Learning about Language教学设计思路

Unit 4 Body language

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教材分析

本单元以Body Language——“体态语”为中心话题，具体涉及什么是“体态语”，如何理解“体态语”，以及“体态语”的跨文化性等。本单元的语言技能和语言知识也都是围绕“体态语”这一中心话题设计的，旨在通过单元教学，用听、说、读、写、做(表演)等多种形式，让学生正确认识和掌握“体态语”在交际中的作用和意义，使学生明确“体态语”在人类交际中的重要性，了解“体态语”在不同民族、不同文化交际中的多样性；使学生在今后的日常生活、学习、工作和交往中尽量减少或避免运用“体态语”时可能产生的误解，提高他们的“语言交际”能力和“非语言交际”能力。

这节课主要侧重在阅读部分的学习，这种对课文的理解，本节课十本单元的第一节课。本课的READING材料处于教材的第三部分，是一篇介绍性（记叙文）体裁的文章，主要介绍了各种文化背景下的“体态语”的异同，为学生提供了来自不同国度、不同语言文化背景的“体态语”及其在交际中的异同和影响的具体例证。学生也可以结合自己在语言交际中所遇到的实际例子来进一步理解Communication: No problem?（交际，毫无问题可言吗？）这一主题。课后COMPREHENDING 包括八个问题（前5个旨在检查学生对阅读材料细节的理解，6~7旨在引导学生对“体态语”的意义及文化差异的思考，第8个检查学生能否通过细节进行推理判断），通过对来自不同国度、不同语言文化背景的六个角色对待男女不同性别所使用的“体态语”异同的（学生在老师指导下的自我或小组讨论后的）归纳，进一步熟悉和掌握“体态语”在不同语言文化交际中的作用和意义。

在READING前面有WARMING UP和PRE-READING 两部分。WARMING UP以列表对比（填充及增补）的形式，并通过WARMING UP的活动，让学生了解有声语言与“体态语”的对应关系，了解语言意义与行为意义（“体态语”）在交际中具有同等重要的作用。同时，学生在听、说、做（即表演“体态语”的动作）中能够增进对语言交际的感性认识，为他们在阅读过程中上升到对语言交际的理性认识打下基础。PRE-READING 通过提供三个关于不同文化背景下“体态语”的问题，启发学生思考我们所学习的“语言”的目的、形式、功能。通过引导学生联系自己日常生活的实际，提高学生努力学习英语的积极性和自觉性；同时培养学生留心社会、关注生活的洞察力，为引导学生进一步“阅读”作好准备。

本节课按照其在课本中的顺序将它们结合，组合成一节阅读课，均紧扣本单元话题，同时涉及到本单元的功能句，首先指导学生通过“说”（用英语发出与“体态语”相关的指令）与“做”（用“体态语”表达指令）结合来进行口语训练，同时为后面的阅读作准备调动学生阅读的积极性，在侧重阅读能力的同时注重培养学生其他方面的技能与情感文化素养，这将是一节生动有趣的阅读课。

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教学目标

A. Knowledge and skills：

1. Review the reading skills and the language points in the reading text.

2. Learn the useful structure in this unit——v-ing.

3. Do more exercises to practice the forms and the uses of v-ing.

B. Process and methods:

1. Review the reading skills and the main language points in the reading text.

2. Show the students some sentences on v-ing used as attribute and adverbial and get them to conclude the rules.

3. Leave the students time to do the practicing exercises on page 29 and 64.

C. Emotion, attitude and values:

1. Get to know the differences in different cultures.

2. Enable the students to know how to express themselves correctly.

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教学重难点

Teaching important points

Encourage the students to learn the foreign culture and know more about different cultures in the world. Teaching difficult points

Further train Ss’ reading skills of grasping the gist, summing up Para. main ideas, obtaining key information.

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教学方法

Teaching Methods Elicitation, discussion, listening, group work. Teaching Aids A computer, a blackboard

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教学过程

Step 1 Leading in

A review of body language

Different feelings of the baby What does his / her facial expression mean? Feelings and action Meaning 1. You are welcome. 2. I am worried 3. I ate too much! 4. I am sorry that I did something wrong. Step 2 Warming up

What is body language? Body Language is a form of non-verbal communication.

It uses movements or positions of our body to show other people what we are thinking or feeling. It includes body movements, facial expressions, gestures, posture , speaking distance and other

non-verbal signals. Discussion

1. What’s the purpose of language?

To communicate with others To tell and express our thoughts, feelings, reactions etc. 2. How can you communicate with someone if you cannot speak?

