1 Read the following information by yourself：Being a learner of English as a foreign language，you should learn at leasttwo communication systems in the target language：verbal language andnonverbal communication systems（also called body language），for in oralcommunications they CO-occur.Believe it or not，learning a nonverbalcommunication system may not be as easy as it appears to be.Forexamplein an Engl ish speaking community a person may hunch theshoulders，angle the head to one side and compress the lips.That’s a goodindication that he is uncertain about an idea or perhaps disagrees with it.even though he isn’t saying s0 in W0rds.On the other hand，when peopleshow rapport with each other，they swivel their upper bodies toward eachother and align their shoulders in parallel.They face each other squarely，theylean slightly toward each other，and there is more eye contact.If theydisagreethey unwittingly or unconsciously turn their bodies away fromeach other.Such signs are unmistakableformS of body language.2Now ask your partner to close his／her text book.read the story below toyour partner and youknow that knowing the nonverbalcommunicationsystem is just the first step toward using it naturally in the target languagecommunication.
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