非语言交际在人类社会活动中起着非常重要的作用。人类交际渠道有两种:语言交际和非语言交际。只注意言语交际,忽视非语言交际,是一种不完全的交际。本文主要介绍非语言交际的基本知识及其功能,并探讨非语言交际在课堂教学中的运用及对外语教学的影响。 Nonverbal communication plays a very important role in human social activities. There are two kinds of human communication channels: language communication and non-verbal communication. Only paying attention to verbal communication and ignoring nonverbal communication are incomplete communication. This article mainly introduces the basic knowledge and function of nonverbal communication, and discusses the application of nonverbal communication in classroom teaching and its influence on foreign language teaching.