Learning about Language教学评价实录

Unit4 Body language阅读导学案

学习目标

1. Learn about body language used in daily communication 2. Learn about different body language to greet someone 学习重点

Understand the ways to greet someone from different countries 学习方法

1. Use skimming & scanning to finish the reading tasks 2. Group discussion to finish part2 教学过程

I. lead-in 1. Watch a video and then answer the questions: What does the baby try to express? And how? 2. Enjoy some pictures about gestures and mimes. 3. Play a game: Who is the best actor/ actress? Act out the following sentences by using your body language. (1) I’m angry (2) Go away (3) I’m sorry (4) I ate too much (5) Come here (6) I don’t know II. Skimming Task1: Listen to the tape and answer the question.

Which is the main idea of the text?

A. There are different customs in different countries. B. Foreigners should follow the customs of the country where they are visiting. C. People use body language to send messages and different body movements have different meanings. D. The importance of knowing customs. Task2. Match the main idea of each part with lines.

Part 1 (Para.1) A. Different people have different body language. Part 2 (Para. 2~3) B. Summary of body language. Part 3 (Para. 4) C. Meet the visitors at the airport. Part 4 (Para. 5)

D. People from different countries express greetings in different ways. III. Scanning 1. Read paragraph1 carefully and answer the following questions 1. Who did another student and I meet at the airport?

2. Why were the international students coming to China?

2. Read paragraph 2 and 3 and finish the following tasks. (discussion) (1)Task1: Find out

the two mistakes

the writer found in the airport:

(2)Task 2: Answer the following questions 1. How do men from Jordan greet others?(to men? to women?)

2. How did Tony and Darlene greet each other?

3. Read paragraph 4-5 and finish the following tasks. Task one: choose the correct answer

1. How do people use “unspoken language”?

A. By the movement of their bodies. B. By eye contact. C. By keeping physical distance, actions or posture. D. By moving their hands. 2. People from ________ seldom touch other strangers, while other people from ______ are more likely to touch. A. England; Spain, Italy and South American countries B. France; Spain, America and England C. Spain; Italy, England and South American countries D. Spain; Italy, England and America Task two: true of false 1. Body language in some countries is good while some in others is bad. 2. All members of a culture behave in the same way. 3. Studying international customs can certainly help avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads.

Task three: fill in the table

People in the country/area

English people People from Spain, Italy and South American countries Japanese Most people around the world

Ways to greet each other