Give an example. There are many different ways to greet someone using words. How many ways can you think of to greet someone if you CANNOT speak? Share your ideas with your partner. Ways to greet someone without words: smile, wave, shake hands, hug, kiss, etc. Step 3 Pre-reading Look at the title and picture of the passage. Predict what you think the topic will be. Then skim the Action

1. 2. 3. 4.

passage and check to see if your prediction was right.

Scanning

Find the characters and where they are from? Character Mr. Garcia

Mr. Cook A Japanese

Madame Coulon

You Step 4. Fast-reading Does body language stay the same in different countries /cultures ? Why? No. Body language varies from culture to culture. (conclusion)

Because cultures have developed in different ways. Skimming Main idea Para 1-2 You are going to meet business people from several countries. Para 3 /Para 4 / Para 5 Not all cultures greet each other the same way. Step 5 Careful- reading ( Read para1-2 Find out the answers to the questions) Para.1-2 (example) 1. Who will be present at the meeting? 2 Why are people visiting China? 3 what does the word mistake mean? People from different countries misunderstand each other. Country

Britain

Japan Jordan

Read Para 3-6 again and decide whether the statement is true or false Para. 3-6

(variety)

Only Australia and central America are not represented by the visitors.

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Not all cultures greet each other the same way, so people everywhere act the same.

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) Julia Smith is surprised because Mr. Garcia touches her shoulder and kisses her.

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) French people will often bow and kiss people they know on both cheeks.

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) The main character is female.

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) Detailed - Reading

Country/Area Britain Canada Japan Spain, Italy, South Americans France

Ways to greet each

Middle East, some Muslim countries

Find out the two mistakes the writer found in the airport: 1. The first mistake 2. The second mistake Discussion Read the last paragraph and have a discussion :

What does the following sentence mean? what can we learn from the whole passage?

None of these actions is either good or bad. Body language varies from culture to culture. Not all members of all cultures behave the same way. We should try to master and respect each other’s culture in order to make good communication. Comprehending

How do different international students behave when they greet people? Complete the chart with information from the passage.

Check your answers

name

description

Body language

To whom

Tony Garcia

Man from Colombia

Kiss on the cheek

Everyone

Julia Smith

Akira Nagata

Woman from Britain

Man from Japan

No touching

bowing

Everyone

Everyone

Check your answers

name

George Cook

Ahmed Aziz

description

Man from Canada

Man from Jordan

Body language

Shaking hands

Shaking hands Nodding

Darlene Coulon

Woman from France

Shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek

To whom

everyone

To men

To women

People she knows

Use the passage to help you answer the following questions.

1. Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know? The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he shakes hands with the author.

The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he shakes hands with the author.

2. What were the two mistakes that the author noticed? He noticed that the Colombian man kissed the British woman, but in her culture, a kiss from a stranger is not acceptable. He also noticed that the Japanese man bowed just as the Canadian man started to shake hands, so one man’s nose touched the other man’s hand.

3. Who seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others? Who seemed to prefer closer physical distance? The British woman, Julia, and probably the Canadian man, George, seemed to prefer to keep more

physical distance from others. The Colombian man, Tony, and the Jordanian man, Ahmed, seemed to prefer closer physical distance.

4. Did any students have similar greeting customs? If so, which ones? Yes. Tony from Colombia and Darlene from France bad a similar greeting custom – a kiss. George from Canada and Ahmed from Jordan also had a similar greeting custom –

a handshake, but Ahmed shakes hands only with men.

5. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” What do you think this famous saying means?

This saying means that when we are in a certain place, we should follow the customs of the people who live in that place, not our own customs.

6. Do you agree with the author’s statement that body language is not good or bad? Why or why not?

Give your own opinions.

Step 6 Post- reading

1. Discussion Work in groups of four. Read the following questions and then choose one to discuss together.

1)

If you meet a foreigner who comes up close to you to talk, what countries might he be from?

2)

How can you show him that you are uncomfortable with that? 3)

If a girl in shorts goes into a Muslim house and a man takes her outside pointing at her shoes and shorts, what should she do? Guess why he is so particular. 4)

What are some situations where body language is the only form of communication? Why?

2. Conclusion

Different countries have different cultures, so when people greet each other, they will have different ways. If people don’t know the cultural differences well, people may have difficulties in communicating with others throughout the world. Person A man from Columbia

Suitable greeting To a man: To a woman:

A woman from Britain To a man: To a woman: A man from Japan

To a man: To a woman: Suitable greeting A man from Canada To a man: To a woman:

A woman from France To a man: To a woman:

A man from the Middle East or some Muslim countries

To a man: To a woman: