PDFs and teaching tips on gestures, personal space, facial expressions, etc. If you find anything you like here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.
Body language and gestures articles
British and American body language and gestures
Photocopiable body language and gestures classroom activities
Gestures and phrases for presentations (in this very cheap e-book)
Presentation delivery roleplays and discussion (with lots on good and bad use of the body, in this really reasonable e-book)
Good and bad business body language roleplays game
Guess the meaning of the British body language and gestures
Gestures and social language review – LINK UPDATED
International gestures Present Simple and Continuous
Universal gestures functional language review – POLISHED UP AND LINK UPDATED
International gestures for business and academic presentations – LINK UPDATED
Job applications Body language and personality (no mention of cultural differences but always comes up in my experience) – LINK UPDATED
Classroom language mimes game (ditto – this time for teacher training) – LINK UPDATED
Body language gestures identify the country – POLISHED UP AND LINK UPDATED
Body language differences pairwork – LINK UPDATED
Gestures that vary by country miming – LINK UPDATED
Related pages
Body language and gestures lists page
120 body language and gestures in TEFL links (including articles, worksheets, etc)
TPR in adult classes blog post
Updated 8 September 2026
Many thanks, great ideas!