Reading(1)：Cultural differences课堂实录【2】

一、教学内容介绍

该课是牛津高中英语（译林版）模块六第三单元understanding each other的阅读理解活动课，内容是文化差异。不同国家之间存在不同的文化表现于日常生活中，该课教学，教师以“导”的方式，在课堂上开展“任务型”活动来让学生体验语言，感知不同文化，从而提升学生语言运用能力，理解生动有趣的文化，激发学习的热情。

二、设计理念

英语教学的任务之一是培养学生的学习兴趣，了解文化差异。新时期英语教学提倡“乐”的观念，在学中了解有趣的文化，对所学内容便会产生浓厚的兴趣，学习效果也好。比如，在韩国与文莱婚礼习俗的不同；相同手势在不同国家的不同意义，等等。这些将真实生活搬进课堂，创设好的语言环境。

三、具体教学设计过程

第一步，Lead in （导入）

a) Picture talking T: What can you see? Where are they from? What should the bridegroom say to the American man? This embarrassment is caused by cultural differences. b) Watch a video about cultural differences Ask the students to sum up the aspects about cultural differences mentioned in the video.

第二步， Words review（词汇复习）

Give a quick review about the many new words the Ss learnt last class. 第三步， Reading comprehension（阅读理解）

a)

Fast reading（快速阅读）

Listen to the recording, finish the three questions in part A and tick the topics mentioned in the conversation. Ask three Ss to share their answers. Give nine topics to let Ss to choose from. Only five topics are mentioned in the conversation. b)

Detailed reading（细读）

Have Ss read topic by topic and finish different exercises. Topic 1 Receiving presents (line 5-13) In the West, when is the polite time to open a present? Why?

Topic 2 Wedding ceremonies (line 14-32) In Korea (line 14-22) Why do people in Korea have a rooster and a hen in the wedding ceremony? In Brunei( line 23-32) Where do men and women sit in the wedding reception?

Why do people play loud drums? How long will they play the drums?

Topic 3 Pointing gestures (line 33-37) Which finger should you point in Brunei? In many countries, people point with their_______. In Brunei, it will cause_______. They use _______.

Topic 4 Taking off shoes (line 38-40) In Brunei, another thing we should pay attention to is that we should take off our shoes before ___________________________.

Topic 5 Bonfire night (line 46-52) Date Activities Typical food Popularity

c)

Reading strategy（阅读策略）

America or Britain

T: How many examples are used in this conversation? Why examples are used in an article?

第四步， Summary(总结）

T: The text we read is a conversation on cultural differences. And almost the whole class we are explaining this concept—文化差异. The author uses five topics (examples) to deliver this, and the teacher also presents a joke and a video (examples) at the beginning of the class to let the students understand the concept better. So we must know that there are cultural differences between countries, and to avoid many embarrassments we maybe meet in the future, we should learn more about foreign cultures as well as our own Chinese traditional culture.

第五步， Extension (拓展）

a) Fill in the blanks. Today, I asked my friend Waled about cultural differences for my homework and I learned some very useful facts. Waled is ____Brunei. When he heard that a live hen and a rooster were used as __ part of a wedding ceremony in Korea, he found it very__________(interest). In his country, people don’t do that at a wedding ceremony. In Brunei, at wedding

receptions men and women have to sit in separate areas, ______ means the men are with the bridegroom and the women are with the bride. Also, alcohol ___________(prohibit) at wedding receptions as well as any other occasion in the country. If you _____(live) near where a wedding reception was being held, you probably wouldn’t get much sleep. Why? Because people play loud drums________ (celebrate) the wedding for hours afterwards and sometimes even throughout the night. In Brunei, pointing at people with one’s first finger can lead to ________(offend). So people there point at others using ______(they) thumb instead. Also, if you went to Brunei, you would have to take off your shoes before _______（enter）someone’s house. Many foreigners have difficulty in getting accustomed to that. b) Enjoy a video about Chinese traditional culture at the end of the class. Homework