Abstract:
A productive classroom is highly related to an effective communication as teaching vocabulary to young learners can be challenging when they meet the foreign language for the first time and teachers are not allowed to use the mother tongue language. This research paper explores the role of non- verbal communication in teaching vocabulary to Algerian middle school pupils. The research participants are 30 English teachers from 7 different middle schools. Data were collected through using two tools, an observation to different English classes and a questionnaire that consists of 16 questions was given to teachers. Both methods gave us similar results that teachers support the use of non- verbal communication during the teaching process to teach vocabulary. The study highlights the importance of non-verbal communication and the different means and ways that are used by middle school teachers to transmit vocabulary to learners.
