Welcome to the unit第二课时教学实录

Unit 3

Understanding each other Part One

Teaching Design 第一部分

教学设计

Aims and requirements ♦ Read an Internet chat room conversation and a travel brochure ♦ Listen to a conversation about showing foreign visitors around a city ♦ Talk about different cultures, traditions and taboos

♦ Write a letter of apology ♦ Make a reference book about the culture of a country

Procedures

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Welcome to the Unit Step 1：Brainstorming As we all know, different countries have different cultures and customs. Look at the following pictures. In which countries do people greet each other in the way like the people in each picture do? (Kiss: Some of the South American countries, Russia, France, Arab countries…; Shaking hands: Britain, China…)

In France, it is the custom to shake hands with people in the office every morning.

Step 2：Sharing information Look at the following pictures and read the captions under them .

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Can you match the ways of greeting with the countries? Country/Area

Ways of greeting Holland

putting their hands together and bowing slightly Thailand

kissing each other on one cheek and then the other The USA

greeting each other by touching noses South America

hugging each other The Middle East

shaking hands with each other Japan

bowing to each other

What about an Arab and a Japanese meeting for the first time? As a Chinese, if you are not familiar with greetings from other countries, what might happen? (Maybe we would feel embarrassed; we might be involved in awkward situations like…)

Step 3: Discussion 1.

Do you know of any other ways of greeting that people around the world use? 2.

People in different countries greet each other in different ways. Why? 3.

Can you think of any other customs that are different in different parts of the world? Step 4: Homework 1.

Search more information about different ways of greetings and some unique customs in some countries. 2.

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