students also imitated my appearance and proudly said, "I'm from China." This kind of body language not only conveys language information to students, but also shows richer, more complex and more subtle connotations that audio language can't express, so that students can master them.

Third, use body language to stimulate students' interest.

In English teaching, teachers' facial expressions greatly affect students' interest in learning. Studies have shown that: "The primary stage of learning is the key period for the formation of emotional learning. First, students' learning activities at this stage have a great emotional tendency. When students have a strong interest in learning and a strong thirst for knowledge, they can not only transfer their emotions, but also make their attention particularly concentrated and lasting, and their learning ability improves rapidly. Second, at this stage, students are in the golden age of accepting knowledge. The use of body language accords with students' cognitive process. Teachers guide students to watch and listen carefully, think positively and react quickly, and then speak English with the teacher's actions. This kind of teaching can not only cultivate students' attention and listening and speaking ability, but also cultivate their agile and accurate thinking quality.

Fourth, use body language to strengthen students' memory.

The application of body language can deepen the impression of things and help students remember new knowledge. In short, practice has proved that the use of body language in English teaching will enable students to master knowledge naturally without pressure and improve their language application ability.

In a word, body language is profound and colorful. Teachers should be soberly aware of the important role of body language in primary school English classroom teaching, but if teachers want to have a high level of body language, only by mastering fluent English can they make their actions harmonious and vivid. Only in this way can body language serve English teaching better.