The Cultural similarities and Differences of Body Language between China and Western Countries_英语本科毕业论文.docVIP

存档编号 The Cultural similarities and Differences of Body Language between China and Western Countries 教学学院 外国语学院 届 别 2010 届 专 业 英语教育 学 号 姓 名 指导教师 完成日期 2010年4月19日 Contents Abstract …………………………………………………….……....2 Key words ………………………………….……………….…..….2 Introduction…………………………………………………….......3 I. The brief introduction of body language……………………..…3 1.1 The definition of Nonverbal communication…………...….3 1.2 The features of body language……………………….……..3 1.3 The classifications of body language…………………....… 4 1.4 Communicative Functions of body language…………..….6 II. A comparative study of Chinese and English Body Language.8 2.1 Gestures …………………………………………………..…8 2.2 Contrastive study of posture ………………….…………..12 2.3 Contrastive study of facial expression ……………….…...13 2.4 Contrastive study of eye contact ……………….……...14 2.5 Contrastive study of physical distance……………………15 III The necessity and importance of learning body language…..16 3.1 When foreigners are traveling to China, they want to learn Chinese culture…...17 3.2 without body language, our world would be static and Colorless…………….………………………………...…….17 IV. Guidelines…………………….………………………….……18 4.1 Eye contact ………………………………………….……...18 4.2 Facial expression ………………………………………..…18 4.3 Gestures …………………………………………………...18 4.4 Posture and body language……………………………..…18 4.5 Touching …………………………………………………....18 V. Conclusion……………………………………………………...18 Bibliography ……………………………………………………...20 The Cultural similarities and Differences of Body Language between China and Western Countries Abstract: In human communication, people use body language to communicate, as well as verbal language. It is the important part of nonverbal communication. Body language, like verbal language, is also a part of culture. But in different cultures body language means the different things because of differe