Reading(1)：Cultural differences优质课教案推荐

Teaching Design

By Pan Ying Teaching content: Unit 3 Module 6 Oxford English Teaching type: Reading Teaching period: First period Three-dimensional objectives (1) Knowledge and skills: Help the students know more about cultural differences, and develop students’ reading ability. (2) Learning strategies:

Task-based learning. (3) Emotion and values: Increase students’ awareness of the importance of understanding cultural differences. Teaching important and difficult points

Help students master the reading strategy. Help students improve their cultural awareness. Teaching aids The multimedia and the blackboard.

Teaching approaches Task-based teaching. Teaching procedures Step1 Lead-in Greet the students and tell them a joke reflecting cultural shock. A gentleman visited a couple in China. Out of politeness, he said to the wife, “You look so beautiful.” The lady replied, “Where, where（哪里，哪里。）”. The gentleman was very embarrassed and surprised. So he had to say, “Everywhere”. It’s not only a joke, and can you see the implied meaning of the joke? What we will learn today is about cultural differences. Can you tell us some aspects of differences? Step 2 Reading strategy We have listed so many cultural differences. Now let’s come to our textbook to learn more about the differences. Guide the students to learn the reading strategy and understand the use of examples. Step2 Silent reading for the general idea Read the article silently and pick out the topics mentioned in the dialogue. 1.

American celebration 2.

presents 3.

wedding 4.

pointing (gestures) 5.

color of clothing 6.

shoes Get the students to know the detailed information of each topic by doing some exercises.

Step3 Task-based reading and writing Do the following exercise to check the students’ understanding of the dialogue.

Outline Supporting details Ma Li’ (1)

of chatting online To (2)

more information about cultural differences.



The American teacher talks about

Thanksgiving while the British teacher knows

(4)

about it.

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In western countries, it is thought to be (5)

and rude if you doesn’t open the present when (3)

of cultural differences someone gives you one. 

In Italy, the newly-weds (6)

guests presents, which differs from the (7)

in other countries. 

In Brunei, male guests may (8)

the bridegroom and female guests stay with the bride. 

In China, guests are expected to take off shoes when (9)

the room, which is the same as in Brunei.

Ma Li’ remarks on the chat It’s both interesting and (10)

.

Keys: 1. purpose/aim 2. accumulate/collect 3. Examples 4. nothing 5. strange

6. give 7. customs 8. accompany 9. entering 10. useful/effective Step4 Definition of cultural shock Suppose you are sent to a foreign country one day, how will you feel? Discuss with your partner and tell us your feelings using an adjective, such as excited, curious, happy, uncomfortable, uneasy, embarrassed, awkward. All the adjectives reflecting the negative meaning can be classified as cultural shock. Cultural shock is a term used to describe a feeling when someone moves to a new place. Step5 Discussion We are now in a world full of cultural differences and similarities. When faced with cultural differences, what should we do? How can you adapt yourselves to a completely new environment? Step6 Homework Collect enough information to write a report on the differences between Chinese traditional wedding ceremony and American wedding ceremony.

Blackboard Planning Cultural differences

Happy

uncomfortable

positive

excited

negative

awkward

Cultural Shock

curious

embarrassed

(Culture Shock)

helpless